Errbody say something nice about Monta Ellis

[Admin]

Will we have enough money to sign Bynum or any other center at this point?

Nope this will be our last even remotely big money signing.

[Buzzard]

Monta is a scorer people. Everyone bashes his TS % and Efg %; but the bottom line is his shooting stats over his career are very comparable to these NBA darlings:

Jamal Crawford

JR Smith

DeMar Derozan

I am not going to go through the trouble of citing year and year out. Last season was a bad year but just one season prior in 2011/12 he was better than all three. And we all know his rookie season was sensational. In 10/11 Mike Conley's TS was only .526 and his Efg was .494. Give the guy a break. If Danny thinks he can get better; maybe he can. What the hell do we have to lose?

Edited July 8, 2013 by Buzzard

[Wretch]

As soon as Monta Ellis signs, he is an Atlanta Hawk. As a Hawks player, he has my fandom. I will watch him on TV, I will pay my money to see him live, and I will hope that every shot he puts up to go down. I hope that he, and Danny Ferry, will prove every doubter wrong.

...but I am not a happy camper right now. This is the 90's all over for me.

[Admin]

As soon as Monta Ellis signs, he is an Atlanta Hawk. As a Hawks player, he has my fandom. I will watch him on TV, I will pay my money to see him live, and I will hope that every shot he puts up to go down. I hope that he, and Danny Ferry, will prove every doubter wrong.

...but I am not a happy camper right now. This is the 90's all over for me.

I wish this team had any chance at being as good as those 90's teams.

[ATLscrubLove]

Nope this will be our last even remotely big money signing.

Maybe Ferry is trying to get Monta a bit cheaper or something... Been talking quite a while. Guess my source jumped the gun.

[nitte]

Back to the nice things: signing him will eliminate our chances of signing Bynum.

[Wretch]

I wish this team had any chance at being as good as those 90's teams.

LOL....and ain't that just the cherry on the cake. ;)

[Admin]

Impressive Monta stats from last year*:

122nd in PER at 16.2

356th in true shooting% at 0.493

393rd in effective FG% at 0.448

294th in win shares / 48 at 0.071

*From basketball-reference - All players in NBA listed and some of them won't have as many minutes

[AHawks89]

He apparently overcame alot of hardships and is a truly nice little success story but that's too serious for this thread

Yeah, I just read this: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9186861/the-life-career-milwaukee-bucks-guard-monta-ellis

[wolvetigers]

We need assets people...let's wait to see the contract details....Looks like Teague maybe involve in a sign & trade for a Center...let's wait and see.

[Admin]

We need assets people...let's wait to see the contract details....Looks like Teague maybe involve in a sign & trade for a Center...let's wait and see.

Where are you getting that from?

[wolvetigers]

Impressive Monta stats from last year*:

122nd in PER at 16.2

356th in true shooting% at 0.493

393rd in effective FG% at 0.448

294th in win shares / 48 at 0.071

*From basketball-reference - All players in NBA listed and some of them won't have as many minutes

Well if it's as bad as the stats show then we can expect a top 5 pick., but i think we will be competitive.

[Plainview1981]

Lets get the ball rollings here on some positives about Monta Ellis

I'll go first

He seems to take care of his oral hygiene pretty well

he's rich

he can shoot a basketball pretty good

he's in shape

he's got a hookup to that fire weed bro

he could "help" the hawks get a better draft pick

He shot 53% about 6 seasons ago.

[Admin]

He shot 53% about 6 seasons ago.

If we got that 3rd season Monta then I'd be all for it. That player was dynamite and highly efficient. Unfortunately he hasn't been anywhere near that the rest of his career.

[wolvetigers]

Where are you getting that from?

Ferry post draft press conference mentioned he would bring in free agents and make trades this summer to bring in veteran support to help the team. We drafted a PG, if indeed we signed Ellis then he is a hybrid guard, we have Lou williams coming back..The Monta Ellis acquisition really makes it more likely that Teague will be gone....its just a hunch - I don't think Teague is a leader but I actually like Teague for our team..

[wolvetigers]

The Silver linings playbook is that Bud utilizes analytics to improve players...what better player in Monta to use analytics to improve....maybe a good signing if the price is right..

[Admin]

Ferry post draft press conference mentioned he would bring in free agents and make trades this summer to bring in veteran support to help the team. We drafted a PG, if indeed we signed Ellis then he is a hybrid guard, we have Lou williams coming back..The Monta Ellis acquisition really makes it more likely that Teague will be gone....its just a hunch - I don't think Teague is a leader but I actually like Teague for our team..

It would be extremely unlikely that we'll find a team who wants to sign Teague and who has a C in that same price range that they are looking to trade and that the Hawks would be interested in. The odds are great against that happening. Keep in mind that we'd have to send Teague someplace that he's willing to play.

The Silver linings playbook is that Bud utilizes analytics to improve players...what better player in Monta to use analytics to improve....maybe a good signing if the price is right..

Monta is one of the worst players in the league using advanced stats. That's what has many of us so frustrated because he's the polar opposite of everything that Ferry has done with this team in assembling highly efficient players.

[Afro]

He didnt sleep with Lebron's mom.

Looking at you Delonte

[YP2K]

He's human...

I hope nobody beat me to it!

[plskeepbibby]

Maybe we sign Ellis and trade Teague to Milwaukee for Zaza