SFC: Warriors Get Guard Help

SFGate
Warriors Get Guard Help
Rusty Simmons, Chronicle Staff Writer
Wednesday, July 23, 2008


(07-22) 13:10 PDT -- The Warriors found help in transitioning Monta
Ellis into a starting point guard Tuesday, acquiring Marcus Williams
from New Jersey for a future first-round pick. The deal is done, the
Warriors confirmed, pending approval from the league office.

The deal might be announced later Tuesday afternoon. According to a
source close to the negotiations, if the Warriors make the playoffs in
2011, the Nets would get that non-lottery pick. If not, New Jersey
would get the pick in 2012 (so long as it's not between pick Nos.
1-11) or in 2013 (protected against picks 1-10). If the pick still
hasn't been used by then, New Jersey gets second-round picks in 2013
and 2015.

Williams, 6-foot-3, 205 pounds, is expected to take pressure and
minutes from Ellis, who moved from shooting guard to the point, when
Baron Davis bolted for the Los Angeles Clippers. Williams broke his
foot last season and averaged 5.9 points and 2.6 assists a game in 53
games. He was an all-rookie player in 2006-07, averaging 6.8 points
and 3.3 assists a game in his first season out of UConn.

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