The Warriors are Stephen Curry's team, and general manager Larry Riley will consider who best fits with the point guard when choosing a draft pick Thursday.

"It's obvious and true that Curry is a guy who is going to have the ball in his hands a lot, and we're going to play right through him a great deal," Riley said. "He's the point guard of this team, and Monta (Ellis) plays the two, and that's the direction we're going.

"You don't build your team around a two-guard. You build around a point guard."

Source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/21/SP6T1E2KEM.DTL

When the GM takes a crap on one of his best players that is never a good sign. Ellis is a smaller version on Derrick Rose. Lebron wants to play with talent and Ellis has got plenty.

Thats the good.

The bad?

He's smaller than Toney Douglas. He doesnt guard anyone. Opposing guards have a EFG% of over 55%. He's very small and in recent years we have been killed by opposing guards living in the paint and lighting us up at will.

He's a great scorer and and efficient scorer on bad teams. What is he on good teams?

He's a talented guy but if he's not going to be our PG its not a great fit.

crzymdups wrote:nah. no to monta ellis.

love watching his highlights, hate watching him take horrible shot after horrible shot in full games.

He was able to calm down when he isnt relied on to score all the points. Golden State lost Baron Davis and Stephen Jackson. That is alot of scoring losted.

That means I would rather have TD than Monta as our PG. Parker is no spring chicken and has injury issues. BUT, he also has more playoff experience than most PGs in the league, and that certainly counts for something. He can score and distribute and play solid D. But I would not be willing to give up Curry/Chandler/TD for him. Would rather keep TD, trade Chandler for a pick or solid role player, and trade straight up for a big (e.g., OK4). Probably makes more sense to move Curry now and have a max cap next year so we can make use of a MLE rather than let him end his contract an not have an MLE next year.

AnubisADL wrote:

The Warriors are Stephen Curry's team, and general manager Larry Riley will consider who best fits with the point guard when choosing a draft pick Thursday.

"It's obvious and true that Curry is a guy who is going to have the ball in his hands a lot, and we're going to play right through him a great deal," Riley said. "He's the point guard of this team, and Monta (Ellis) plays the two, and that's the direction we're going.

"You don't build your team around a two-guard. You build around a point guard."

Source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/21/SP6T1E2KEM.DTL

When the GM takes a crap on one of his best players that is never a good sign. Ellis is a smaller version on Derrick Rose. Lebron wants to play with talent and Ellis has got plenty.

both guys are 6'3, so I don't see monta as a smaller version of rose at all.. plus monta is a better all around scorer than rose... monta's big problem are the turnovers.....very bad...

Vmart wrote:I don't know do you want Parker, Monta or Collison. I would rather just go with Douglass but if a move has to be made then go with Parker his playoff experience would be valuable.

Of the three mentioned, none of them really stroke the 3. Better to work TD, and use the extra dollar on another position.

He's 24 and extremely talented. I think he's way ahead of someone like Jamal Crawford who we had high expectations of when signed. Thing w/ Ellis is he shoots a high%. He's not just a volume scorer. He also doesnt really shoot the 3. Most of his stuff is mid range and getting into the paint. Dude is also a world class athlete, even post injury.

I cant we should go get him. The size and defense issue scares me. Its been a decade of letting opposing guards have their way night in and night out and he doesnt help that.

BUT

If you have a guy like MDA who is a great offensive coach, you would be handing him:
24 year old guard
highly efficient scorer (over 47% for his career)
decent rebounder
tons of steals and deflections which is GREAT for the MDA running offense
excellent passer who creates a lot of open shots for teammates. Also has good assist #s
plays very hard and wants to win

I am on the fence. Its a make or break type move for MDA for sure. Ellis is exactly the skilled type of player MDA wants.

I think an Ellis/Douglas backcourt is better than an Ellis/Curry backcourt. Curry is (obviously) better than Douglas, but his defense worse than Ellis.

What if your team next year was:
PG Douglas
SG Ellis
SF Gallo
PF Lebron
C Bosh
bench: Chandler, Walker, Earl Barron, draft picks

Ellis
Arenas
Chandler
Gallo
Lee

With Lee obviously a question mark.