2007-2008 In Review
Record: 48-34
Western Conference Seed: 9
Summer Of 2008
Key Additions: Corey Maggette (via free agency), Anthony Randolph (via draft), Marcus Williams (via trade), Ronny Turiaf (via free agency), Richard Hendrix (via draft), Anthony Morrow (via free agency - undrafted rookie).
Key Losses: Baron Davis (via free agency), Matt Barnes (via free agency), Mickael Pietrus (via free agency), Patrick O’Bryant (via free agency), Austin Croshere (via free agency).
“B-Diddy” got his money; $65 million over the course of five years, to be exact. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on which way you look at it), it wasn’t from Chris Mullin and the gang, but rather back home in Los Angeles from the Clippers.
Interestingly enough, forward Corey Maggette opted out of his contract, had his rights renounced by the Clippers, and packed his bags to go the opposite direction by signing a five-year, $50 million deal with the Warriors.
After that inadvertent free agent switch-a-roo, containing the loss of Davis, it was time for the club to make sure that they had themselves a point guard.
With that in mind, the contract of Monta Ellis was extended for six years, making the budding star guard approximately $67 million richer. Whether or not Ellis can learn to run an efficient offense and create for others in varying situations remains to be seen, but after a breakout year of 20.2 PPG, five RPG, and 3.9 APG on a 53.1 percent shooting clip, it’s more than worth the experiment...
If only Ellis could avoid the temptation of riding a moped.
Shortly after signing the aforementioned lucrative contract, the 22-year-old stud damaged his ankle in a moped accident back in his hometown of Jackson, Mississippi. Ellis was diagnosed with a Grade 3 high ankle sprain, a torn deltoid ligament, and a syndesmosis disruption of his left ankle.
Furthermore, Ellis felt the need to lie to the organization about the incident by telling them that the injury occurred while he was “working out.” Disciplinary action is yet to be taken, but one is inevitably forthcoming.
The worst part of the whole ordeal, however, has nothing to do with putting himself in physical danger or lying to the organization. It’s that Ellis will be forced to miss the next three months of action, which may very well ruin the team’s postseason hopes.
It’s probably safe to say that Monta won’t be taking up any extreme sports next summer.
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