Moreover, with more mature and safer guards like Chris Paul, Deron Williams, and Raymond Felton available in the first round this year, no team would gamble on an injured high school player.
Secondly, Monta Ellis's shot selection during trials was extremely poor. Coupled with his height limitation of being under 190 cm, this puts a big question mark on his offensive capability in the NBA.
Monta Ellis's biggest selling point is scoring, and currently, in the league, scorers under 190 cm either have insufficient productivity or efficiency is too low; even AI cannot escape this curse.
No team would waste a first-round pick for a scorer destined not to be top-tier.
Due to his small frame, team trainers also worry about his future ability to gain weight. Without weight gain, he cannot compete; too much weight gain, he risks becoming injury-prone.
