I would sign Monta Ellis to a maximum contract

[BRIGGS]

Gilbert Arenas is way to unpredictable and somewhat selfish. Monta Ellis is up and coming and plays at a better %. I really do not think that anyone will give Gilbert the money that he opted out of--too risky.

[Wiz99]

Torrent of outrage from Wizards fans in 3... 2... 1...

[NbdyBeatsTheWiz]

I absolutely LOVE Monta Ellis. People finally recognize his name now, but I still think he's one of the most underrated players out there. You could argue he should have won most improved player 2 years in a row. But no thanks. I know he's smallish, but he's not a point guard, so how would you propose filling the hole there when all we're left with is an aging AD??

[nate33]

Gilbert Arenas is way to unpredictable and somewhat selfish. Monta Ellis is up and coming and plays at a better %. I really do not think that anyone will give Gilbert the money that he opted out of--too risky.

Monta Ellis is undersized. The only reason it works is that he plays alongside a very big and strong PG like Baron Davis. Put Ellis alongside a conventional PG and teams would exploit his inability to defend the SG position.

Also, Ellis isn't nearly as good as Arenas offensively. Here are the pace-adjusted per-40 numbers of Ellis last year versus Arenas this year:

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Player        PTS  REB  AST  STL  BLK   TO eFG%  TS%  PER
ellis,monta  19.9  4.9  3.8  1.4  0.4  2.0 .531 .578 18.9
arenas,gilbe 28.1  4.5  5.9  1.9  0.2  3.1 .484 .565 24.1

Ellis puts up very nice numbers at a young age, but it's a HUGE leap of faith to assume that he'll continue to improve his PER from 19 to Arenas' level of 24. Arenas is on another level right now.

[Soup's Uncle]

YEah..no

[TheKingOfVa360]

No thanks

[NbdyBeatsTheWiz]

Wait, if we've determined on this board that Gilbert isn't worth the max, how the heck is Ellis worth it??? sorry, just read the whole title of the thread...