NBA shooting guard and small forward for Houston Rockets.
(born November 26, 1963) is an American basketball coach and former basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Elie grew up in New York City and played college basketball at American International College. In the 1985 NBA draft, the Milwaukee Bucks drafted Elie in the seventh round as the 160th overall pick.
Elie began his professional basketball career in 1986 in the Irish Superleague, and later played elsewhere in Portugal, in Argentina, and in the CBA, the USBL, and the World Basketball League. Elie first played in the NBA in 1990 for the Philadelphia 76ers and went on to play for the Golden State Warriors, the Portland Trail Blazers, the Houston Rockets, the San Antonio Spurs, and the Phoenix Suns before retiring from the NBA in 2001. Elie won three NBA titles: two in 1994 and 1995 with the Rockets and one in 1999 with the Spurs.
Elie began his coaching career in 2003 as an assistant with the Spurs, and later held similar positions with the Dallas Mavericks, the Sacramento Kings, the New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets, and the Orlando Magic.
