Monta Ellis was and still is so underrated..he's always been one of my favorite scorers and unfortunately the most overlooked 2 guards in the NBA. He has so many moves.
Monta Ellis was madly underrated when he was a Warrior. I still don't believe he gets the respect he deserves for some reason. This was definitely an "EPIC" duel though, major props for the drop.
He's not underrated. I've been splitting season tics to W's games since the Antawn Jamison draft. Monta was an exciting player to watch, a dynamic scorer who had an Iverson-like ability to take over a game at times ....but a team led by him will loose more games than win. The degree of difficulty of his shots were crazy and as exciting as it was when they went down he shoots in the low forties. He doesn't make guys around him better. The offense would break down into iso Monta with the other guys just watching way too often. When bigs don't get touches on O they don't play as hard on D, it's always been that way. He was a defensive liability couldn't guard quick PGs or bigger SGs. When they got Steph even though Monta was coming off his best season at almost 26 ppg they made the right choice on who to keep
kobefan124 I'm a warriors fan but kobe killed the warriors so many times. Multiple clutch shots and dunks. Never seen a player in my life that thrived off opposing crowds and high pressure moments like kobe.
slammed_ Da6_ or maybe they are on the warriors bandwagon now that they are on top. bc the lakers to this day have fans everywhere. even summerleague games this yr where booming.
Monta Ellis is and always will be an eternal Warrior!! This dude was our kobe, yeah Monta can't be compared to kobe that would be just wrong haha but what I meant to say is he was our top player, he was the "it" factor for the team. If you ever heard anyone speaking about the Warriors from 07-12 (since in 07 he was starting to show some spark, dipped in 08 thanks to that moped incident haha and then really took off in 2009) you would think of Ellis just like that. Man I wish he was part of the recent title because honestly, dude put his heart and skill to work when ever he was in this jersey. Hope to maybe see him back some day!
0:36 Commentator says ref didnt spot Kobe picking up the dribble and redribbled. But Artest passed Kobe the ball and he didn't even dribble it. That was no travel. Strange commentators.
Xkusem3 Tube you're obviously not from the bay area or been to a warriors game back in 2007. Oracles always a packed house even before curry era. Look it up.
Mississippi Bullet was NOTHIN to fuck wit . Could finish at the rim wit the best of them , good jump shooter , quick along wit great footwork , had very good pace . The recent Warriors years make ppl forget his talent
its weird to see steph just running around, being the secondary player. Monta sure as hell deserved to be an all star then, too bad he didnt get the recognition he truly deserved then
Ellis will forever be a fan favorite of Dub (GSW) nation. The guy carried this team and was really the only good spot through all those bad years. Also it was only of his high value that allowed the Warriors to trade for Bogut and getting the pick for Ezeli. If the Warriors ever get a ring in this decade I think Monta should get one too lol.
He hated curry during currys rookie season and steph still was runner up for rookie of the year and would've won if monta wouldn't have ball hogged the ball at the start of that season
Monta ellis is a player only real basketball fans know about. He avg 25 a game with the warriors at one point while leading the league in steals and hey may quietly turn out to be one of the NBAs all time leading scorers if he continues to play and put up consistent numbers ALL STAR
it sucks cuz i just started watching basketball at 6 at the beginning of the 2011-2012 season, and i was just starting to like monta so it was sad to see him go that year
Ultimate confident. He went through the shoot slump in that game on 30 something % and turn it on in 3 minutes left in the 4th led his team to victory. What a clutch player.
+largec agreed but we loved him in the mavericks, he was the best player on there. Would of been nice and deserving for him to win a chip with curry, I wish him well with the pacers but right now Boston, raptors, knicks looking better.
i still dont understand how monta wasnt selected as an allstar from 09-11 those few years were his best basketball and he was an elite scorer averaging 24-25 ppg
the commentator in the beginning was fake news had I not gone back to look for myself id most certainly have believed KOBE of all people committed the most fundamental lapse in basketball and double dribbled. Kobe is the most pure in form to ever do it.
make monta an allstar.. what the f*** is going on ...its been years already but still waiting though .. the most underrated player of all time .. monta fan 4 lyf ..
+SithLord1212 that's true and all but this guy gave every little thing he had to the franchise man. Dude was hell bent on getting us to the playoffs, it sucks that he couldn't but every true gsw fan here in the bay still appreciates the effort he gave, son even got the bay bridge tatted
Monta Ellis could’ve been a superstar given the right situation. He could pull up in your face, blow by you in 1 dribble, had one of the nicest layup packages I’ve ever seen, and had pretty much every move in his bag
Monta was annoying to guard in 2k. I remember playing PG / sg in mycareer and he was my matchup any time I faced the warriors. He was a walking bucket in that game. He made every shot it seemed that I didn't block and would blow by me forcing my center /pf into foul trouble. Good times lol
That Warriors commentator is annoying sometimes... Did he not see Kobe clearly pass it to Bynum and get it back before dribbling again? Even up to this day, he gets all defensive when someone else other than a Warrior scores. He's so biased lol.
I watched Monta Ellis in High School at Lanier vs Henry Salter at Gulfport when I was in the military. It was a battle between the two but Monta and his squad was levels above Gulfport as a whole. Henry was the only bright light for Gulfport he balled.
There was another game, maybe not as high scoring for both, but Monta and Kobe traded like back to back to back walk up 3 pointers on each other. Was hoping this was that game, but man this was an epic duel for sure! Monta still my favorite Warrior
***** How has Kobe impacted the game overall and how does he impact it on the court? Overall can't find much and on the court he misses shots more than anybody ever has in NBA History so he's not that impactful.
Lol someone's speaking outta his ass.. Doesn't matter how many shots u miss as long as u win, it's all good. All those misses mistakes made him a 5 time champion, and saying he wasn't an impact is just ridiculous...
hes not better as far as on the court performance and play but hes more mature off the court and of coarse he wins more but gsw monta was a better PLAYER
Isaiah Thomas when he was in gsw not only was he more efficient he averaged more points, assists, rebounds, steals, he even had a season averaging about 26ppg 5ast hes definitely not doing that in dallas because now he is a number 2 option instead of number 1, which im admitting is better for a team that wants to win more but as far as INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE gsw monta is ahead of Dal monta, this isn't a knock on him its just that now hes the number 2 option to a hall of famer (dirk) now nothing wrong with that
What's so fucked up is that Monta Ellis has never been an all star and in my opinion I believe he's better than James Harden, offensively and defensively.
i thought i was the only one no one agrees with me but all harden does is flop his way to 11 fts a game to get points not to mention he is a no show in the playoffs every year.
***** not better offensively for sure and harden flops but he makes alot of the shots when he does that and he gets free throws plus he is more exciting to watch but harden can't defend at all and monta ellis can
Kobe never settling for the 3’ with or with out the 24 sec clock running short. Jus the eyes of true HOF looking for the beat shot. Man do I miss that IQ of The NBA threw that Era’.
Monta Ellis was and still is so underrated..he's always been one of my favorite scorers and unfortunately the most overlooked 2 guards in the NBA. He has so many moves.
I agree I've played against him before then to watch him in the NBA but Kobe is my boy
Still
Man this my dawg bro, just got his 2k card, indeed his jersey frlz always wanted the Lakers to trade for him
Man this my dawg bro, just got his 2k card, indeed his jersey frlz always wanted the Lakers to trade for him
Prime Wade is the most overlooked 2 guard in NBA history.
Monta Ellis was madly underrated when he was a Warrior. I still don't believe he gets the respect he deserves for some reason. This was definitely an "EPIC" duel though, major props for the drop.
Michael Forte he was in the mvp during those times
Daman Lane Never was an All Star, damn shame
Daman Lane Ellis was MVP?
+MIchelKay no.. he was the MVP of the Warriors
He's not underrated. I've been splitting season tics to W's games since
the Antawn Jamison draft. Monta was an exciting player to watch, a
dynamic scorer who had an Iverson-like ability to take over a game at
times ....but a team led by him will loose more games than win. The
degree of difficulty of his shots were crazy and as exciting as it was
when they went down he shoots in the low forties. He doesn't make guys
around him better. The offense would break down into iso Monta with the
other guys just watching way too often. When bigs don't get touches on O
they don't play as hard on D, it's always been that way. He was a
defensive liability couldn't guard quick PGs or bigger SGs. When they
got Steph even though Monta was coming off his best season at almost 26
ppg they made the right choice on who to keep
Monta Ellis = criminally underrated
Dude averaged 17.8 ppg 3.5 rpg 4.5 apg
For a career 🔥
Not to mention this dude came out of HS.
Kobe is a killer!! No matter how hard you come to play, he's always ready.
The challenge was real tho. I like to see this type of battle. The crowd knew. Monta knew. Kobe knew. This was epic for real
More importantly, the refs knew lol.
Monta looking Iverson-like, loved when he was with this Warriors squad.
No lie this warriors team was legit on 2k11
Next years warriors is cheese. If you use them you suck
Marv ひ yea monta and curry was so fun to play with I loved that backcourt
ひMarv FACTS
That was one of the most entertaining games of that season. Kobe killed em in the 4th
kobefan124 I'm a warriors fan but kobe killed the warriors so many times. Multiple clutch shots and dunks. Never seen a player in my life that thrived off opposing crowds and high pressure moments like kobe.
clint d'souza you should check mj in thier playoffs
@Avocaza lol nah
Two words to describe Monta's game and that is silky smooth.
Back when no one cared about Steph Curry
Ikr!!!!
When people bandwagon the lakers haha
Steph has always been my guy but yeah I understand what u mean. Lol
Jordon Platt It was all about Barron Davis and Monte Ellis.
slammed_ Da6_ or maybe they are on the warriors bandwagon now that they are on top. bc the lakers to this day have fans everywhere. even summerleague games this yr where booming.
0:41
Lmao @ Kobe even faking out the commentator.
Sheldon Cooper lol yea he did.
Monta Ellis is and always will be an eternal Warrior!! This dude was our kobe, yeah Monta can't be compared to kobe that would be just wrong haha but what I meant to say is he was our top player, he was the "it" factor for the team. If you ever heard anyone speaking about the Warriors from 07-12 (since in 07 he was starting to show some spark, dipped in 08 thanks to that moped incident haha and then really took off in 2009) you would think of Ellis just like that. Man I wish he was part of the recent title because honestly, dude put his heart and skill to work when ever he was in this jersey. Hope to maybe see him back some day!
I totally agree
0:36 Commentator says ref didnt spot Kobe picking up the dribble and redribbled. But Artest passed Kobe the ball and he didn't even dribble it. That was no travel. Strange commentators.
When you're a elite competitor these are these are the moments and action you live for
The black mamba always come thru in the clutch
"Already picked up the dribble"
whhhhhhhhhhhhwhat?
your profile pic fits perfectly to that reaction of yours XD
Your comment goes with the picture lol
I caught that too, had to replay it to make sure I saw it right
***** jo
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remember this game like it was last week. great performances!
***** i hope your talking to dolphinfootball123 because i was just praising kobe a second ago.
Monta Ellis is such an amazing player. It's painful to see how people contempt him.
The arena was full of laker fans, now a days in he oracle it's all warriors fans. Amazing how winning converts people.
mad
+CenterBlueCake fair weather
Xkusem3 Tube you're obviously not from the bay area or been to a warriors game back in 2007. Oracles always a packed house even before curry era. Look it up.
and noww
it’s not winning it’s greatness
6:27 kobe really waited for monta to guard up so he could score an and-1 on him. Crazy battle lol
Mississippi Bullet was NOTHIN to fuck wit . Could finish at the rim wit the best of them , good jump shooter , quick along wit great footwork , had very good pace . The recent Warriors years make ppl forget his talent
its weird to see steph just running around, being the secondary player. Monta sure as hell deserved to be an all star then, too bad he didnt get the recognition he truly deserved then
Yup as soon as Monta left Curry career took off
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Ellis will forever be a fan favorite of Dub (GSW) nation. The guy carried this team and was really the only good spot through all those bad years. Also it was only of his high value that allowed the Warriors to trade for Bogut and getting the pick for Ezeli. If the Warriors ever get a ring in this decade I think Monta should get one too lol.
Damn straight I hope he comes home in the future so he can retire with us
Nah he staying at my home with the Mavs
Naw Monta has a better chance would come back as a Dub than him retiring as a Maverick. Cuban aint gonna keep him for long.
Toph Beifong kinda too late for that now
He hated curry during currys rookie season and steph still was runner up for rookie of the year and would've won if monta wouldn't have ball hogged the ball at the start of that season
I don't care what anyone says, Monta is 1 of the best slashers to ever play the game
speedy Williams definitely he's just super underrated he epitomizes what it means to be an acrobatic
Great play by Kobe to set up MWP at 7:26 , I'm glad he didn't get too caught up in trying to outplay Monta and take a bad shot.
***** no he wouldnt have. couldnt afford it. still better to have a bad kobe on the floor than no kobe
Rest in Peace Kobe. Rest in peace to the carrer of Monta Ellis 😞
Monta ellis is a player only real basketball fans know about. He avg 25 a game with the warriors at one point while leading the league in steals and hey may quietly turn out to be one of the NBAs all time leading scorers if he continues to play and put up consistent numbers ALL STAR
alejandrothefader quit hating on a real nigga he fina go stupid with paul George this year
+alejandrothefader when he was a mav he was really good idk what youre talking about
What A Classic Battle Btw 2 Outstanding Players.. I Miss Kobe So Much #MambaForever 👑🏀
it sucks cuz i just started watching basketball at 6 at the beginning of the 2011-2012 season, and i was just starting to like monta so it was sad to see him go that year
Ultimate confident. He went through the shoot slump in that game on 30 something % and turn it on in 3 minutes left in the 4th led his team to victory. What a clutch player.
I miss watching kobe kill every team in the 4th quarter!
coming soon
Brisk2124 right!.. Like he did in the 2004 nba finals.
me tooo 😴💨💨
why hasn't monta been an all star yet I'm voting for him definitely deserves to be one real talk especially scoring like that.....
Monte Ellis was a little underrated
Why did the warriors trade him, that was a real stupid move.
+largec agreed but we loved him in the mavericks, he was the best player on there. Would of been nice and deserving for him to win a chip with curry, I wish him well with the pacers but right now Boston, raptors, knicks looking better.
knicks are not better than the pacers
Averaged 25 points and didint make a allstar Smh😑
I feel you brother!!!!!
+Y0UNG you know allstar is bullshit
+Jimyson Fuertes no its for the best players in the league
+Y0UNG monta was top 10 pg in the league when its 2010-2012
Jimyson Fuertes and they snubbed him you know fans dont vote the backups he could of at least been a backup in the allstar game
Kobe bryant is the best closer in the game
My two favorite players, remember this like yesterday.
my 2 favorite players going at it remember this game like it was yesterday
Monta scored 72 in a highschool game. Kobe scored 81 in the NBA
i still dont understand how monta wasnt selected as an allstar from 09-11 those few years were his best basketball and he was an elite scorer averaging 24-25 ppg
How time flies so fast, hard to believe that Steph Curry once played second fiddle to Monta Ellis.
4:33 play the video from here and watch Gasol in the background... lol
I love how even though kobe had too much muscle on him monta was still tryna guard him and match him for buckets he didnt give a fuck 😭😭
Monta was actually guarding Kobe too... much respect!
the commentator in the beginning was fake news had I not gone back to look for myself id most certainly have believed KOBE of all people committed the most fundamental lapse in basketball and double dribbled. Kobe is the most pure in form to ever do it.
Can't believe he hasn't been picked up by any NBA team he's still decent Monta.
iv seen monta playin live 5 games in arena back in dallas, and he was one of the most skilled player ive seen
One of the best battles I've ever seen.
i was there watching this game damn,i lost my voice for 5 days(from cheering monta).
make monta an allstar.. what the f*** is going on ...its been years already but still waiting though .. the most underrated player of all time .. monta fan 4 lyf ..
aka the 2 most op shooting guards in 2K
***** omg i forget about d-wade aka the cheese god himself
you can tell a true warrior fan from a fair weather fan (band wagon fan) if they know monta ellis or not... facts
You really can that shit is crazy frl, he was on team 2 years before they took off
ellis was mvp worthy back then
That comment deserves to be reported
Reported? But he was a beast if you watched him having seasons averaging 25 ppg & 5 apg
Hell no his team had to actual be good for that to happen lmao
+Veno Francis hey fuckboy, he was 3rd in the mvp race in 09/10 he probabaly couldve won if his team wasnt shit.
Lol look at the usher/security guard at the bottom left of the screen at 2:48
Monta’s euro step to split the defense to a finger roll in the 3rd Quarter .... such a bad man
And again in the 4th , Jesus
rip kobe 🙏🏾
ellis is one of the most sleeped on player in nba history
the commentator thought he double dribbled lmao
I loved the duel Black Mamba VS THE MISSISSIPPI BULLET🏀
Monta Ellis
"A Legend from Jackson, Ms"
Before steph we had Monta.. I think I can speak for the entire Bay Area when I say we miss em here
lmao why? You've been a lot more successful without him lol
+SithLord1212 that's true and all but this guy gave every little thing he had to the franchise man. Dude was hell bent on getting us to the playoffs, it sucks that he couldn't but every true gsw fan here in the bay still appreciates the effort he gave, son even got the bay bridge tatted
+Amandeep Sharma i watched him play for years men.he got the heart of a warrior.
Amandeep Sharma facts. Man imagine if he comes back. He will reward him with a ring or maybe more.
"Kobe throws it away, push ahead Monte." Rhymin' accident-allay!! 😂😂😂
Kobe verses anyone was good to see because he truly showed his skills on and off the court🥰💜💛💜💛💜💛💜💛💜💛💜💛l love and miss my Kobe 😘💛💜💛💜💛💜💛💜💛💜
I miss kobe
Monta Ellis could’ve been a superstar given the right situation. He could pull up in your face, blow by you in 1 dribble, had one of the nicest layup packages I’ve ever seen, and had pretty much every move in his bag
Commentator trippen at the beginning 😂🤣
RIP Kobe🙏
Monta was annoying to guard in 2k. I remember playing PG / sg in mycareer and he was my matchup any time I faced the warriors. He was a walking bucket in that game. He made every shot it seemed that I didn't block and would blow by me forcing my center /pf into foul trouble. Good times lol
The original splash brothers.
You Dont Foul Kobe Monta Understood that But That Jackson Ms, Boy Gave Him Hell Though Facts!!!!!
back when monta was endorsed by and 1
Kobe with the "Hail the King" pose at the end...
Damn good game
Kobe MJ MJ Kobe all day!!
This GSW team was a problem ask Miami Heat Monte underrated
No doubt he is the best
Who's that number 30 on the Warriors? Name sounds familiar.
It's so weird not seeing curry as the main guy lol
dude key u and joel are quite some interesting humans. good times ridin with u fellers
2:48
what is seen cannot be unseen....
When prime Kobe in town he was worth every $
2:50 that feed was unreal
lol Curry being a regular pedestrian in relative terms to other stars back then. That role fit him well back then
That Warriors commentator is annoying sometimes... Did he not see Kobe clearly pass it to Bynum and get it back before dribbling again? Even up to this day, he gets all defensive when someone else other than a Warrior scores. He's so biased lol.
He is a the Warriors commentator. Obviously going to be bias. It is CSN Bay Area Network for Bay Area fans. So he will be biased
I watched Monta Ellis in High School at Lanier vs Henry Salter at Gulfport when I was in the military. It was a battle between the two but Monta and his squad was levels above Gulfport as a whole. Henry was the only bright light for Gulfport he balled.
"This is a must stop here" lol
There was another game, maybe not as high scoring for both, but Monta and Kobe traded like back to back to back walk up 3 pointers on each other. Was hoping this was that game, but man this was an epic duel for sure! Monta still my favorite Warrior
Kobe's impact on the game is so small.
lmmfaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
***** How has Kobe impacted the game overall and how does he impact it on the court? Overall can't find much and on the court he misses shots more than anybody ever has in NBA History so he's not that impactful.
Lebron is ass he is not impactful
Golden Aura Pshh
Lol someone's speaking outta his ass.. Doesn't matter how many shots u miss as long as u win, it's all good. All those misses mistakes made him a 5 time champion, and saying he wasn't an impact is just ridiculous...
The best finisher in the game .. !!!#24 he was getting pissed off
So sick
I forgot how deadly Monte Ellis used to be😩🔥
Monta was so underrated
dallas monta>>>gsw monta
Gotta give Rick Carlisle a lot of credit
he doesn't have to be as aggressive and he's playing more under control
hes not better as far as on the court performance and play but hes more mature off the court and of coarse he wins more but gsw monta was a better PLAYER
***** Nah bruh Dallas Monta is way better the GSW Monta. He's more consistent now.
Isaiah Thomas when he was in gsw not only was he more efficient he averaged more points, assists, rebounds, steals, he even had a season averaging about 26ppg 5ast hes definitely not doing that in dallas because now he is a number 2 option instead of number 1, which im admitting is better for a team that wants to win more but as far as INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE gsw monta is ahead of Dal monta, this isn't a knock on him its just that now hes the number 2 option to a hall of famer (dirk) now nothing wrong with that
What's so fucked up is that Monta Ellis has never been an all star and in my opinion I believe he's better than James Harden, offensively and defensively.
i thought i was the only one no one agrees with me but all harden does is flop his way to 11 fts a game to get points not to mention he is a no show in the playoffs every year.
***** not better offensively for sure and harden flops but he makes alot of the shots when he does that and he gets free throws plus he is more exciting to watch but harden can't defend at all and monta ellis can
In monta's prime he was better at driving to the basket then harden while harden is the bettter shooter. Both sucked at defense though
damm ellis is so fucking fast
Kobe never settling for the 3’ with or with out the 24 sec clock running short. Jus the eyes of true HOF looking for the beat shot. Man do I miss that IQ of The NBA threw that Era’.
Looks at the bottom left of your screen from 2:44 to 2:50 LMAO !!!
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Haha at 7:13 kobe pushes him cuz he mad
Lol but Kobes not clutch 4th quarter amazing. I wonder what happened to this monta Ellis. He shouldve been still an all star player
Fun facts Kobe without Shaq 2 rings Shaq without Kobe 1 XD