Monta Ellis has always been polarizing.
The shooting guard from Jackson, Mississippi arrived in Indiana at the beginning of the 2015-2016 season and formed a solid backcourt pairing with George Hill. The second-leading scorer on the team besides Paul George, Ellis helped shoulder some of the offensive burden while functioning well enough on the other end that the Pacers still ended with a top three defense.
This season was a bit of a different story. George Hill got shipped to Utah in a deal that brought Jeff Teague in to replace him, and the switch made Ellis much more unnecessary in the starting lineup.