I was about to post this lol. Anyways, I believe he will get and does deserve some type of punishment for this.

Answer: Yes (If the activity was restricted)

Why? We give him one of the biggest pay raises in NBA History so he can be our Franchise player. Getting injured for 3 Months from a restricted activity after becoming our official Franchise player without playing a single game is unacceptable to me. Instead of being a positive example, he did the opposite by getting injured. IF the injury is severe and if it does have a long term affect there is a good chance his contract may get terminated. Kawakami just posted a blog about this and he sees a strong point in Mr. Bruce Jenks opinion on Monta Ellis and his leadership.

Answer: No (If the activity was a complete accident)

Accidents happen. He’s out 3 months already. Let him heal.

look I’m 24, and I did/still do lots of stupid stuff. After the injury, he probably panicked and had his agent or some other intermediatery tell the Warriors and the press his injury either happened working out or playing pick up ball. But I think since then he has done the right thing, keep his mouth shut, at first, and get the ankle fixed. Then he contacted Mullin and co and is trying to work something out. Im hopeful, he will come out and be apologetic and honest in a few days after talking to management and making some arangement.

If anything i respect the kid for how he is handling the situation(even if its by own doing)

I think an appropriate punishment would be a semi hefty fine(around 20,000) and a sincere apology to the fans and the media would be enough. Obviosuly this hurts us this year, and his training camp to learn to play the 1, but this isnt the end of the world. Hopefully he recovers fully and learns from this and becomes even a better player in the future.

I got your back Monta.

still don’t know squat – until we know what he was doing and then whether it was prohibitively restricted by his contract everything is speculation and column filler by writers looking for fodder

The source did not reveal what Ellis told Warriors management he was doing when he got hurt, only that he “was scared to tell the truth at first,” but eventually did.

Monta came clean, it is now behind us and let’s not cry over spilled milk… move forward. Besides, who among us can really claim he/she is a saint (I am sure once in our lives we have told some lie or another). The other important thing is, I hope he knows that he will be held accountable for his action somehow or another (be it in the form of a suspension, fine, or he might not be the same player when he is fully recovers, etc.). It is imperative that some kind of action is taken by management to show the other players there is no favoritism involved. Just my .02.

they should fine him by cutting his pay for the amount of games he does not play. that should be fitting since he hurt himself doing something he did not do. but thats just my opinion.

      The smart thing for Montay to do would be to write a JRich type apology to the fans in the newspaper.

on how he heals.

what does monta have? speed. that’s what makes him him. he has a great midrange jumper, but that a lot of that also has to do with speed. if monta loses a step on his way back (and let’s be real, its a torn ligament, so its very possible), then this becomes a BIG deal. if monta comes back 90-100% speed, then all will be forgiven. fine him, whatever, but it won’t end up being that big of a deal.

but i think we need to realize that this COULD be a permanent type of injury. i sure hope not, but i think that factor will be the MAIN factor in how we view this situation in 6 monts to a year.

… to other athletes who broke contracts? Anything I can look up and read ya’ll recommend?

should anyone hate on someone being a normal person? After all he’s not just some object just because the team paid for him. So he played a little streetball, slipped up on the court and got injured. NOTHING we can do. Why cry over spilled milk? Just clean up the mess and get on with everything else. Fine him. He’s already injured and if he’s a true competitor like he seems to be, he isn’t too happy with the fact that he’ll be out for 3+ months. The world isn’t going to end just because he’s on the bench, playoffs were a super maybe even before this. So let this be a blessing in disguise for the rookies and bench players. Let Monta watch as his team moves without him for the time being, he’ll learn, he’s still a young player.

Jay Williams!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Golden State of Drama!

Do any of you have season tickets? If you did, I think the vast majority of you would be a lot more pissed off. This year I decided to switch our season tickets from Raiders to Warriors (Family is huge fans of both, and we’ve had raiders season tix for 11 years). I have followed the warriors since I was a young kid, and I don’t ever remember being as pissed off as I am with this situation. I love Monta’s game and his attitude, but as a season ticket holder this really pisses me off. This feels like Jeff Kent all over again… If Jeff Kent were a young, untapped talent, with a personality that fans and players could identify with. Its just that I work hard every day and pay a lot of money to see Monta and the crew play ball in my free time. While getting hurt sucks in general (I just spent 6 months healing a basketball related accessory novicular fracture), getting hurt and lying about it to the people who support you and those who give you a paycheck are two totally different scenarios. Don’t get me wrong- I don’t want Monta’s head on a stake, and I don’t want to see him punished too harshly (out of fear that he’d be a douchebag and not play to his potential, ala Baron), I just want some of my damn money back.
/sorry for the mini biography
//unfortunately, its all about money… real talk

The thing is – he lied. Whatever it talks about his personality, it doesn’t mean, that he lost his talent to play the ball. I’m not pissed because of lies – I’m worried about “The team without Ellis”. And finding the reason, why it happened and how, won’t help me a bit.
I just wish him fast recovery! (pray)

your captains from last year have been forgotten. monta has a great work ethic during the season, and its cool to blow off steam in the offseason. but, he had something to prove to the world and he may never regain the advantage he had to blow by his defender and attack the rim.

now he has street cred.

its just like kobe when he got his tattoos

woohoo!

to be absolutely sure he gets over this properly. What is there to be gained this season by having him return? Even after he gets cleared to come back from the medical staff, I still sit him out. Maybe I even put him in an army barracks with 24/7 surveillance, snipers on stand by watching his every move, making sure he’s doing nothing but spending time in the pool and on the bike. I’ll be more than happy to have him return 110% next year, playing next to Blake Griffin(it’s possible).

Maybe Monta was Zorbing, and that’s how he got hurt. That or skydiving.
 
http://hoopsoup.com/2008/09/09/monta-ellis-could-have-been-zorbing/

knotted 327 votes a piece. that’s pretty incredible

Mullin just made him admit lies
Monta isn’t just smart enough for lies

  What was your position on trading JRich to sign Montay?

If come Season Ticket holder day when everyone is introduced to the guys, etc….

I will listen to what Monta has to say. IF he turns round and says “to everyone here, I apologize for my mistake, I know I screwed up but I guarantee you all, that I will do everything in my power to come back stronger than before for this franchise”

THEN…. he gets my respect and best wishes.

If he chooses to shrug it off and hide behind his mistake, I am still going to be glad he is on the team, However I and I am sure a great many others will lose respect for him as a man.

We all understand mistakes, bad decisions, etc etc, especially in our youth. But it is our behaviour that gains respect, not entitlement.