BRIGGS wrote:TMS wrote:McK1 wrote:TMS wrote:McK1 wrote:nate chandler and mobley's contract for montae ellis and brandon wright
unless u're somehow dumping Curry or Fishlips' contract, there's no way a trade like that will be taking place... i wouldn't wanna take on Ellis' longterm dollars & screw any hope of signing any max FA's in 2010.
if ellis, playing at the level he is playing at right now, was in the 2010 free agent class would you advocate signing him?
no, not if it costs me a chance at landing 1 of the bigger names.
I don't know about you guys but Monta Ellis is one pretty big frikin name right now. The guy is playing on a superstar level once they shed Jackson. He single-handidly beat the Mavericks. I don't see much of a difference between Ellis and Wade--where is there that much of a difference?
well to start with he's only shown over a short stretch of games that he can play at a superstar level... let's see him do that over the span of a few seasons before we say he's on Wade's level.
secondly, he's about 3 inches shorter than Wade... that's not something to simply gloss over... when's the last time an undersized SG like him has led his team to an NBA title? let's keep this to modern day hoops cuz the average size of NBA players was a lot shorter back in the old days.
i think Ellis is a nice player... if we could dump Curry or Fishlips' contract & have to throw in Gallo & Chandler, i'd probably do it... would love to have him but i don't take his contract on & sacrifice any shot of signing any of the max FA's in the greatest free agency class in the history of the sport.
After 7 years & 40K+ posts, banned by martin for calling Nalod a 'moron'. Awesome.