Warriors Sign Monta
By Marcus
Thursday, July 24th, 2008 at 5:50 pm in Uncategorized.
The Warriors’ signaled their end to shopping for other team’s free agents by locking up their own guy. Monta Ellis inked a six-year deal today worth $66 million according to an NBA insider.
The fourth-year player out of Lanier High in Mississippi is now the highest-paid Warrior and is expected to be the starting point guard.
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July 24th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Hmm, overpaid?
I guess he’s worth more than Maggette.
But then again I’m not sure if he was worth 10 million a year.
July 24th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Huh what about AB? It aint over yet
July 24th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Now Monta, don’t get hurt!
July 24th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
Andris?!
July 24th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
what about biedrins?
July 24th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
So how much is he exactly being paid per year?
July 24th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
He is not overpaid. With the amount of money that quality free agents are getting these days, this signing is a good deal for the Warriors. Lets just hope he stays healthy.
July 24th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
WHOOT! Finally!
July 24th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
I reported this before Marcus did!
July 24th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
best news of the day. one more to go. take an objective look at this roster and you will surely agree it is deep,
athletic and has a great mix of talent. few if any of know some of the off cort stuff bd pulled that probably hurt the team. but because they demonstrated such a team concept it remained behind closed doors but reared its head when he sat the second half of that game. he will be forgotten as we don’t lose anything with corey.
July 24th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Marcus…for doing such a great job with this here blog I think you should ask for a 1327% pay raise! Seriously though, they had to give him that much. He is the new face of the franchise. I’m just glad they didn’t go any higher.
July 24th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
AWESOME!!
July 24th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
About time. He’s been Mullin’s guy since the beginning. Great to see him AND Kelenna getting paid.
In 5 years, I think we’ll look back on this contract and be amazed at how much of a bargain this superstar was re-signed for.
July 24th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
A great day for the Warriors and Chris. Two solid moves. I believe they got both players at bargain prices. If some question if Monta is worth $11M this year, fast forward to 2010 when he is an All Star combo guard at that salary. And I hear he has got some Tats now……our boy is growing up!
July 24th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
fashooo finally now the warriors only need to sign andris and its coooo
July 24th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Its a good move for the Warriors and their future. Ellis is an extremely talented player along with cory and jackson and the rest of the team it will be interesting.
July 24th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
I agree with Peacruss in say even 3 yrs we will look back and say this was a bargain, in 3 yrs especially when the lebron sweepstakes happen contracts are gonna be even more crazy
July 24th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
MOnta ellis is a beast and deserves the contract
July 24th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Awesome! Now we just need to get Goose locked up and we are good to go. Future is bright.
July 24th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
we got one more, andris! i think we’ll have a heck of a team. go warriors! AB??? whatever….we got guys who want to be a warrior.
July 24th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
maybe im playing sides because i live in jackson, ms but monte to me is worth a little more he is a point able to put up thirty a night and that was when bd was there to be young he has a vetern game he goes out and plays to his game he doesnt do anything that isnt like jacking up 3’s thats why his fg% is so good he is goldenstates future and franchise i garantee he want disapoint.
July 24th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
you know how some arena’s chant “over rated” when kobe comes into town….well when the warriors go play an away game, i think you will start to hear “over paid”
no matter what you say or think, he might be a good player but he is not worth 66 million. that is baron type figures not monta type figures. you better hope he stays healthy with the way he plays. making that much money and being the face of the franchise now, he better calm his self down or else there will be a lot of dissapointed fans knowing that they could have used that money on a real player.
July 24th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
This is excellent. For those who say he is overpaid, look at all the other signings, BD, Brand, Maggette. All overpaid. Monta is a star on the rise, and he needs to get the money issue behind him so that he can excel. Holler at me if you need tix. Sec 118 Row 21 Seat 3 + 4.
July 24th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
That’s the going rate for PGs out there. Glad that’s taken care of.
So happy that Azubuike is back.
They shouldn’t sign Andris for more than 9mil though
July 24th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
not the going rate for combo guards…
July 24th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
AB isnt going anywhere… Mullin said he would match any deal so I dont wanna here about this AB going ova seas…. crap…
yea… ellis is worth 10 million… honestly for a talent like that, its cheap… i mean thats CP 3 money and i thought his contract was cheap… he could have commanded more $….
here is the roster now…
C Andris Biedrins
C Ronny Turiaf
C Kosta
PF Al Harrington?
PF Brandan Wright
PF Richard Hendrix
G/F Corey Maggette
G/F Kelenna Azubuike
F Anthony Randolph
G/SF Stephen Jackson
G/ F Marco Belinelli
G Monta Ellis
PG Marcus Williams
PG Watson
its the deepest roster we have had in years!!!! lets just sit back and watch these kids grow together…
average age of this team 24!! and we got alot better; Mully knows what he’s doin….
Williams is going to be a great addition…
KB glad your back
July 25th, 2008 at 12:05 am
Marcus,
could you address a specific question I have been meaning to ask you?
It is a little vibe that I get, but I feel that Nellie does not really appreciate the type of player Kelenna is… Tim Kawakami also mentioned in his most recent blog entry that Nelson is not a big fan of Azubuike.
Just thought it was extremely interesting… Do you think that Azubuike is glad that the Warriors matched the Clippers offer?
AND I am glad Monta is FINALLY SIGNED.
July 25th, 2008 at 12:06 am
Great signing by the W’s especially for the money. A Bargain to say the least. Hope the W’s are PLANNING to make a run for the Title Within 3 years cause if Monta fullfills his enormous talent which i think he will, one of your big market teams will steal him away from the W’s. Were going to have to go over the LUX TAX to play with the big boys, and were going to have to find or develop a bonifide power forward.
July 25th, 2008 at 9:30 am
[...] - I estimated Monta Ellis value to be $10.5 to $11.5 million per season. The Warriors just signed him to a six-year deal worth $66 million. Throw in Andrew Bogut’s deal - $12 million per season [...]
July 25th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
OVERPAID? no way, Monta is definately the warriors future, and since Baron ditched us, Monta is the leader. i still personally think that he is kinda underpaid, in my opinion. for such a amazing player.
July 25th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
What the hell are you talking about “Why?”. you’ll definately hear “under-paid” when Monta is playing. he has the potential to be the next Kobe Bryant, he is still a really young player.
August 9th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
http://www.sandlotscience.com/Aftereffects/Andrus_Spiral.htm
August 30th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
I dont know i think monta went a little crazy getting all the tattos and he went a little crazy this summer and somehow got hurt.
goldenstwarriors site is run by a bunch of little girls. You have to be one of them to be in their little clique.