The Monta Dilemma

Should the Warriors trade Monta Ellis?

No way. Can't trade your best player, and he is. As soon as the Warriors drafted Klay Thompson with the eleventh overall pick the rumor mill again began to churn with more and more chatter regarding the Warriors starting two guard. It seemed like a done deal, Thompson is a 6'7" shooting guard, and could end up being a good player ergo Ellis is on his way out. Not true, and a pretty preposterous thing to assume. If the Warriors truly want to become a legitimate NBA team and franchise under new ownership, they can't start by handing the keys to the team over to a rookie from Washington State. Name the last rookie shooting guard to have any sort of impact on a team, I dare you. Secondly, wasn't the number one complaint among fans and media that the Warriors backcourt this year was too small? I don't think they had a guard over 6'5" this season, and Larry Riley (Warriors GM) has admitted to liking Thompson since he was a freshman, so it was a good pick to make. Warriors need depth and the kid seems like the kind of player that can make a difference. Kid's got range for days and he's got an NBA pedigree, his father Mychal is a former number one overall pick. My opinion, good pick, but because there have been reports about an Ellis trade, everyone is back on the "Trade Monta" bandwagon. Ummm........what happened? Stop, everyone calm down. I know Monta has his deficiencies, but he's their BEST PLAYER. 

 I also don't understand why there's such a rush to drop Ellis now, when Andris Biedrins is making the same amount of money is continuing to embarass himself and the team on the basketball court. What happened to the up and coming big man that had some issues but nothing a young stud couldn't figure out. Well, he sticnks and the Warriors seem pretty content to keep him on the roster eating up cap space. Supposedly the Rockets offered Jordan Hill and Hasheem Thabeet on draft night. I'll take that deal if only to get Biedrins' money off the books. Dude makes 9-10 million a year and to say he's overpaid would be a gross understatement. The guys has averaged 5 points and 7 rebounds a game the last two seasons. Oh, and his free throw percentage was 16% in 2009 and 32% last season. I could do that with my eyes closed. Somebody call Rick Barry and get this man some lessons in how to shoot free throws.


Moral of the story, don't trade Monta, if you have to trade somebody trade Andris. But with the impending lockout looming, doesn't look like anybody is going to be playing let alone worry about being traded.

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Pat