I was again Ellis, but a lot of that had to do with his attitude. He seems to have put that aside this year…so yes, for $11mil, bring him on! Maybe we can trade AR for him. (Kidding! I’m no David Kahn…))

If he keeps doing what he’s doing, though, $10-11 million sounds about right. Dude can score!

BTW, when it was rumored that the Knicks might have interest in Monta this past summer, I wondered aloud whether he might be a good fit for us, but was met here with a mostly negative take on him. Meanwhile, the guy is just killing it on offense. Does anyone still think he is not worth $11 million per? PS David Lee said he’s the best player he’s ever played with, although that’s not saying much.

I’m still not a big Monta Ellis fan. Too much of his value to me is wrapped up in the fact that his TS% had reached over 55% for the first time in three years. If he keeps it over that, then yeah, he’s definitely a valuable player, but do you really have faith in him doing that? If your answer is yes, then fair enough, he’s a good player.

As for Lee’s statement, wow, I think he’s correct, Ellis is the best player he’s played with. That really does say a lot about the guys Lee has played with over his career.

Caleb: p.s. Just venting here.. but does anyone think the Wolves rumor is coming from someone in NY? It’s so ludicrous that it has to be a floater from the Minnesota side, right?  

That is a totally ridiculous rumor, definitely agree with you. Telfair for AR? That would have been a bad trade even back when Telfair was thought to possibly be good! AR for Rubio, now we’re talking.

I understand Golden State really needing a big man back, but they have this guy signed long term, so it is ridiculous to me that they would bring him back before he was ready to return. I think a lot of the problem came from how weird the injury was – it’s hard to explain why a guy would miss so much time just for getting a tooth stuck in his elbow, so I think that partially explains why they brought him back too soon. Also, I guess they figured Lee at 66% was better than what they had.

He’s been playing better the last few games (and unsurprisingly, Golden State has been winning more games, 3-1 in their last 4), so I imagine by the end of the year we’ll see something better resembling his years on the Knicks as the injury heals. If you haven’t seen the picture of his elbow, I don’t recommend looking at it, as it is gross, but it is worth looking at to properly assess the extent of his injury.

I do think he’s going to be underutilized in Golden State as long as the backcourt is Curry & Ellis – as we know DL is a great passer and he’s not going to get the touches.