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By: Hardwood Paroxysm » Blog Archive » Lion Face/Lemon Face 03.16.10: The Let It Fly And Don’t Worry About Defense Edition

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:15:40 +0000

[...] Face: Monta Ellis WOW, this guy killed his team tonight. You might remember me trying to open up the dark side of his impressive stats earlier in the season. Well, against the Lakers Monta just continued to jack up shot after shot despite the fact that [...]

By: On Kevin Martin and the Dearth of Quality Shooting Guards

On Kevin Martin and the Dearth of Quality Shooting Guards — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:42:51 +0000

[...] Monta Ellis down the line, who is also at 16.9. He undoubtedly is a quality player, but is having one of the strangest seasons in recent memory. His inefficiency is dragging her PER down, but we know that he is capable of being an efficient [...]

By: Jaundrea Clay

Jaundrea Clay — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:52:29 +0000

Actually … Jason Kidd was in Arizona vacationing, so he still had to be flown in. Would have much rather seen ‘Reke play, simply because my coworkers and I were joking that the All-Star game, as effortless as it is, might give Kidd a career-ending injury. (and I would have been very sad. Go Mavs!)

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:15:36 +0000

I think destructive is the wrong word to describe Monta Ellis. The problem with Ellis is that, on this Golden State roster, he is redundant. There isn’t really anything that Ellis can do that can’t be done by some combination of Stephen Curry, Anthony Morrow, and CJ Watson (creating perimeter shots, passing, steals). Meanwhile, Ellis does nothing to address the Warriors real needs: man defense, interior defense, interior scoring (other than Maggette). And so, the more possessions he dominates, the more possessions he takes away from the Warriors other effective players while doing nothing to mitigate the effects of starting Mikki Moore at center. Which is not to say that what Ellis is doing is not heroic and impressive-it is-but it is not needed on his current team.

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Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:53:00 +0000

[...] The Painter’s Brush: Zach Harper starts off claiming that he doesn’t care about All-Star snubs or selections, and then fires off 1500 words about how Monta Ellis is a one-of-a-kind player who both embodies the spirit of All-Star basketball, and at the same time hurts his team by doing so. [Hardwoord Paroxysm] [...]

By: Zach Harper

Zach Harper — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:42:36 +0000

The Stephon Marbury comparison is pretty good, Adi. I don’t think he’s nearly as destructive as Steph was but he definitely doesn’t seem to be cultivating the combination of him and Curry.

By: Adi Joseph

Adi Joseph — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:03:50 +0000

I think what you’re not mentioning, even if you are considering this, is that maybe Ellis’ ball-hogging is holding back Stephen Curry and Corey Maggette, who is having his best season in terms of efficiency numbers. Ellis has made it quite obvious he is not happy with the team’s structure, namely, that it’s not built around his star power. But he’s not a star. He’s Stephon Marbury, a cancer whose counting numbers look great and efficiency is painful.