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OAKLAND, Calif. -- The chair is nothing special.
Metal framework. Thin cushion for the back and butt. It's a glorified bar stool, really.
But as Golden State guard Monta Ellis sits and talks from that very piece of furniture on a recent day on the Warriors practice facility floor, you'd swear it was a therapist's couch.
He's ready to let it all out, to open up about the good (say hello to Mrs. Ellis and little Monta Jr.), the bad (mea culpa, Stephen Curry), and even the ugly (see moped accident, circa summer 2008).
Yet the fact that he's here at all right now is a good place to begin. Ellis has never shown up this early to prepare for training camp, typically squeezing in more time in his home state of Mississippi before arriving just a few days before it all begins again.
But there he was at the team's facility for the first time on Sept. 7. Ball in hand. Plan in mind. Positivity pouring out of his tattoo-covered pores.
It's time to get this new start started, Ellis says with a most-content tone, for him and his teammates to do far better than the 55 combined wins they've mustered in the last two seasons. The 24-year-old is in a reflective mood, and he's looking at his own reflection like never before.
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Full story at http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/09/17/monta-ellis-opens-up-on-rift-with-warriors-pledge-to-mend-fence/
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