Friday, June 19th, 2009 at 1:35 pm  |  6 responses

Monta Ellis Wants to Retire in Oakland

Talk about a change of heart: “GM Larry Riley said that he and head coach Don Nelson have been meeting with every player on the team, debriefing what went down last season, and trying to get the entire team on the same page. He said they weren’t meeting with Ellis because he was disgruntled or demanding a trade. It was in the course of interviews with everyone on the team. Ellis seemed to confirm that, laughing off a suggestion that he was on the verge of demanding out of Golden State. ‘I’m a Golden State Warrior,’ Ellis said on KNBR. ‘I’m going to be a Warrior. Hopefully I’ll retire a Warrior. I’m not thinking of leaving. It hasn’t crossed my mind. I’m here to set the record straight. It never came from me.’”

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  • niQ

    who’s Monte Ellis?

  • bfears

    thts wht they all say

  • seven deuce

    Give him a moped, he’ll retire before the next contract comes up.

  • Josh D

    The only way he’ll retire in Oakland is if he retires in the next few days

  • http://www.slamonline.com Blinguo

    Yikes, Monta deserves better than a fumblin’ mumblin’ bumblin’ front office his entire career. He may change his mind if he doesn’t get a handshake or something else similar like Arenas. This may also get the Bay superfans to reup those hazardly expensive season tickets (compared to the same seats during the season by people buying per game basis with deals in these doldrums of their win %) or hate Monta if he ever leaves, saying he went back on his word or simply joins the long list of those who flew to greener pastures and blew the hell up in new locales/got screwed by a move(Arenas/Davis respectively).

  • http://sjsu.edu davidR

    the last person who had this mindstate was jrich. i expect monta to get traded for a draft pick the warriors wont ever use next year

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