What's really happening with Warriors' Ellis?

Did Monta Ellis demand a trade in a meeting with the Warriors' brass on Thursday? Not really.

During the hour-long chat he did make it clear that he didn't want to be around for the meat of his prime if Golden State's new ownership group was no more committed to making the roster better than the old regime. He did say that if the team wasn't doing any better by the trade deadline next February, he'd like to be sent somewhere where he'd have a chance to compete. In the meantime, he's all in with the Warriors and Mark Jackson, who reportedly has called him twice already to insist he'll be on the roster next season.

Call it a demand with an asterisk. I still think he's getting moved after the lockout ends, though, and especially after the Warriors took Washington State's Klay Thompson in the first round last week ...