{"id":851125,"date":"2026-08-11T06:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T06:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/851125\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T06:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T06:30:12","slug":"jeff-teague-throws-monta-ellis-under-the-bus-for-ridiculous-steph-curry-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/851125\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Teague throws Monta Ellis under the bus for ridiculous Steph Curry claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff Teague had the same reaction that probably every person on the planet had upon hearing Monta Ellis\u2019 claim.<\/p>\n<p>Ellis, the former high-scoring Golden State Warriors guard, controversially declared on Sunday that the Warriors\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/09\/sports\/monta-ellis-says-warriors-wouldve-had-same-success-with-him-or-steph-curry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">would\u2019ve had the same success<\/a>\u00a0had he replaced Steph Curry.<\/p>\n<p>Teague, Ellis\u2019 teammate with the Indiana Pacers in 2016-2017 wasn\u2019t exactly buying it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImma keep it real with you. He was never better than Steph Curry,\u201d Teague said <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheDunkCentral\/status\/2086826111447470248?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">during a live recording<\/a> of \u201cThe Club 520 Podcast\u201d before saying there was another star guard who he could have seen perhaps replicating the Warriors\u2019 success with Curry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026If you said \u2018We\u2019re going to take Steph Curry out of there, and put Dame Lillard, then I would be like \u2018Okay I could see them get the same results.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.77777778;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40281436\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screen-Shot-2026-08-10-at-102825-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Four men sitting at a desk with microphones, labeled &quot;520 In The Morning,&quot; and sports memorabilia on shelves behind them.\" class=\"wp-image-40281436\"  \/>Jeff Teague had the same reaction that probably every person on the planet had upon hearing Monta Ellis\u2019 claim. @club520podcast<\/p>\n<p>Teague went on to call Ellis \u201ccold\u201d but said he\u2019s not the same type of player as Curry.<\/p>\n<p>Through Curry\u2019s 17-year career in the NBA, he\u2019s built a reputation as the greatest shooter the game has ever seen and one of the greatest players in league history. The two-time MVP owns the career record for most three-pointers made, has shot 42.2% from deep over his 17 seasons and has averaged 24.8 points per game.<\/p>\n<p>A talented player, Ellis played 12 seasons in the NBA and averaged 17.8 points per game, though he shot only 31.4% from three. He also never made a single All-Star team.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2382104;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40281451\" width=\"731\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-107895835_60b2d7.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Curry and Monta Ellis in Golden State Warriors jerseys.\" class=\"wp-image-40281451\"  \/>Stephen Curry and Monta Ellis of the Golden State Warriors share a laugh after defeating the New Orleans Hornets. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Ellis\u2019 best season behind the 3-point line came during the 2010-2011 season when he and Curry were still Warriors teammates. Ellis sank 36.1% from deep.<\/p>\n<p>The following year, the Warriors were reportedly trading Curry to the Milwaukee Bucks until the Bucks backed out due to concern over his ankle. HOW CLOSE WAS THAT? CAN WE CLARIFY?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The two sides eventually came together on a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2012\/03\/14\/bucks-raise-stakes-deal-for-ellis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">deal that sent Ellis to Milwaukee instead<\/a>\u00a0of Curry.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Curry has remained with the Warriors and has become the most decorated player in the franchise\u2019s history as he\u2019s led them to four NBA titles, while winning his two MVPs in 2015 and 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jeff Teague had the same reaction that probably every person on the planet had upon hearing Monta Ellis\u2019&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":851126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,56495,485,5552,590,12208,6113,85],"class_list":["post-851125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-nba","tag-northern-california","tag-san-francisco","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=851125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/851126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=851125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=851125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=851125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}