Monta Ellis Practices
Monta Ellis went through a full practice with his Warrior teammates yesterday and says he felt no pain or swelling in his ankle and the only obstacle keeping him from taking the court in a game is his conditioning.
He also took an opportunity to address some of the drama that has been swirling about him and his relationship with his coach and the franchise:
“Listen,” he said, switching his tone from friendly to dead serious. “Whatever it is about me leaving, wanting to go, ‘I don’t want to play for Nellie’ — that never came from my mouth. I don’t know where they got that from. But I’m here for the next six years. I’m a Warrior. I’m always going to be a Warrior. Whoever put that out there, they did it because they wanted a story. I’m making it known right now. I’m a Warrior. I love playing for Nellie. I never said that not one time. So you don’t have to worry about that.”
Source: Contra Costa Times
January 14th, 2009 at 9:47 am
fallinup says:
We’ll see what he says after a few games of trying to get his shots along with Crawford, Jackson, and Maggette.
Good luck there, moped man.
January 14th, 2009 at 9:56 am
dmitry of jersey says:
so now the average GS game score will be GS 120 opponent 140 while before it was GS 110 opponent 130. alright.
January 14th, 2009 at 10:03 am
Banga says:
The only way I see monta staying with G-State is if nellie doesn’t bench him. On the top of his game he is the most valuable player for this team.
G-state should get rid of everyone and start fresh with Monta and Biedrins.
January 14th, 2009 at 11:04 am
Brown says:
This is great news. It won’t change the team’s fortunes for this year, but Monta will help. Their roster isn’t horrible, at least it isn’t one a good GM can’t fix. They have a lot of talent at the wing positions and not enough serviceable talent at the 4. IF Monta can handle PG duties, they just need to find a PF, a backup PG and maybe a SF who can rebound. With another high lottery pick, they should be have enough stockpiled talent to make a trade a-la Danny Ainge two years ago.
That’s what I’m praying for.
January 14th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Chaos says:
No their roster is terrible man. they have too much of the same thing and the sh!t aint working. they cant outscore opponents. yea they average 110 a night but damn they give up 120. at least when nellie was coaching the mavs the could outscore opponents. this team is terrible. monta, s-jax, bad porn, and crawford cant coexist on the same team. in order for them to get all their shots, their need a TSOL(three seconds or less) game plan which means they will play even less D. the need to get rid of some folks and actually get 2 real PFs and a backup C.