Very Troubling Report - Monta To Miss Entire Season/Contract Voided?
by JimBarnett2KevinGarnett on Oct 18, 2008 6:15 PM PDT
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I came across this report reading Geoff Lepper's blog 48minutes.net (a must read blog for warrior fans). He points to a report from hoopsworld.com claiming that Monta Ellis may miss the entire season. Bill Ingram from Hoopsworld goes on to state that if Ellis were to miss the season, the Warriors would consider voiding his contract all together. Does anyone have any input on this or know how much truth this rumor carries? Pree, are you around to give us some insight on what you are hearing? This is a disaster if true.
Here's an excerpt from Ingram's report.
"In the wake of the news that the Golden State Warriors have suspended Monta Ellis for the moped accident that violated his NBA contract and put the guard out of actions for months, we now have reports coming out that suggest the injury might cause Ellis to miss the entire season. Further, if that is the case, the Warriors will consider negating Ellis' brand new contract altogther, which is their right under the Collective Bargaining Agreement."
http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=10288
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i hope
this isn’t a shawn livingston situation.
by Foulacy on Oct 18, 2008 8:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
well
jack said monta was already ahead of schedule… and i believe him. If Rowell believed that Monta would miss the whole year he would have voided his contract already. The fact that Rowell only fined monta around 3 million shows that based on doctor’s evaluation monta will be back in time.
by saintdee on Oct 18, 2008 8:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Showing up for workout in shorts and standing without
his scooter… and exploding off the dribble for 20 plus are two different pay grades.
All options are on the table.
by streetballer on Oct 18, 2008 9:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Are you kidding me
If this crap is true I’ll be so freakin sad. I doubt monta won’t be back by January, but come on. The last post we need is about Monta not playing. We get he’s injured, let it play out. I don’t need to here negative theories from outside sources.
by Gurthy on Oct 18, 2008 9:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
f that
if monta is gone. i dont think ill be a warriors fan anymore. they make too many stupid decisions over my lifetime.
by bojangles408 on Oct 19, 2008 11:34 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
i read some report
which said that some doctors deemed his 3-4 month recovery time as a “conservative estimate”. who knows if that guy knew what he was talking about, but for the sake of optimism, i’ll choose to believe the doctor and not this hoopsworld report…
by Run Dubz on Oct 19, 2008 12:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
even if monta is out the entire year it would be suicide for the warriors to void his contract.
i would lose faith in the cognitive abilities of the human race if his contact was voided
by so ill so d0pe on Oct 19, 2008 12:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
-1
I think it’s fair to void his contract to renegotiate it if he misses a whole year. What do should they do? Suspend him for the whole season instead? He shouldn’t get paid for NOT playing and the Warriors should consider the long term effects (if any) of Monta’s injury.
by scottiepimppen on Oct 19, 2008 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it would business suicide to terminate such a lucrative contract. no agent would ever encourage a player to join this team. as far as I know monta ellis would become an unrestricted free agent, why the hell would he want to stay on this team when any team around the league will gladly pay him comparable money and treat him better?
by so ill so d0pe on Oct 19, 2008 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
perhaps not
Maggs signed after the Dubs pulled a reasonable deal for Baron off the table
my guess is most agents are using Monta’s goof as a lesson for their clients on how NOT to screw up a perfectly good gig
we’ve had to overpay for FA’s all along, ala Fisher, don’t think Monta’s issue will impact that nearly as much and certainly no more than our perpetual losing does
by hardcore on Oct 19, 2008 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well if this is true,
it’s bad news for my favorite NBA team, and my fantasy team =[
by Calamity on Oct 19, 2008 12:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
why would they give away
another future superstar? stupid….stupid………………………………………………………………………
by bojangles408 on Oct 19, 2008 1:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The warriors
would definatley not void his contract. But look at the bright side if he does have to sit out for a season he with get a FULL recovery just like greg oden.
by cjwatson23 on Oct 19, 2008 1:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
spinning wildly
there’s nothing really new in all the variations of the Monta story – GSW docked him for breaking a term of his contract, and have the option of terminating it. Same as they did when the matter was resolved before. Noth’n’s changed. If he doesn’t come back (unlikely but possible) and the team was still paying him Foylesquely you’d all be screaming bloody murder … all the hand-wringing isn’t productive – believe what you want from (a) doctors who never examined him (b) teammates who don’t know anything about medicine ( c ) sports writers looking for yet another angle to write yet another meaningless column to fill time between meaningless preseason games and the real deal (d) or team reps like Nelson, Mullin, etc. who’ve been pretty damn quiet lately. Was it really only a bit ago we were aglow over upsetting the Mavs and being poised to get into the WCF? Things can change quickly, either way. Witness Blazers. A year from now Al and Jax could be gone, and we could be looking at a pretty young and fresh squad – hopefully with Monta.
by hardcore on Oct 19, 2008 2:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Was it really only a bit ago we were aglow over upsetting the Mavs and being poised to get into the WCF? Things can change quickly
Yep, The curse of Jason Richardson. How long did Boston’s last?
Till I get free
I live my life in the Walmart
Cholesterol chasin me
by Skeptic con Urquell on Oct 19, 2008 2:24 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Did you really just compare Jason Richardson to Babe Ruth?
I’m not even going to touch that. You’re ridiculous.
I hate Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Dave Chappelle, and Russel Peters because they make fun of white people like me. They also make fun of other kinds of people, which hurts me deep down because my ancestry is so mixed that I don't know what my official "race" is... so I get offended for all races!
by Dubs fan in Boston on Oct 20, 2008 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dickau
was just released by the Warriors, which garantees D Nelson on the roster…
link: http://48minutes.net/2008/10/19/warriors-release-dickau/
F**K REFS!!!
by faetati on Oct 19, 2008 5:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Does nobody do any fact checking here?
The first instance of this was some Kings blogger (probably hoping Monta would become a King). This instance cites “reports coming out” (from who? Other bloggers?) without substantiating anything. If anybody hears something official from the Warriors, Ellis, or his agent, let me know. But until then, stop perpetuating the blog echo. I can find some conspiracy theorist blogging about how Dubya is gonna suspend the election if it looks like the Republicans aren’t going to win, but does that make it real?
I hate Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Dave Chappelle, and Russel Peters because they make fun of white people like me. They also make fun of other kinds of people, which hurts me deep down because my ancestry is so mixed that I don't know what my official "race" is... so I get offended for all races!
by Dubs fan in Boston on Oct 20, 2008 10:35 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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