Tim K. on Monta and Beans' contract situations:
* The maximum the Warriors can offer Ellis and Biedrins is the same: 6 years, $98.5M. (Based on a salary cap of $54M. It could go higher.)

* The maximum any team other than the Warriors can offer Ellis and Biedrins: 5 years, $75.2M.

Now I’m not saying either player will receive anything close to those figures, though Ellis might come close enough to $75M that nobody will be weeping in the Ellis household.

The point is, the Warriors have large built-in advantages with both players. The NBA’s CBA is built to encourage re-signing with a player’s existing team and the Warriors carry all of those advantages, plus the right to match any offers, with Biedrins and Ellis.