I’d actually have to agree with what you’re saying. In my opinion, in a system like Nellies, a traditional point guard really isn’t necessary. When the name of the game is spread the floor, find the open shooter, you need a PG that can drive to the basket at will (sucking in perimeter defenders with him thus having an open kick out) and its pretty obvious that there aren’t many players in this league that can stay in front of Monta. And like you said, Monta’s growth with the little hook/curl passes has grown immensely over the course of last season and if he is given the green light to take it to the hole at will he will definitely get more dimes then most of us would have thought. Just my .02

eventually if not next year. he has tons of ability. but is that going to be enough to take us back to the playoffs. he is the face of the franchise now. this is his team but does he have what it takes to be the man. i dont think so. i think he lacks the intangables. the kind that separate allstar players from elite players. im not a monta hater im just not seeing it.

...on the intangibles, but dont forget how great of a competitor this kid is…there are certain things you can pick up with experience and i reckon certain intangibles will show up soon enough

maybe. maybe.

becomes and All-Star next season and Baron doesn’t, man that would be sweet.

better suited for point on this team than any other in the league. He will be like Iverson, except not playing a halfcourt system. Plus he has Jax to help. Livingston as his backup fsho though

be an allstar next season, but I agree that people are freaking out about this situation when they don’t need to. He will work as a PG in Nellie’s system.

none of this is obvious to a whole lot of people, cuz half the people who post on this website are reccomending we get starbury…talk about misguided desperation

I hate to kill the momentum, but Monta Ellis has never played point guard in his life; and all of a sudden he’s the PERFECT PG for our team?

In addition to that, he’s going to be the #1 focus of every defense we play against. Long gone are the days when team’s just focused on Baron and Monta was free to run around the court and do what he wants.

I expect to see a whole lot of turnovers, a whole lot of scoring, not alot of defense, and a whole lot of fun and entertainment with Monta at point.

that he is better playing point guard for this team than any other team….this is really the only place were he can get by at point guard because of the system…heres where i think your wrong:
1. even if the defense focuses on him, he still is one of the quickest guys in the league and he will get by people
2. he will have more turnovers than a true PG, but he is in his fourth year, and he should be able to dribble, and drive and kick without turning it over all the time
3. im sure he played every position for his high school team, including point! haha

optimism is the blood of the warriors fan…hell why else are we still fans after those 14 years

he wont be no all star, all our best player always get hated on in the all star voting. The only way he make the team if he leave. I don’t want to names anybody since the list goes on and on.haha

monta running the offense will be a treat to watch, the back up pg is essential though, i hope watson is evolving into that now, leading summer league in steals, baby! 4.3/game… i agree having jackson as point forward should also work well.

i sure hope magette is adept at scoring on zone d.
last year, w’s offense broke down at times when teams switched to zone.
remember all those sequences where nellie had to put baron near the free throw line to look to pass or penetrate? baron was our only option, everyone else was shut down.

as for monta being an all-star, there are so many other good guards in the west, he doesn’t really have a shot. i think biedrins has w’s best shot of being an all-star. not that he’s the best player on the team, but his position has fewer people that are really great.