After an increasing belief the Chicago Bulls had been in position to acquire Monta Ellis, the Sacramento Kings have separated themselves as frontrunners to sign the free agent guard on a three-year contract, league sources told RealGM on Tuesday afternoon. Ellis set up meetings with teams over the weekend and into the week, and he privately believed in recent days that joining the Bulls in a sign-and-trade between Chicago and the Milwaukee Bucks had been a growing possibility. Despite a hard push out of the Bulls, they ultimately couldn’t make the moves necessary to facilitate a potential sign and trade, a source said. Behind the Kings, Ellis is also considering the Atlanta Hawks and Dallas Mavericks. Yet, all three organizations must complete roster moves to create salary room. The Kings and Mavericks need to move contracts, while the Hawks would have to use Jeff Teague in a sign-and-trade. The Kings have yet to broach discussion with John Salmons about using the amnesty clause on him, a league source told RealGM. Salmons has two seasons left on his contract, including a team option on the second year. Ellis, 27, averaged 19.2 points and six assists last season, and he’s pitched himself as an All-Star caliber guard. The Denver Nuggets had emerged as a serious suitor for Ellis last week, but they were unwilling to commit financially. Source http://basketball.realgm.com/wireta...r-Monta-Ellis-After-Bulls-Pursuit-Falls-Short
What Bullshit. The Bulls couldn't do ANY S&T because they used the MMLE on Dunkeavy. But maybe they could have done a S&T of Deng or Boozer for Ellis and Dunleavy. Both were Bucks last season.
They have to be right? You can't let an allstar walk and not get any talent in return. I think I like that move too. Monta Ellis is just so darn interesting. I'd like to see what he can do on a team with real coaching and distinct roles.
We could move Butler over and MDJ there as well, Ellis at SG well thats not bad. Some other bulls fans call it BS like Denny did, and even I had my doubts, but it came from a good source. David Aldridge: http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2013/07/09/ellis-mulling-offers-from-kings-hawks-mavs/
He'll get minutes when Kirk is hurt. Or he'd play 30 MPG, like Boozer. I remember our best record teams losing to the Warriors and it was their guards torching us. Ellis can really catch fire. For a short guy at SG, he gets Hinrich assist numbers and Deng rebound numbers. His 18 points on 18 shots is scary. He'd absolutely kill it in the playoffs if they try to double or triple Rose, tho.
He's a guard. Harder to come by solid big men in the league like that. Guards are in abundance everywhere nowadays.
