Monta is not back and Marco played one hell of a game.

I personally was at the game and for some reason i see Monta Ellis playing PATHETIC defense(not even effort to put up a hand) and terrible shooting. Basically contributing nothing, he still played a mind boggling 45 minutes. WHY? Watching him at this point in his recovery his athletism is above average for nba players. NOT GOOD ENOUGH for a player who relies on his quickness and explosiveness in all parts of the game. He did nothing and i was not suprised to find his +/- was very poor at around -15.

Getting to my point, i saw Marco play some pretty great movies. He helped out so much. Guardng Kobe, he did not let him score while guarding him. He hit two monster threes when the warriors had a huge drought at the start of the fourth. He had 4 assists. no turnovers. What else could he do? Play like monta? He played 15 minutes. He, not monta, should have been in the 4th quarter. I guarantee the warriors would have won that game had he played montas minutes. Monta played no defense, did not distribute, did not make shots (7-18) , could not hit any threes( watched him miss 2 or 3 in the key moments of the game). What could have taken him out of the game for old man nelson.... i dont know. What could marco have done to play more for old man nelson.... i do not know. Dont say this is valuable time for monta. He has not shown any improvement in his explosiveness except for maybe two games. Ridiculous. I screamed all game how bad the calls were, how bad kobe is, how bad faker fans are, but i look like an idiot when i support this team and they do this stuff everytime. This happened last year with worn out baron and jax and in the only games marco got played in he had 15 and 17. Nelson said his defense was holding him back but that was bull@#$@. I have seen Marco play better on ball D on this team than anyone else on this team. If anything, Marco's D is the reason he should be playing. Its just plain and simple to me right now. Nelson has something against Marco. Not his favorite i assume. Monta is last years Jack. Obviously this has far less serious ramifications with no playoffs on the line, but f this. I am a loyal paying fan in this economy and i want to see us kick kobe's ass. Marco is a fighter. He is a player. We need players like him and maggette and randolph on this team. People with that killer instinct who get to the line, get rebounds, play d(not always maggette ), get in the right spot at the right time, cut without the ball, score when given opportunity.

I am so mad at this point i dont care if you don't agree with me. Hey, Jax was hacking up some shots he shouldnt have taken or should have made but it was only when the other option was monta and jackson played some good d and he passed and drove. He had some turnovers but they were mainly positive attempts at passing or to driving players. plain and simple, people have said monta has been reason warriors are rising but mainly it has been a healthy and less pressured jack, turiaf stepping up his rebounds and post d, crawfords shot selection and enhanced passing, maggette as the sixth man, anthony randolph gobbling up rebounds while playing solid d and getting double digit points. none of it has to do with monta. i am very disapointed in monta right now. he really screwed up on his moped. i have not agreed with rowell on anything except this. void this dude if he is not 100% by the end of this season/start of next year. this is a joke.