I thought we gave Jack a 2 year extension, not a 3?

Him and Jack will dominate the ball most of the time and have free reign to do as they please. But they know and understand, as does Nellie, that there are 3 other guys on the court who can score, and they should be looking to get them open looks as much as possible. Nellie draws plays for others, Monta seems to be the sort of player who can be reasoned with. Plus, Monta is going to attract a lot of double teams so he’ll have to give the ball up.

I’m pretty sure he has been hearing for almost 2 years that he has to be a PG, that has more than likely sunk in and I’m sure he has been working on it. Being that he is the most talented Warrior I’ve seen in a long time and he’s shown vast improvements between each season(when healthy), I would be suprised if Monta didn’t develop into a legit NBA PG with above average skills. The dude’s only 23!

Perhaps. Or maybe it’s just the lure of being a warriors fan.

15 seasons.

1 playoff appearance.

4 players from the playoff team.

Keep the faith. Same shi**y Warriors organization.

Not about playoffs, not about winning a championship, not about being competitive.

It’s about renewals, it’s about tickets, it’s about entertainment value, it’s about the product.

And the product. It’s a shi**y one.

Brandon Roy, Kevin Durant, Chris Paul, Deron Williams, Carmelo Anthony, Dwayne Wade, Dwight Howard, Derrick Rose > Monta

First off, the truth is guards are dime a dozen in this league. Instead of having to find a big PG to supplement Monta in the backcourt, don’t you think it’d be easier to trade him in a package for a star a-la Bosh and be able to find another guard who isn’t undersized out there?

Let’s see…just throwing it out there for the umpeenth time but if you could trade:

Monta Ellis, Brandan Wright, Marco Belinelli for Chris Bosh and have

Team A

PG: Johnny Flynn
SG: Stephen Jackson
SF: Anthony Randolph
PF: Chris Bosh
C: Andris Biedrins

Trade Andris, Wright, Belinelli

or Team B
PG: Tyreke Evans
SG: Monta Ellis
SF: Stephen Jackson
PF: Anthony Randolph
C: Chris Bosh

I’ll pass on the prospect of trying to have Bosh masquerade as a center and pass on getting beaten up downlow for Team B. I’ll take Team A 6 times out of 7. Don’t get me wrong, I like Monta a lot as a player, but I’m not going to hold my breath in the hopes he develops as a PG, because he most likely won’t. It just doesn’t happen very often in the NBA.

He’s a kid. Just a kid. Still. It’s easily understandable as to why he would be. But his attitude, his body language, all of that goes to show why and how he’s still a kid.

Just looking back at his draft profile…he’s definitely grown as a player…but as a person? How much different is he know than what’s explained below?

He appears to be the closest thing we’ve seen to Dajuan Wagner since Wagner himself. He loves to dribble and dribble and dribble and then dribble some more. AAU ball has basically left him no grasp or comprehension of team basketball or fundamentals, and he probably wouldn’t understand what’s wrong with that if you tried to explain it to him.

His biggest problem for the short and possibly long term is that he has no NBA position. He’s a 6-3 SG with absolutely no PG skills whatsoever. That will limit his potential to contribute minutes initially unless he ends up on a horrible team. In the long term, though, he might not have the instincts or mentality to even become sufficient in this area. When he does try, his passing skills are average to below average. He forces the issue constantly, freezing out his teammates and showing absolutely no interest in getting anyone else involved. Although he is very young, his basketball IQ appears to be limited at this point, running into brick walls time after time while his teammates wave their hands and shake their heads in disgust. He does not appear to be interested in making an assist unless it’s of the Sportscenter top 10 variety. He will often bring the ball up the court and immediately jack up a shot, before even looking in the direction of his teammates. The concept of running set plays is completely foreign to him, not being capable of doing anything in a half-court offense at this point except create his own shot off the dribble or drive and dish after drawing a crowd. He looks disinterested in what’s happening around him unless the ball is in his hands, as his off the ball movement is extremely poor.

The release point on his jump shot is inconsistent because of the lift he gets on his J, and therefore his shot can be a little streaky at times. He shoots it different every time, meaning he’ll sometimes miss very badly. As noted above already, he does not excel on the catch and shoot, but what he gets into a groove during a game he’s absolutely lights out.

Although most scouts I’ve talked to about high school basketball prospects don’t really seem to care about this, his defense is horrendous. Ellis puts absolutely no effort into playing on this side of the ball, and just doesn’t seem to understand the importance of stopping his man. He gambles on steals (he can be very quick to get out in the passing lanes), gets lost on rotations, gives up on plays completely once he gets beat, gets torched on the perimeter in man to man defense and refuses to rotate or play any type of off the ball defense. He did show some glimpses of potential in the all-star games when his back was against the ball and he had to perform well to have any shot at being able to declare for the draft, but nothing when he had the choice. He’s got all the tools to be an excellent defender if he puts his mind to it, but he has to put his mind to it first.

His intangibles are also somewhat questionable. Ellis has consistently shown a poor attitude and immaturity, pouting when things don’t go his way or when the ball isn’t in his hands for more than 5 seconds. He refused to shake anyone’s hand at the end of the McDonalds game, because he was mad at his coach for not giving him more minutes at the PG spot (see links). His body language on the court looks very poor at times, while his quotes in the media make him look like an extremely cocky and arrogant young man. If he’s already so full of himself at this point, when basically no one outside of NBA draft circles and Mississippi State fans knows his name, what’s he going to be like in 5 years?

Or something stupid, like “Hey, we didn’t get an Elton Brand, but we got a shiny new Corey Maggette for you!”.