What Monta Ellis' Injury Means for Golden State Warriors

This article can also be found on Hoops4Life.com , a basketball fan's site.  I decided to post it here because, well, you all seem to like this kind of stuff.   Monta Ellis was the one piece that was going to come out and make all the Warriors fans forget about Baron Davis. In fact, he was Davis' replacement since he left for the Los Angeles Clippers and Steve Nash . Ellis has been sidelined with a severe high ankle sprain.  It is reported that it will be a minimum of three months before he can successfully return to the basketball court. Ellis received a big pay raise just a month ago. He went from making under $1 million a year to an average of $11 million a year over the next six years. This is one of the biggest pay raises in NBA history. The Warriors had good reason to give him such a raise. He was the first player under the age of 23 to have at least 20 ppg and shoot 50 percent from the field since Kevin Johnson in the 1988-89 season. Now, their only star at the ... (link)