Mario Elie Basketball player

Mario Antoine Elie (born November 26, 1963) is an American basketball coach and former National Basketball Association (NBA) player. 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 career in 1986 playing in the Irish Superleague and later elsewhere overseas and in U.S. minor leagues USBL and CBA. He first played in the NBA in 1990 for the Philadelphia 76ers and later played for the Golden State Warriors, Portland Trail Blazers, Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs, and Phoenix Suns before retiring from the sport in 2001. Elie won three NBA titles: two in 1994 and 1995 with the Rockets and the 1999 title 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 and Sacramento Kings before joining the New Jersey Nets (now Brooklyn Nets) in 2011.