Posted by GoNyGoNyGo:

Ellis is the captain and he talks like this? Sounds like a bonehead. I hope Curry does not get poisoned playing over in GS. Nellie is screwing up another city! Again!

Posted by nyk4ever:

Posted by NumberTwoPencil:

The whole Ellis interview:

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2009/09/28/monta-ellis-on-pairing-with-stephen-curry-we-cant-not-going-to-win-that-way/

Ellis might be right about playing with Curry--they'll probably loose more games and, nope, Curry's not going to be Baron Davis--but Ellis might have other problems with the team, like, say, Nelson. Parts of that interview are whack, esp. if Ellis is da franchise playa.

Q: When Riley and Nelson visited you, did they tell you they wouldn’t draft a guard similar to you?

ELLIS: I don’t remember.

Q: Would you have wanted them to tell you that—or not to draft a similar guard?

ELLIS: To be honest with you, I don’t feel like my job is in jeopardy at all. I don’t feel that my position, my minutes, nothing are going to be taken. Because at the end of the day, I’m still going to be Monta Ellis. I’m still going to be the franchise player. And I’m still going to go out there and give you 20 points a night. I’m not worrying about that. I’m not.

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Q: Nelson said he was making you a captain. Did he tell you that and what do you think of it?

ELLIS: (Chuckles) I don’t even know. What’s different in being a captain?

Q: I don’t know.

ELLIS: Exactly. I don’t know. It’s just a title to me.

Q: Have you talked to Nelson about your feelings on playing with Curry?

ELLIS: I don’t know what to expect. Just going into training camp positive.

Like I said.. in the last year, year and a half, this guy has seriously turned from a great find into Stephon Marbury Jr. What an *******, he's not even that good.

ellis thinks he's a franchise player lololololololol lololololololol lololololololol that interview reminded me of the knicks when we used to inflate the egos of players who werent that good but its was the best (retarded managment) could get. ellis may be a franchise player on the warriors but he's just a pippen any place else. no disrespect to pippen. can you imagine him being traded to the cav's and in his delusional mind he's like *me and lebron uh-uh not gonna work, im the franchise player* lololololololol.

Posted by Paladin55:

Posted by sebstar:

Posted by coolbeans:

ellis is not that special enough to dictate anything in essense he's a half court player in that he only plays the offensive half.

Ellis' stature is debatable, but its not like duke is lying here. LOL at a Ellis/Curry defensive backcourt. Them munchkins are gonna get their lunch eaten on a nightly basis.

... and neither of them is a true PG. Ellis is a hybrid scoring guard, and from what I saw of Curry in SL, he seems to feel more comfortable being a SG than running a team from the point.

Unless the Amare/Curry trade rumor was legit, I don't know what Nelson was thinking when he picked Curry.

Ironic that the two teams whose picks dictated our choice at #8, Minny and GS, may have screwed themselves up with their respective decisions.

So it goes.