Monta Ellis Doesn’t Sound Happy

Who’s next to walk out the door? Maybe the W’s trade Monta, maybe they don’t. The same goes for Maggette. But, the W’s now have no way to keep Anthony Morrow; he’s a free agent. Raja Bell even if he plays or not this season will not stay in Golden State. C. J. Watson is also gone.

That leaves a core of Curry, Ellis, Azubuike, Randolph, Biedrins, Wright, and Turiaf; with Maggette and Radmanovic for next year. And they’re only playing because they have to.

Even with all the cap money available in the world, as long as Rowell is in charge and Nellie by association, who will want to play for the W’s?

In response to the trade of Stephen Jackson, Robert Rowell said, “I don’t want anybody here who doesn’t want to be here.” Well guess what Rowell… I think you, Nellie, and Riley better dust off your shorts and sneakers because in 2 seasons you may be starting.

Monta welcomed his new teammate with the same warmth, thoughtfulness, and humility he showed the newly arrived Curry.

Some people want to deny that players ultimately have responsibility for their bad attitudes and lack of professionalism. Particularly in the context of such a dysfunctional organization as the dubs. But Stack ‘I’ll take any mofos money if he giving it away’ Jack caused problems with teams before the dubs and will eventually do so again with the Bobcats. The best thing an organization can do is find ways to moderate the self-defeating and destructive personalities of the talented players who possess such traits. I’m not sure the dubs have that ability as an organization but this in no way makes Monta less responsible for his inability to accept valid criticism, his narcissistic attitudes, and his thoughtlessness towards teammates. Those things are about the man, not the organization – no matter how bad it is. Most of the dubs players present themselves as good professionals and would be wherever they were played.

ESPN reports Monta’s agent is meeting with Warrior brass Thursday. Great – can’t imagine what we’ll get for him, now that the league knows he wants out.
Both sides are wrong here – Monta for the ol “I won’t do any more” routine (Jackson made the “extra pass???” I must have missed that possession)and the Warriors, for talking out of both sides of their mouth – especially before the draft. Why would they fly to Mississippi, make a promise, then break it? They knew a point guard would fall in their lap.
Next up – Anthony Randolph …

What is that sound in the near distance…The Golden State Warriors completely imploding…Wow, you couldn’t write a script with a better armageddon scenario for a franchise… Wow…

Nelson has to go, he’s Godzilla loose in Tokyo right now, just destroying the franchise…

The more Monte speaks out, the more he reveals his inadequacy in the I.Q. department.Maybe he needs to take a lesson in interview with S Curry!

Screw Monta we dont need him rebuild with curry morrow randolph and beadrins he can go ride a mo ped off a cliff for all i care and take the retarded owner with him!

Brian F & JM95054 got it right, all the people posting on here are a little too sheepish for me. Everyone is trying to kill Monta now even though less than 2 yrs ago he was the best 6th man in the game and was the X-factor that no other team had an answer for. A lot of you guys are just ridiciulous about him not playing defense b/c that is what got him time when montgomery was here playing defense & that is what initially got him time when Nelson came back.
yes he has gone a way from it but that is because he has been asked to fufill a more offensive role in a new position that he has never really played. I just get sick of hearing everyone blame this situation on Monta and not on the people that it deserves to be placed on NELLIE and the FO. Ohh & dont give me that we already know the FO sucks cuz apparently you don’t since you think getting rid of Monta right now instead of a disinterested 70 yr old coach who doesn’t want to change & always lays waste to franchises within 3 yrs of being there is the right decision.
Also to all of you who think any of this cap space is going to be used or that any respectable FA is going to want to come here next yr you are in for a rude awaking. The only way the dubs can get anyone of substance is through trade and overpaying. That’s it, end of story. We are not a storied franchise, we don’t have solid leadership at the top, the only thing we can sell a player is that we have good fans. Really that is all we have to sell someone to make them want to come here. Oh and that last part I am becoming very suspect of because to many of these “Good Fans” just make excuses for an old coach and a crappy FO and are fine with the moves they make.
The real fans, who don’t drink the kool-aid and want a winning product out there, are the one’s really suffering because they see what’s going on & are trying to talk about it but get re-buffed at every opportunity by both dubs plants & homers alike b/c they are calling it how they see it through non-rose colored glasses & see the shadiness that is occurring.

I don’t think any of the people who are criticizing Monta are praising Nellie or the FO. At least I’m not. I really don’t see why the two are mutually exclusive.

Nellie has lost his mind and cares only about getting his record. The FO is full of incompetent bubble heads who don’t know anything about basketball. And Monta, well, Monta is a kid who thinks he’s the man but clearly doesn’t know the first thing about being a man.

I’m sure there are things all of us don’t like about our jobs, but does that mean you go to the press and bitch and whine? Monta is supposed to be the leader of our team, a role he said he WANTED, is your supervisor supposed to go the press and talk about how incompetent you are? Let’s face it, anyone who behaved this way in the corporate world would be fired immediately.

And don’t kid yourself, Monta saying he’s the only guy who plays defense is a bad joke. One of Monta’s main deficiencies is that he’s an undersized two guard, which pretty much guarantees that he will be a defensive liability. And he doesn’t know who Raja Bell is? Maybe he should get to know who he is so he can learn how to play some d.

There is more than enough blame to go around here and there is absolutely no reason fans shouldn’t be able to assign Monta his fair share of it. I am hardly a Nellie apologist (in fact I’ll be the first to break out a bottle of champagne the day he quits) but that doesn’t mean I have to be a Monta apologist either.

The Warriors should just pack it in and throw away the keys for this season.

They do not even have enough players against the Cavs tonight.

Thanks Nellie, Rowell, and company!!!

What a great time out!!!

Jm95054 I think you’re missing the point, I don’t believe Monta is capable of being a leader either but that is the role he claimed to want. And just because you aren’t a leader isn’t a reason to act like a complete baby. Like I said, would his behavior be tolerated in any company other than the NBA? Nope. He would have been fired with cause.

Joyce – How do you expect Monte to act when Cohen’s cronies have and continue to run the team into the ground always giving away more talent then they get every time they make a trade. How much leadership would you be able to provide on a team run by the three stooges (Cohen, Rowell & Larry Riley) that managed ONE play-off appearance in FIFTEEN seasons. Even the Clippers have made more play-off appearances over that time period.

Monte Ellis has never been a leader and has never wanted to be a leader. It is really scary how some of our African American athletes who come from humble beginnings, forget where they came from.

Monte is a very young player. I’ve said to myself and others ever since he came into this league, that I hope he keeps his head on straight. His potential was and is limitless.

His attitude is another story. Stephen Jackson is a cancer. He influences young players in the wrong way. That is the reason Larry Bird traded he and Harrington from the Pacers. Jackson poisoned Harrington and Bird feared that Danny Granger would be next. He has poisoned Monte.

I knew Monte was in trouble when he went from no tattoos to a full body armor of it. Tattoos don’t make you a bad guy but I just knew his attitude would be different. The moped fiasco was clearly a sign of his immaturity.

I will also say that the Dubs front office is to blame for a lot of this mess. We need a new owner, GM, coach, and team captain. Quality players will not come here until we get an entirely new front office and coach.

The best fans in the league desere better than allthis crying from millionaires!

jay,

i dont think he can ever forget where he came from, i mean, he’s got it tattooed on his left arm. And tattoos dont change your attitude they just change how your skin looks. i’m sure he’s wanted his tats before he was legally and financially able to aquire them. but i definitely agree about the need for a Front-Office change. check out tim kawakamis article online and the posts. we should boycott these dumb rich bastards.

and Squall,

his tats are pretty badass, actually. they were done by a very good artist and have a nice flow to them. you must not have any. attacking a player for his play and a leadership on the court is one thing, but to go after a player for his physical appearance is pretty retarded. i mean, if anybody gives two shits about what other people think of their tats, they probably shouldnt get them in the first place. with that said, no one cares what you think.

-signed everybody who was ever named me.

Joyce,

It’s you and the other minions on here missing the point. How much one makes is always relative. Say I make 50k per year right now. I gripe at my work. I bet you someone in Mexico is thinking I am an idiot for even griping at work while making 50k. You see how it is all relative?

You guys all pile up on him when it is mgmt’s fault. They should have never promoted him to be team leader nor expected him to do so. Monte is a complement player. It has been well documented that the front office staff has screwed everyone over. They blew up the ONLY TEAM TO MAKE A PLAYOFF IN 15 YEARS. When I was making 150k back in dotcom days, I was unhappy too with mgmt when they were screwing up. Was I supposed to just shut my mouth and pretend everything is fantastic so long as I collect my paycheck?

Case in point, how was that game tonite? NBA TV called out Nelson for basically throwing the game away at the end. Nelson didnt even bother to ask them to foul someone at the end. C WEbb and Mchale couldnt believe it themselves. But hey, i am sure it is all Monte’s fault too.

This is not about Monta, or even Jackson. This really is about the Owner and his front office. The Warriors have literally become an NBA laughingstock. Columnists on ESPN, Yahoo!, CBS Sportsline, and other major news sites have harshly criticized and even poked fun at the ridiculous folly that goes on in Oakland.

I always wonder how men with careers in professional basketball could make so many obviously horrible decisions. If I can sit in my underwear on the couch and figure out the right moves to make, why can’t they?

How does a man who literally has 100′s of $millions$ invested in a franchise routinely make such inexplicably terrible choices?

Why doesn’t he fire Rowell? Doesn’t he read the papers? Doesn’t he watch the news? Surely Cohen must know that literally EVERYONE who knows anything about basketball thinks that Rowell has done nothing but destroy the Warriors.

Surely, Cohen sees that his once-promising, exciting and MARKETABLE team has been completely ripped apart, replaced by odd-and-end players who have expiring contracts. Since Rowell has been calling the shots, the team has:

1. Dissed a Warrior legend in Chris Mullin, kicked him out of town

2. Allowed Baron Davis, the franchise player to leave town because Rowell refused to give him a 4th year option on his contract extension

3. Traded Jason Richardson for a bust in BWright, then fail to use the $10 mil trade exception to improve the team

4. Make ridiculous contract/extension offers to undeserving players such as Elton Brand, Gilbert Arenas, Corey Magette and Stephen Jackson.

5. Continuously extend a coach who is notorious for his impatience and inconsistant treatment of rookies; while simultaneously trading away ALL veteran players.

Everyone who knows a thing about basketball can see that practically EVERY decision Rowell makes is the wrong one. Why cant Cohen see this? Why would Cohen allow Rowell to destroy his $400 million dollar investment?

Perhaps Cohen has some sort of leverage over Cohen. Maybe he’s blackmailing him. Maybe he knows someting about Cohen that he can’t afford to get out. Otherwise, it makes absolutely no sense that Rowell could still have Cohen’s confidence.

Please Warrior fans: BOYCOTT THIS TEAM. its the only way to force a sale. And a sale needs to happen soon, before Curry and Randolph’s careers are ruined.

jm95054…I think that you make some very valid points, but that does not excuse certain comments or behaviors or perspectives that Ellis has presented publicly, starting with his “I can’t play with Curry” stance (before he ever did) and all the way up to his comments yesterday of “I can’t do more…someone else has to step up”…sure, it’s not his fault that he’s being paid an ungodly sum of money, but there is, or should be some measure of responsibility, and maturity to live up to being paid that much, not to mention in the quality of his play…do you think he is measuring up? I don’t, and would just as soon see him gone for a real PROFESSIONAL. I love his game, or what his game was before the moped incident, but I don’t think he is back to that yet, and maybe never will be – and if he was bringing some intangibles to the team, like leadership, like maturity, then a slight drop off in his play could be better tolerated, but I don’t think he is doing any of these things. Let’s get something back for him, and move on.

Hey Monte your our new problem, you don’t know how to pass and your to small for the 2 guard. I think its time to trade Monte give the point to Curry and lets get a real 2 in this line up. Yes, he scores 23 but he needs 20 shots to do it, and the turn overs, wow, somebody please tell him to quit leaving his feet and trying to pass. Curry is the real deal, this is a true point and he’s ready now, if the organization wants to be a contender they need to get a 4 or a 2 for Monte and do it this year well he has some value.

Post #84. Sad.

EJC,

I couldn’t have said it better myself..Rowell must have incriminating photo’s of Cohan doing something very bad..Otherwise there is zero reason to allow this weasel to systematically destroy his investment..When Monte leaves for more expiring contracts, maybe that 9-72 record
is at hand..

ellis that dumbass he makes me wanna vomit i’m sick of looking at that mindless look on his face he thinks he’s so great so monta if your so great why do u make stupid play after stupid play and you lose games too if wanna talk bout great monta talk bout mj rick barry wilt chamberlain or kareem abdul jabar oh wait you probly don’t know much bout those *dudes* etheir