Why the Pacers will only go as far as Monta Ellis takes them not PG13! "Baddest Dude"

"I'm ready to explode bruh!"

John Quincy Adams once said, "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." John C. Maxwell, the famous author and speaker, gave it to us like this, "A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way." Alexander the Great broke it down so that it would forever be broken when he spit, "I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion."

Well playas...some cats are forced to lead because they're best players but aren't necessarily  leaders of men. Then there are duns that are leaders of men simply because of their DNA but aren't necessarily the best players. The Indiana Pacers have that scenario playin' out right now bruh. Paul George is there best player by far but he isn't an Alpha male. The Alpha male walkin' around this piece right now is Monte Ellis! So the success of the Indiana Pacers will greatly depend not on how dominant of a player PG is but how great of a leader Monte Ellis will become. 

Let's keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! We all know that PG is the go to on this team playa and normally the go to is the cat that is naturally the leader. But that doesn't apply in Indianapolis. Paul has been the best player on the team for the past 4 seasons easily. However, David West was the Alpha male but he was gettin' too old to wrestle with boyz about always doin' what they needed to do. In other words, he lost his fire to be combative enough to force his will night in and night out in the locker room. So in essence there hasn't been a leader on a team full of talented players for several years. That's not a knock at PG! It just is what it is. He's a nice guy that can hoop! But bein' a nice guy that can hoop doesn't get you very far when you've got to compete with teams with cats that can hoop and monsters with edge.  

With the combination of Paul George's ability to take over a game and Monte Ellis' ability to score and his nature fire this Pacers team has the ability to be very good bruh. Monte is just now settlin' into bein' a part of that locker room. Now the joint could go one way or another. In the past boyz have complained about his attitude etc. in Dallas. However, was it his attitude or were there other Alpha males in the joint that he just clashed with? We all know that there can only be one Alpha in a room! Otherwise, it's called chaos. 

I've been coverin' the Indiana Pacers for more than 5 years now and let me keep 100 with you boyz. Larry Bird has done a great job of buildin' a team full of nice guys. It's a compliment to the organization and the coachin' staff. However, you always need to have a bully or a dun with some degree of edge to himself that has the ability to ball out to take the joint to the next level. Monte Ellis is that dun!!!!

Now the question is, will he take advantage of the opportunity and become the leader that they NEED for him to be? He's got the edge, he's got crazy swagger, he'll get in a boyz grip if need be and he'll bust yo "A" with points! What more could you ask for? Then you've got a cart full of shooters willin' to come out of the trunk on you. Duns like C.J. Myles, Rodney Stuckey, Glenn Robinson III along with PG. They just need a boy to step up and be that dude from a psychological standpoint. The Pacers have always lacked edge! 

"Do ya thang boi!" 

Yeah they had Lance Stephenson a few years ago but that dun was more edge than hooper. So he became a detriment to the betterment of the team. You need a boy with just as much edge as he has game and in this case PG will make up for whatever game is missing because you don't necessarily need more game. You need more leadership!!! Monte Ellis is that dude. Now what is he gonna do with it? 

It's like that the in the ghetto that boyz always respect. It doesn't matter what hood you grew up in there's a cat walkin' around like him. He's got crazy attitude and confidence, more swagger than he really needs and will get at you in a heartbeat. Now he may not be the baddest dude in the hood but because he's got so much of the rest all the baddest cats run with him. 

It's like bein' Tupac bruh! See Pac wasn't the baddest dude he was just the cat with all of the edge that all the baddest dudes wanted to hang out with. So it made him seem like the baddest dude. If Monte takes advantage of what God has already blessed him with this could be his best year as a pro. If he jacks it away it'll be his worse year as a pro. Everybody doesn't get talent, swag and edge at the same time. And they darn sure don't get to play with a dun as talented as Paul George that isn't an Alpha male. So it's his locker room to run. That's if he's willin' to except the challenge and make the best of a great situation? Stop me when I start lyin'!

Playas Thesaurus: 
1) Spit: verb - to say
2) Dun: noun - the person in question, dude, guy, etc. It's whoever I'm talkin' about and it's non-gender specific. 

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