If you ask Monta Ellis, the turning point of his career came on March 13, 2012 — the day he was traded from the Warriors.
After 6 1/2 seasons in the Bay, Ellis was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks, an event he now calls “heartbreaking.” A second-round pick straight from a high school in a part of Jackson, Mississippi crawling with drug-and gang-related violence, Ellis averaged 19.6 points and 4.4 assists per game in his time with Golden State. Between stints in Milwaukee, Dallas and Indiana, he never reached those averages again.
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Out of the league since 2017, the 34-year-old Ellis now lives in Dallas, where he runs a coaching clinic called Ellis Elite.