So im going to assume his sources weren’t lying. I really dont blame the monta to be honest and i really dont blame the FO either. Both were doing what they thought to be the best for them. Monta was suspended 30 games then was forced to take time off to come back with glimpses of monta we all knew and loved to be shutdown again by management. BUT BUT BUT time has past from then and if you didnt catch his interview on KNBR you might be thinking a trade in comming BUT BUT BUT for those of us that did know that Ellis is a Warrior gonna be a Warrior next year and will god willing will retire a Warrior.

I agree that Monta shouldnt even complain at all…To the Dubs he’s “GOLDEN”, they gave him a good contract…but he hurt his ankle…lied……and its where it is now…He’s the Dubs “Future” PG…my advice…show up to training camp this summer and learn/play/be a point guard. Talk is talk till you back it up. I like Monta..he’s a good player…i’d see him a DUB till he retires..but come on now…he screwed up with MOPED GATE…Punishment done,,,suck it up…learn from the mistakes..come back and change things…The DUBS need a change…next season sounds pretty good to me.

i wonder if we could swing some form of ellis + wright for baron + #1

It’s either I hate Monta or get Monta off my team.

I’m waiting for the “Mount Montasuvius” guy. That’s a really cute nickname…

Monta is the most tradeable asset the W’s have. That’s not to say that they should or will trade him, but in discussing trade proposals with other teams, I would have to imagine that his name comes up. Why?

1. He wasn’t happy with the way the Warriors handled his injury situation. And the W’s management weren’t happy with his lack of professionalism that got him in that situation in the first place. So it’s not hard to imagine a scenario where Monta wants a new start somewhere else, and Nellie and co. are trying to get the most they can in return.

2. He’s one of the better ‘scorers’ in the league. And a farily consistent one. Someone everyone labels as a ‘future all-star’. Most teams would rather have Monta Ellis than Jamaal Crawford.

3. From the Warriors point of view there are still some unknowns surrounding Mona, i.e. will he ever be a true playmaker, will he recover his pre-injury form, and will he ever become a team leader? Still many teams won’t necessarily worry about those things and will covet his scoring.

So it’s not hard to imagine that the Warriors would at least consider trading him. But I hope they are at least asking for some good pieces in return.

At the end of the ‘98 season, I wrote Monta the most complimentary email, thanking him for giving us such a wonderful display of talent and praising him for being such an outstanding young man. I told him that he and Andris made me proud to be a Dubs fan. THEN, the moped busines, and THEN the "never really say I’m sorry" followup, and THEN the moping around about being unhappy to lose $3M, AND . . . !!!! Please, Monta, if you ever read these posts, could you please, please restore a bit of my faith in you by asking forgiveness and then promising to be a positive force on this team this next year! It would begin to restore my faith in humanity again! (OK, call me naive, etc., etc., but that’s OK. I’d really like to look forward to this new season with hope!!)

Maybe the W’s feel that since Ellis lied to the team, the team gets to lie about what Ellis has said? I also don’t like the idea of building a team around him. I’d rather focus on Randolph and Biedrins maybe?

WARRIORS NEED TO DO SOMETHING BIG WHETHER IT BE IN THE DRAFT THROUGH A TRADE OR FREE AGENCY

You know, if you just didn’t respond (and like 20 times each), and didn’t answer the polls, they would just go away on there own.

trade him and our roster logjam goes away.

From that article “I’m not thinking about leaving,” he said. "It hasn’t come across my mind. The only thing I want to do is win. “… I don’t know where that stuff has come out, but right here, right now I’ll set the record straight: That never came from me and I’m a Warrior. And you don’t have to worry about Monta Ellis because No. 8 will be in a Warriors jersey next year.”

Hmmm sounds to me its another bs rumor that has been posted, just like the one about Ellis being unhappy, etc……

These rumors are getting and far more ridiculous!

First off, these are still rumors so I don’t believe their legit unless it comes from a reliable source. Second, Monta is my favorite Warrior so I really don’t want him to play anywhere else. I’m no expert, but if Monta really wanted a trade where what decent team does he think will take him? The moped incident is still in the back of people’s minds. I know he’s said repeatedly he wants to leave it in the past but I would imagine any team interested in him would bring it up. Maybe in a couple years once he’s re-proven himself if he wants a trade he can have one but now he needs to make the best of the situation he helped create. I’m saying this as a DIE-HARD Monta fan.

…I’ve seen it said around here that “99% of NBA rumors never happen,” and while I might be paraphrasing (cause I think it referred to trade rumors), the implication of the main page post is pretty clearly that Atma believes implicitly the rumors he’s been posting. If you’re going to classify it as a rumor in big letters at the top, then wouldn’t you reasonably have to be open to the possiblity that it’s just that? Let it be known that I have no opinion as to whether Ellis was jawing about being traded, I’m just observing that despite the formality of typing RUMOR before all these posts, the actual language seems pretty damn sure. It’s the sort of rampant umbrage and speculation about rumor or anonymous hearsay that you sometimes see in sensationalized mainstream media.

Now, you could title the post “REPORT: Monta Ellis demanded a trade from the Warriors shortly after the season,” seeing as this rumor is sprouted from MT’s article. But being so vociferous in your agreement with what you’ve already titled a RUMOR smacks of blind faith in such an inherently unpredictable area. Also, if you call it a rumor instead of a report then you’re never forced to assess, in hindsight, the overall validity of the writer’s breaking these stories, cause hey, just a rumor.