SRC: https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/49554748/ex-nba-star-monta-ellis-named-alcorn-state-basketball-gm

Former NBA standout Monta Ellis, who played in the league for more than a decade without playing college basketball, will serve as general manager at Alcorn State this season, the school announced Friday.

Alcorn State, an HBCU that finished 9-23 last year, is near the home of the Mississippi native who starred at Lanier High School in Jackson, Mississippi, before the Golden State Warriors selected him with the 40th pick in the 2005 NBA draft.

Since leaving the NBA, Ellis said he has focused on his family including guiding his son, Monta Ellis Jr., a 2028 recruit with multiple Division I offers. Ellis said the opportunity to help one of Mississippi’s historically Black colleges and universities will also enable him to give back to a community he loves.

InfamousCattle3223 | Hawks

21 | 5 hours ago

Monta Ellis have it all

ratatoskish | Spurs

-1 | 5 hours ago

Damn , beat me to it!

BcuzRacecar [OP]

5 | 5 hours ago

Ellis said the Warriors teams in the years that preceded that run set the stage for what Curry & Co. accomplished. But a fleet of developmental players never positioned his teams to win at that level.

“That’s what I dealt with. And people know that,” Ellis said. “Real people that know basketball and all that, they know that. They know the team that I was dealt with. If you switched me and Steph out with the team that won the championships, it’d be the same thing. So you’ve got to take the good with the bad, and that’s cool. It put me in a position to make money for me and my family. I ran with that.”

Now, however, he said he’s focused on bringing more attention to Alcorn State basketball.

“This will be a big, big boost for the basketball side to get recognized,” he said.

Alternative_Dot7769 | Warriors

7 | 5 hours ago

Gotta throw out the bullshit to get clicks I guess.

I loved bro growing up seeing him play at oracle, but this ain’t it

Szobortz | Mavericks

1 | an hour ago

he has been saying it like a butthurt and i thought it was an old quote. doesn’t sound promising if he still thinks that. he could have done some shit with mavs if he played like curry lol

G_Rex_3000 | Rockets

3 | 5 hours ago

Can’t see this move going wrong for either side, Monta Ellis have it all

IanicRR | TOR

2 | 5 hours ago

I love Monta Ellis. Was an absolute 2k demon too. He would always just dominate whenever I used the Warriors with him.

Just hope he doesn’t have to type in his new role.

Hey_Its_Vos | Toronto Huskies

1 | 5 hours ago

Monta truly has it all

HopTheEight

2 | an hour ago

Note* Pronounced All-corn not Al-corn

Ex-NBA star Monta Ellis named Alcorn State basketball GM