It wouldn’t be as big of a deal if Nellie weren’t so enamored with the idea of an offensive auteur that could create all over the floor. In looking over Nellie’s history, it’s been a damn long time since he coached without a pretty brilliant playmaker, whether it be Timmy, Nash or Baron. Since Baron left, he’s tried to cast Jack, Monta and Curry as a brilliant playmaker, and even seems to think Randolph has potential in that department. It’s getting sort of absurd.

There are teams that function just fine without an offensive maestro — we have a lot of guys that can do some things. Some consistent plays and rotations would work for us. But sadly, I’m guessing we’ll just have to watch Monta do his bad Baron impression for at least the rest of the year.

Like you, I don’t know what the solution is. I’m pretty sure it’s not Stephen Curry, but at least putting the ball in Curry’s hands to start every play would free Monta up to do his scoring thing. I think a big problem here is that Monta fancies himself a playmaker, and that Nellie humoring him in this delusion. He will not be a real asset again until everybody in the organization, including Monta, agrees that he’s a shooting guard.

Not that I’d trust the current regime to do it properly, but you have to at least consider trading the guy. If we can’t ever seem to find the piece that fits next to Monta, maybe Monta is the piece we should get rid of. His counting stats are big and his SportsCenter appearances are common, so you might be able to trade him for some value right now. That won’t happen, and maybe it shouldn’t… but this is a dicey, enigmatic type of player to hitch your franchise to.