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newsday.com     Jul 25, 2008            

The Golden State Warriors tonight gave Monta Ellis one of the biggest raises in NBA history, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The dynamic scoring guard, who was a restricted free agent, went from $770K to an average of $11 million over six years. He even managed to get an early termination option in there that would make him an unrestricted free agent midway through the deal (at the age of 25). Ellis benefitted from Baron Davis' surprising opt-out and subsequent sprint to Clipperland. But it was believed all along that Chris Mullin made Ellis a priority despite great sign-and-trade interest from the likes of Miami, Cleveland and, to a quieter extent, the Knicks. Mullin made it clear he had no interest in trading Ellis, who averaged 20.2 points per game for Golden State this past season. The Warriors have... [read full story]                    


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