Roto Assist

Golden State Warriors doctors snubbed Monta Ellis on Wednesday in his attempt to return to the court for his first game of the season after off-season ankle surgery. He is listed as day to day as of right now but is just dying to get out on the court as you can see in this video clip of Ellis and a few other Warriors at practice. Friday night could be the night however. The Warriors will surely have a packed house at Oracle Arena when they take on LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

This is the perfect game to bring Ellis back. He is jumping out of his skin not being able to play and wants to show Warrior fans that he is ready to take over this team. The Warriors along with their fans, need Ellis back as soon as possible to compliment the roster moves they made in acquiring Corey Maggette and Jamaal Crawford. We may have a chance to finally see what this team can do together or at least it will let Warriors execs know what they need to do for next year to make this team competitive. Everyone knows that Warriors fans deserve it.

Warrior fans need something to look forward to now that it is pretty obvious that Chris Mullin will not be returning after his contract runs out at the end of the season. Owner Chris Cohan made it clear when he stripped Mullin of his powers after Mullin tried to sign Baron Davis to an extension. Robert Rowell has taken over for Mullin and Warrior fans are going to be forced to say goodbye to one of the most beloved Warriors of all time. I’m sure they will be able to get over it though. After all, this is what the Warriors are all about, jettisoning anyone who helps the team out. It looked as if they were making a change when they hired Mullin in the first place and by bringing Don Nelson back.

We’ll just have to wait and see what the future has in store for us. Hopefully Ellis will return Friday and show that he is indeed capable of running this team.