This is kind of a response to postings I've seen that are skeptical of Ellis' PG skills, suggestions that we trade him for a power forward or "true" point guard, complaints about his defense.

I've watched a lot of Warrior games the last couple of years.  I'm no expert but you don't really have to be to see that Monta Ellis is a rare talent, the kind that doesn't come around that often.

The game comes easily to him, it's not supposed to be this easy to come right out of high school and score at will against the best players in the world.  We haven't really had a chance to see a talent like this develop before.  We've seen some very good players - Antawn, J-Rich, Spree, Dunleavy- and been pretty tough on them (justifiably so in Dunleavy's case).  The closest thing to seeing a talent like Monta's here was Webber for one year and Arenas for two.

To put what Monta has done in perspective look at his numbers against all the other players who have come straight from high school.  With the exception of Lebron, who was freakishly physically ready, Monta has been as good as any.  If you compare Monta's first three years with Kobe the numbers are almost identical.  He's been  better than Mcgrady and equivalent to KG although they play different positions.   

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