First, there was the sound. The metallic, bone-vibrating ring of the backboard, and only then the picture: the ball falling through the net while Toyota Center turns into an aquarium of school fish, all eyes wide, all asking if this is possible.
It's generally first-round picks who become stars in the NBA, and that makes sense: Teams draft promising players as soon as possible. Scouting and player evaluation are imperfect processes, though, and sometimes, a gem slips through the cracks, deeply enough to fall to the draft's second round.
James Harden is one of only five players in NBA history who have averaged 35 or more points in a single season. Former NBA player Josh Powell had the privilege of playing alongside Harden on the Houston Rockets.
Monta Ellis was once among the most talented scorers in the NBA when he spent the first six and a half seasons of his career with the Golden State Warriors.
Christmas and the NBA go hand-in-hand. The day serves for the top hoops league in the world, like Thanksgiving for the NFL. However, while the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys are perpetual Thanksgiving participants, the NBA has mixed up the matchups and the teams throughout the years.
A few good options here, but let’s go with someone selected in the second round. Monta Ellis was the 2006-07 Most Improved Player and led the league in minutes twice.
Monta Ellis has a productive 12-year NBA career. Toward the end of his career, Ellis spent two seasons with the Dallas Mavericks. In that span, he averaged 19.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.8 steals per contest while shooting 44.8% from the field and 30.4% from the three-point range in 162 games.
Monta Ellis clears the air on expectations from Stephen Curry and his own exit from the Golden State Warriors. Today, Stephen Curry is viewed as one of the best basketball players of all time and he will go down as arguably the most important player in the history of the Golden State Warriors.
The Dallas Mavericks trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers sent shockwaves throughout the NBA. Many have tried comparing the deal to other famous trades in other sports, as it was a move nobody saw coming from Dallas.
Monta Ellis was once among the most exciting shooting guards in the NBA. He started out his career with the Golden State Warriors. During the 2010 season, Ellis averaged 25.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 2.2 steals per contest while shooting 44.9% from the field.
Monta Ellis was a great scorer throughout his 12-year career in the NBA. He spent seven years with the Golden State Warriors, where he saw the team draft Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson in 2009 and 2011, respectively.
Monta Ellis is one of the most popular players in Golden State Warriors history. Ellis spent the first six and a half seasons of his career with the franchise.
The Golden State Warriors traded Monta Ellis to the Milwaukee Bucks for Andrew Bogut in 2012. However, the Warriors almost traded Stephen Curry instead of Ellis. “I was getting treatment.
With the NBA playoffs approaching, the Dallas Mavericks are finding any reason to justify the trade that sent their franchise player to the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Dallas Mavericks are still recovering from the aftershocks of the trade that sent Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers. While the Lakers have since secured the third seed in the Western Conference, the Mavericks will have to win two play-in games just to get a chance to match up with the 68-win Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round.
Former Golden State Warriors star Monta Ellis dealt with some issues during his NBA career and he now has some advice for Draymond Green. Draymond has been suspended indefinitely by the NBA and Ellis was recently asked about the situation. "I don't know too much about that situation," Ellis said.