He said it best…and I hope he rides his words til he dies:

“I’m a Warriors. And I’ll always be a Warriors.”

Couldn’t be more proud of him than ever. I’ve supported him from the very first day I needed to check him out when Rick Barry was still on KNBR during the day he got drafted and said something among the lines that Monta Ellis has been reported to be a steal of this draft who will be something special. He also mentioned Eric Dampier had high praise on him since they went to the same high school.

I know there are a lot of Dampier haters out there, (im not) but when I heard this, I was very curious on checking out “this Ellis” kid.

Ever since then I loved his game and rooted for him early on in his career and DEMANDED as a Warrior fan that Monta Ellis get playing time. He was just too much of a special talent to be sitting on the bench.

He helped lead the Warriors to get us to the 2007 Playoffs when JRich and Baron were nursing injuries and later was disrespected by the great Don Nelson with the so called tough love. Eh, whatever. Thats a bunch of crap to me. I felt he should have been rewarded with more playing time especially in crunch time during the playoffs because he was one of the MAIN REASONS why the WARRIORS got to the playoffs.

Don Nelson even wanted to trade him for the rights to draft Acie Law. Geez that woulda pissed me off big time.

Whatever. I’m over that crap now. I’m just glad that he is on Nellie’s side for the meantime. (who knows what will happen in the future drama of the Warriors.) I just hope all the “LETS TRADE MONTA FOR…..” just ends.

I am still an avid believer in making Monta and Biedrins one of the two cores of this franchise and making them the core until they retire. Work around them and we will cause wreck in this league for many years to come.

Monta has just improved tremendously on his game especially on defense. I was just waiting patiently for the day when he would become one of the top 5 players in steals. So far he is number TWO in the league. Hope he becomes number ONE by the end of this season. He also improved with his 3PT shot making him even more deadly on the court.

All I got to say is this. I could give a Rats Arse about this punk Hollinger’s opinion. I weighed more heavily on Lebron’s and Kobe’s high praise for the kid because I think their opinions of Monta is vastly more important. They are the ones who have to keep a special eye on him and have to compete with him on the actual basketball court in an actual real NBA game. If these two greats of the NBA today appreciates Monta Ellis’ game, then I could honestly give a rats arse if he gets snubbed from the All Star game.

As a lot of Warrior fans said, it be shame if Monta Ellis doesn’t even make the All Stars as a backup.

To me, what is more important is him staying healthy and playing every game consistently because the actual Warrior game that I attend and watch on TV is a gazillion more times more significant to me than him representing the Bay Area on a world wide NBA All Star game.

I’ve enjoyed every second that Monta plays…and I still appreciate it a gazillion times when he appreciates the die hard Warrior fans back.

“We love our fans to daith.” -Monta Effing Ellis.