Monta Ellis

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Monta Ellis

Position: Guard ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-3 ▪ Weight: 175 lbs.
Born: October 26, 1985 in Jackson, Mississippi
High School: Lanier in Jackson, Mississippi
Draft: Golden State Warriors, 2nd round (10th pick, 40th overall), 2005 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 12, 2005
Age: 27 years, 206 days ▪ Experience: 8 years

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Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2005-06	20	GSW	NBA	SG	49	3	886	132	318	.415	28	82	.341	42	59	.712	22	83	105	78	32	11	58	69	334
2006-07	21	GSW	NBA	SG	77	53	2638	480	1010	.475	39	143	.273	273	358	.763	62	181	243	319	132	21	221	210	1272
2007-08	22	GSW	NBA	SG	81	72	3071	652	1227	.531	12	52	.231	320	417	.767	133	271	404	315	124	27	173	195	1636
2008-09	23	GSW	NBA	SG	25	25	892	194	430	.451	8	26	.308	78	94	.830	14	94	108	93	39	8	67	67	474
2009-10	24	GSW	NBA	SG	64	64	2647	631	1406	.449	77	228	.338	292	388	.753	47	210	257	340	143	25	244	189	1631
2010-11	25	GSW	NBA	SG	80	80	3227	726	1611	.451	137	379	.361	340	431	.789	44	237	281	450	168	23	252	203	1929
2011-12	26	TOT	NBA	SG	58	58	2120	450	1040	.433	62	201	.308	219	275	.796	20	180	200	346	85	18	177	136	1181
2011-12	26	GSW	NBA	SG	37	37	1365	305	704	.433	50	156	.321	151	186	.812	16	111	127	223	56	12	123	84	811
2011-12	26	MIL	NBA	SG	21	21	755	145	336	.432	12	45	.267	68	89	.764	4	69	73	123	29	6	54	52	370
2012-13	27	MIL	NBA	SG	82	82	3076	597	1436	.416	94	328	.287	289	374	.773	45	271	316	496	169	36	254	164	1577
Career			NBA		516	437	18557	3862	8478	.456	457	1439	.318	1853	2396	.773	387	1527	1914	2437	892	169	1446	1233	10034

Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2005-06	20	GSW	NBA	SG	49	3	18.1	2.7	6.5	.415	0.6	1.7	.341	0.9	1.2	.712	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.6	0.7	0.2	1.2	1.4	6.8
2006-07	21	GSW	NBA	SG	77	53	34.3	6.2	13.1	.475	0.5	1.9	.273	3.5	4.6	.763	0.8	2.4	3.2	4.1	1.7	0.3	2.9	2.7	16.5
2007-08	22	GSW	NBA	SG	81	72	37.9	8.0	15.1	.531	0.1	0.6	.231	4.0	5.1	.767	1.6	3.3	5.0	3.9	1.5	0.3	2.1	2.4	20.2
2008-09	23	GSW	NBA	SG	25	25	35.7	7.8	17.2	.451	0.3	1.0	.308	3.1	3.8	.830	0.6	3.8	4.3	3.7	1.6	0.3	2.7	2.7	19.0
2009-10	24	GSW	NBA	SG	64	64	41.4	9.9	22.0	.449	1.2	3.6	.338	4.6	6.1	.753	0.7	3.3	4.0	5.3	2.2	0.4	3.8	3.0	25.5
2010-11	25	GSW	NBA	SG	80	80	40.3	9.1	20.1	.451	1.7	4.7	.361	4.3	5.4	.789	0.6	3.0	3.5	5.6	2.1	0.3	3.2	2.5	24.1
2011-12	26	TOT	NBA	SG	58	58	36.6	7.8	17.9	.433	1.1	3.5	.308	3.8	4.7	.796	0.3	3.1	3.4	6.0	1.5	0.3	3.1	2.3	20.4
2011-12	26	GSW	NBA	SG	37	37	36.9	8.2	19.0	.433	1.4	4.2	.321	4.1	5.0	.812	0.4	3.0	3.4	6.0	1.5	0.3	3.3	2.3	21.9
2011-12	26	MIL	NBA	SG	21	21	36.0	6.9	16.0	.432	0.6	2.1	.267	3.2	4.2	.764	0.2	3.3	3.5	5.9	1.4	0.3	2.6	2.5	17.6
2012-13	27	MIL	NBA	SG	82	82	37.5	7.3	17.5	.416	1.1	4.0	.287	3.5	4.6	.773	0.5	3.3	3.9	6.0	2.1	0.4	3.1	2.0	19.2
Career			NBA		516	437	36.0	7.5	16.4	.456	0.9	2.8	.318	3.6	4.6	.773	0.8	3.0	3.7	4.7	1.7	0.3	2.8	2.4	19.4

Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2005-06	20	GSW	NBA	SG	49	3	886	5.4	12.9	.415	1.1	3.3	.341	1.7	2.4	.712	0.9	3.4	4.3	3.2	1.3	0.4	2.4	2.8	13.6
2006-07	21	GSW	NBA	SG	77	53	2638	6.6	13.8	.475	0.5	2.0	.273	3.7	4.9	.763	0.8	2.5	3.3	4.4	1.8	0.3	3.0	2.9	17.4
2007-08	22	GSW	NBA	SG	81	72	3071	7.6	14.4	.531	0.1	0.6	.231	3.8	4.9	.767	1.6	3.2	4.7	3.7	1.5	0.3	2.0	2.3	19.2
2008-09	23	GSW	NBA	SG	25	25	892	7.8	17.4	.451	0.3	1.0	.308	3.1	3.8	.830	0.6	3.8	4.4	3.8	1.6	0.3	2.7	2.7	19.1
2009-10	24	GSW	NBA	SG	64	64	2647	8.6	19.1	.449	1.0	3.1	.338	4.0	5.3	.753	0.6	2.9	3.5	4.6	1.9	0.3	3.3	2.6	22.2
2010-11	25	GSW	NBA	SG	80	80	3227	8.1	18.0	.451	1.5	4.2	.361	3.8	4.8	.789	0.5	2.6	3.1	5.0	1.9	0.3	2.8	2.3	21.5
2011-12	26	TOT	NBA	SG	58	58	2120	7.6	17.7	.433	1.1	3.4	.308	3.7	4.7	.796	0.3	3.1	3.4	5.9	1.4	0.3	3.0	2.3	20.1
2011-12	26	GSW	NBA	SG	37	37	1365	8.0	18.6	.433	1.3	4.1	.321	4.0	4.9	.812	0.4	2.9	3.3	5.9	1.5	0.3	3.2	2.2	21.4
2011-12	26	MIL	NBA	SG	21	21	755	6.9	16.0	.432	0.6	2.1	.267	3.2	4.2	.764	0.2	3.3	3.5	5.9	1.4	0.3	2.6	2.5	17.6
2012-13	27	MIL	NBA	SG	82	82	3076	7.0	16.8	.416	1.1	3.8	.287	3.4	4.4	.773	0.5	3.2	3.7	5.8	2.0	0.4	3.0	1.9	18.5
Career			NBA		516	437	18557	7.5	16.4	.456	0.9	2.8	.318	3.6	4.6	.773	0.8	3.0	3.7	4.7	1.7	0.3	2.8	2.4	19.5

Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
2005-06	20	GSW	NBA	SG	49	886	11.1	.486	.459	2.7	10.7	6.6	14.9	1.9	0.9	14.4	20.2	95	107	-0.3	0.8	0.5	.028
2006-07	21	GSW	NBA	SG	77	2638	15.0	.545	.495	2.5	7.7	5.1	18.8	2.4	0.6	15.9	22.4	104	109	2.0	1.9	4.0	.072
2007-08	22	GSW	NBA	SG	81	3071	19.0	.580	.536	4.5	9.8	7.0	15.8	2.0	0.6	10.9	21.7	117	111	7.1	1.8	9.0	.140
2008-09	23	GSW	NBA	SG	25	892	14.5	.503	.460	1.7	11.5	6.6	17.5	2.1	0.6	12.4	25.8	99	114	-0.1	0.3	0.2	.012
2009-10	24	GSW	NBA	SG	64	2647	16.7	.517	.476	1.9	9.0	5.4	21.2	2.6	0.7	13.4	29.4	99	112	0.0	1.3	1.3	.023
2010-11	25	GSW	NBA	SG	80	3227	18.6	.536	.493	1.5	8.5	4.9	23.4	2.6	0.5	12.3	28.1	107	112	4.3	1.7	6.0	.089
2011-12	26	TOT	NBA	SG	58	2120	17.5	.509	.463	1.1	9.6	5.3	28.6	2.1	0.6	13.2	28.7	101	109	1.6	0.9	2.6	.059
2011-12	26	GSW	NBA	SG	37	1365	18.6	.516	.469	1.3	9.2	5.3	29.3	2.1	0.7	13.5	30.7	101	111	1.2	0.4	1.5	.054
2011-12	26	MIL	NBA	SG	21	755	15.4	.493	.449	0.6	10.4	5.3	27.3	2.0	0.6	12.6	25.0	100	107	0.5	0.6	1.1	.067
2012-13	27	MIL	NBA	SG	82	3076	16.2	.493	.448	1.5	9.8	5.5	27.1	2.8	0.9	13.7	26.3	100	105	1.2	3.3	4.6	.071
Career			NBA		516	18557	16.8	.526	.482	2.2	9.3	5.7	21.7	2.4	0.7	13.2	25.7	104	110	15.9	12.1	28.1	.073

Playoffs Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2006-07	21	GSW	NBA	SG	11	6	238	32	82	.390	1	9	.111	23	28	.821	8	17	25	10	10	2	20	23	88
2012-13	27	MIL	NBA	SG	4	4	152	24	55	.436	3	19	.158	6	16	.375	2	11	13	22	10	1	14	8	57
Career			NBA		15	10	390	56	137	.409	4	28	.143	29	44	.659	10	28	38	32	20	3	34	31	145

Playoffs Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2006-07	21	GSW	NBA	SG	11	6	21.6	2.9	7.5	.390	0.1	0.8	.111	2.1	2.5	.821	0.7	1.5	2.3	0.9	0.9	0.2	1.8	2.1	8.0
2012-13	27	MIL	NBA	SG	4	4	38.0	6.0	13.8	.436	0.8	4.8	.158	1.5	4.0	.375	0.5	2.8	3.3	5.5	2.5	0.3	3.5	2.0	14.3
Career			NBA		15	10	26.0	3.7	9.1	.409	0.3	1.9	.143	1.9	2.9	.659	0.7	1.9	2.5	2.1	1.3	0.2	2.3	2.1	9.7

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2006-07	21	GSW	NBA	SG	11	6	238	4.8	12.4	.390	0.2	1.4	.111	3.5	4.2	.821	1.2	2.6	3.8	1.5	1.5	0.3	3.0	3.5	13.3
2012-13	27	MIL	NBA	SG	4	4	152	5.7	13.0	.436	0.7	4.5	.158	1.4	3.8	.375	0.5	2.6	3.1	5.2	2.4	0.2	3.3	1.9	13.5
Career			NBA		15	10	390	5.2	12.6	.409	0.4	2.6	.143	2.7	4.1	.659	0.9	2.6	3.5	3.0	1.8	0.3	3.1	2.9	13.4

Playoffs Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
2006-07	21	GSW	NBA	SG	11	238	8.6	.466	.396	3.6	8.2	5.9	6.8	2.1	0.7	17.5	21.2	88	112	-0.3	0.1	-0.2	-0.041
2012-13	27	MIL	NBA	SG	4	152	12.5	.459	.464	1.5	9.5	5.2	27.1	3.5	0.6	18.4	23.6	86	109	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	-0.050
Career			NBA		15	390	10.1	.464	.423	2.8	8.7	5.6	14.7	2.6	0.6	17.9	22.2	87	111	-0.5	0.1	-0.4	-0.044

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 8 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Monta Ellis		9.0	6.0	4.6	4.0	2.6	1.3	0.5	0.2
Steve Kerr	88.5	8.3	6.1	5.9	3.2	2.4	1.3	0.6	0.4
Eric Murdock	88.2	7.2	6.1	4.3	4.1	2.5	0.6	0.4	0.3
Mo Williams	87.7	9.8	6.7	4.5	3.2	2.5	2.2	1.0	0.2
Bill Melchionni	86.7	8.4	6.5	4.8	3.3	1.6	1.5	1.1	-0.1
Avery Johnson	86.4	9.1	8.0	5.2	4.1	1.6	1.3	0.5	0.3
Andrew Toney	86.1	7.3	6.4	5.5	4.0	2.2	1.2	0.5	-0.2
Eric Snow	86.1	8.4	6.1	5.5	3.8	3.8	1.9	1.3	0.5
Frankie Brian	86.1	9.2	6.1	5.6	3.6	3.0	2.7	-0.2
Chuck Williams	85.4	10.0	6.1	4.7	3.8	3.2	3.0	1.3	0.6
Fred Scolari	84.9	8.5	5.6	5.4	4.5	3.1	2.7	1.2

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Monta Ellis		9.0	6.0	4.6	4.0	2.6	1.3	0.5	0.2
Eric Murdock	87.9	7.2	6.1	4.3	4.1	2.5	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.1
Frankie Brian	86.1	9.2	6.1	5.6	3.6	3.0	2.7	-0.2
Andrew Toney	86.1	7.3	6.4	5.5	4.0	2.2	1.2	0.5	-0.2
Chuck Williams	85.4	10.0	6.1	4.7	3.8	3.2	3.0	1.3	0.6
Flynn Robinson	84.9	9.3	6.7	4.9	3.6	3.3	2.2	1.3	1.2
Bill Melchionni	84.6	8.4	6.5	4.8	3.3	1.8	1.6	1.5	1.1	-0.1
Scott Skiles	84.5	8.0	7.0	4.5	4.4	3.2	2.0	1.3	0.3	0.1	-0.2
Dick Garmaker	83.9	7.5	4.7	4.6	4.4	3.1	1.3
Fred Scolari	83.0	8.5	5.6	5.4	4.5	3.1	2.7	1.2	-0.7
Ronnie Brewer	82.4	7.8	6.8	5.4	3.9	3.7	1.7	1.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Awards 2006-07 NBA Most Improved Player	Weekly & Monthly Awards Player of the Week: 4 times (Show/Hide) Dec 26, 2010 Mar 11, 2012 Dec 30, 2012 Mar 3, 2013	Honors 2005 McDonald's All American	Games 2012-13 NBA 82 (1)
Minutes Played 2010-11 NBA 3227 (1) 2012-13 NBA 3076 (3)	Field Goals 2007-08 NBA 652 (8) 2010-11 NBA 726 (4) 2012-13 NBA 597 (10)	Field Goal Attempts 2009-10 NBA 1406 (8) 2010-11 NBA 1611 (2) 2012-13 NBA 1436 (4)	Steals 2006-07 NBA 132 (8) 2009-10 NBA 143 (4) 2010-11 NBA 168 (2) 2012-13 NBA 169 (2)
Turnovers 2009-10 NBA 244 (10) 2010-11 NBA 252 (8) 2011-12 NBA 177 (9) 2012-13 NBA 254 (6)	Points 2010-11 NBA 1929 (8) 2012-13 NBA 1577 (8)	Minutes Per Game 2009-10 NBA 41.4 (1) 2010-11 NBA 40.3 (1) Career NBA 36.0 (54) Career 36.0 (56)	Points Per Game 2009-10 NBA 25.5 (6) 2010-11 NBA 24.1 (8) Career NBA 19.4 (61) Career 19.4 (67)
Steals Per Game 2006-07 NBA 1.7 (8) 2009-10 NBA 2.2 (2) 2010-11 NBA 2.1 (3) 2012-13 NBA 2.1 (4)	Steal Pct 2009-10 NBA 2.6 (9) 2010-11 NBA 2.6 (10) Career NBA 2.4 (74) Career 2.4 (92)	Usage Pct 2009-10 NBA 29.4 (6) Career NBA 25.7 (46) Career 25.7 (54)	Hall of Fame Probability Active 0.030 (40) Career 0.030 (232)

Transactions

June 28, 2005: Drafted by the Golden State Warriors in the 2nd round (40th pick) of the 2005 NBA Draft.

March 13, 2012: Traded by the Golden State Warriors with Kwame Brown and Ekpe Udoh to the Milwaukee Bucks for Andrew Bogut and Stephen Jackson.

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
2005-06	Golden State Warriors	NBA	$448,762
2006-07	Golden State Warriors	NBA	$664,209
2007-08	Golden State Warriors	NBA	$770,610
2008-09	Golden State Warriors	NBA	$11,000,000
2009-10	Golden State Warriors	NBA	$11,000,000
2010-11	Golden State Warriors	NBA	$11,000,000
2011-12	Golden State Warriors	NBA	$11,000,000
Career	(may be incomplete)		$45,883,581

Contract

Free Agent or Unsigned Draft Pick cap hold ▪ Player, Team, or Early Termination option

Team	2012-13	2013-14
Milwaukee Bucks	$11,000,000	$11,000,000

Signed July 24, 2008 for an assumed $66,000,000 for 6 years.
2013-14 is an ETO.

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