I think we're getting Monta Ellis and the 18!!!!!!!!!!

[rallydurham]

My source wouldn't divulge details at all last night but I just texted them telling them I really want Monta Ellis and the #18 pick and they shot back a response "Do you ever work? You might as well have my job!!!"

In other words i think i got it right, even though they officially cant "confirm or deny"


Anyway take it for what its worth but this person doesnt lie and i dont think theyd mislead me.

Monta Ellis is a TERRIFIC acquistion. A young scorer with ball handling skills. Great job MJ...

[Mustachio]

not to rain on your parade, but thats been reported.

why so up on Monta Ellis... seems like a wash to me.

I could be wrong but with the 8th pick we can find someone with more promise than monta right??

[Mustachio]

ok sorry didnt mean to be a dick...

monta ellis and the 18 isnt bad for one draft pick and we dont have to lose anything.

if its Noah at 8 then thank god for Ellis... if its Yi.... man i dont know, i dont like passing on a guy that could be huge... but we shall see.


anyway the monta ellis thing makes sense... hes cheaper than richardson and that will allow us more money for Free Agency next year.... when its gonna be huge.

we could potentially save money this year and spend big on someone like.... say MR. TIMMAY DUNCAN

felton
ellis
wallace
Okafor
Duncan

hello 3 titles.

[rallydurham]

I know the Monta Ellis deal was rumored to be in the mix... but it definitely hasnt been officially reported as transpiring.

Hell, it hasnt even been reported that we're trading the pick for sure yet.

Like i said take it for what its worth, but this person knows whats going down and when i floated the monta ellis and the #18 scenario they were pretty stunned and responded in a manner that made me think it was right


Yi would be a terrible pick.

1) He's probably going to be a bust
2) He doesnt want to play in Charlotte obviously
3) Even if he's not an enormous bust, he won't be ready to contribute for a few years and we need to start winning soon

[Mustachio]

remember when i jumped all over ellis not being worth the pick.. yeah well im an idiot.

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notice the nice connection between raymond and ellis.
hes able to back up raymond at point, play the 2 which we desperately need. and he is a versatile guy that means we dont have to sacrifice Ammos development.

if we add Ellis... i think we have to take 2 big men with our 18th and 22nd. Williams and Gasol... oh god this might be better than i ever imagined.

Ray, Ellis, Carrol, Morrison, Hermann, Wallace, okafor, may, williams, brezec, voshkul, gasol... thats a pretty damn good running team and everyon is pretty young, plenty of room to grow, but damn i like it.

[dav7z]

I know Ellis is young and was a 2nd round pick in 2005 and was a most inproved player and was considered to be part of the fucture of the franize.
But i thought his contract ran out after this year. Is this a sign and trade or has he all ready signed a contract
Does any one kbnow what he makes and for how long . Just Wandering . In the long run he should be a better pick than J- RICH . Its they are both good and not enough mins to go around.

[cltblkhscoach]

I'm kind of torn, I like Ellis and he can grow with us, but is he really a go-to guy in the clutch? Are we looking at Gerald being the guy who can create on his own when the clock is going down, or maybe they're expecting Raymond to step up and be that guy?

I like having 18 and 22 though, that gives us flexiblity to go up and get someone, or just take whoever slides to us there.

[Defense]

The more I think about this the more I like it, Monta would be a great SG to have, and would be a way for us too keep cap open to make a bunch of resignings and hopefully some big signings. Then with 18 we are in range to land Crittenton or Gasol or possibly even Thad Young. Then we have the 22nd to pick best player available. I like this trade a lot more than I like the J-Rich deal, and outside of staying put and taking Brewer / Wright / Yi, I like this deal.

[dnbman]

I like Monta o.k., but we'd have a very small back court. Granted, we'd have some some serious jets out there, but I wonder if we wouldn't get exploited a lot having two guys that size on the court.

Also, Monta's contract is up next season and he may want a lot more money than we want to pay him.

I'm hoping we get the Phili deal. We could draft Nick Young for a legitimate SG, who isn't a pg or sf trying to play out of position. Then we can still possibly get Williams and either another shooter or pg with the two later picks.

[rallydurham]

I dont think Phoenix gets "exploited" when they pair Nash and Barbosa...

Likewise with Dallas when they play J.Terry and Devin Harris.


Having two guys who can score AND create is going to make our offense infinitely better