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In his initial campaign, Monta Ellis had what, by the numbers, was probably the worst year of his career since his rookie season.
His shooting percentage was down from his Dallas Mavericks days, his scoring dropped by 5.1 points per game, and he looked like a player on the downslope of his career.
It would not be unusual for a player to put their head down after a season like that, and give the media the old Rasheed Wallace “both teams played hard” type answers to explain their decline.
Monta Ellis is certainly an unusual player, though, and he gave what would seem to be a very honest, very bare interview on the topic of his play through injury last year.