| What Monta Ellis' Injury Means For the Golden State Warriors |
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| Written by Joe Willett | |
| Thursday, 28 August 2008 | |
 The Warriors had good precedent to give such a raise too, as he was the first player under 23-years-old to have at least 20 ppg and shoot 50% from the field since Kevin Johnson in the 1988-89 season. Now, their only star at the beginning of the season is going to be Andris Biedrins, who will have a lot more trouble finding open looks with out the high scoring of Ellis. This will now allow teams to play bigger lineups, working to combat the ability of Biedrins inside along with players like Ronnie Turiaf, Stephen Jackson and Al Harrington who all posses great size to create match-up problems for opposing teams. Now they miss out on Ellis, who was the piece that was going to make teams respect quickness and play a more balanced defense instead of bringing out their big guys to guard the likes of Jackson and co. Ellis was selected in the second round of the 2005 draft because of questions about injuries he had received. Since he made it to the NBA, he has been able to avoid serious injury so far. He was also able to win the NBA's Most Improved Player Award in the 2006-07 season, awarded to the best up-and-coming player. Ellis was considered part of the nucleus that was going to bring the Warriors to greatness (it was about time the Warriors did something) and remove all the bad memories. As for the replacement, the Warriors already have that under control. "Right now, we feel like we're going to let Marcus [Williams] handle the point," Chris Mullin, VP of basketball operations for the Warriors, said. "There will be a lot more discussion moving forward about that, but we feel like we'll come up with a lot of different scenarios between [coach Don Nelson] and I. The one thing we won't do is panic and do something just knee-jerk." For now, this is a big loss for the Warriors, but Ellis does have a good history of coming back from scary events and making quick recoveries. For Warriors fans, this is a necessity if they want to survive in the vaunted Western Conference.         Set as favorite Bookmark Comments
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written by Smokey , September 03, 2008
I think that means the Warriors front office screwed up big this time. they lost Davis, now without Ellis and who knows how fast he can catch up with his ability and time he needs to warm up? Bad luck for the Warriors fans
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written by Phil P , September 05, 2008
"Now, their only star at the beginning of the season is going to be Andris Biedrins, who will have a lot more trouble finding open looks with out the high scoring of Ellis."
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Huh??? How is Biedrins a star? Open looks? He averaged 10.5 ppg last season, which was a career high. He's a defensive garbage player (meaning he gets most of his points off put backs and such), so how does a scoring dip for him factor into the Warriors' equasion? GS will certainly be hurt by Ellis' injury, but not because of how it will affect Biedrins. report abuse
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written by Phil P , September 05, 2008
I don't think it's fair to say the Warriors' front office screwed up in losing Davis. They didn't expect to lose him. They offered him the max...a poop load of money...and he turned it down. What are they supposed to do about that? How's that their fault? It is what it is.
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