Ellis and the Indiana Pacers agreed to a four-year, $44 million contract on July 14, 2015. In 2015–16, he started every game, he played 81 games in totality, missing just the last regular-season game before the playoffs.
He had a season-high 13 assists on January 10, 2016, in a 107-103 overtime loss against the Houston Rockets. On January 30, Ellis led the Pacers to a 109-105 overtime victory over the Denver Nuggets with a season-high 32 points and nine rebounds.
Is Monta Ellis Underrated?
The basketball legend was one of the appreciated shooting guard in NBA. Due to his tremendous performance he was appreciated with these awards NBA Most Improved Player (2007) Mr. Basketball USA (2005) McDonald’s All-American (2005) First-team Parade All-American (2005) Third-team Parade All-American (2004) Mississippi Mr. Basketball (2005).
Who Is Monta Ellis?
Monta is a former American professional basketball player, was born on October 26, 1985. Ellis graduated from Lanier High School in Jackson, Mississippi, where he was named to the first team of Parade and McDonald’s All-Americans.
Ellis became the first player to lead the Mavericks in scoring since 1999-2000 during the regular season with an average of 18.9 points. Ellis scored 26.0 points per game in the Mavericks’ five-game first-round playoff series loss to the Rockets, including a postseason career-high 34 points in a 130-128 loss in game three and 31 points in a 121-109 victory in game four.