At his NBA peak, Monta Ellis was a relentless, rim-pressure guard who enjoyed four separate seasons in which he scored at least 20 points per game. At his NBA peak, Steph Curry was the greatest 3-point shooter in the history of basketball; a bona fide pioneer who permanently changed the way one of the world's most popular sports is played, while serving as the MVP-caliber talisman for four Golden State Warriors championship teams. He is a franchise legend, an icon the Warriors will almost certainly construct some sort of statue out of his likeness years after he retires.
Yet Ellis, apparently, thinks their talent is comparable.
While talking about his background after becoming Alcorn State's new basketball general manager on Friday, Ellis claimed the only real difference between himself and Curry during their respective Warriors careers was that Curry played with stacked teams capable of making NBA Finals runs year in and year out. Whereas the best Golden State team Ellis ever played was a 42-win squad that upset the top-seeded Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the 2007 playoffs.
At a surface level, Ellis does have a point. In his prime, Curry shared the floor with three other surefire Hall of Famers in Draymond Green, Klay Thompson, and Kevin Durant. That definitely helped Curry be himself and focus on what he does best. Ellis never played with anyone like that in Golden State. What's funny is that the Warriors didn't think Ellis and Curry were comparable. If anything, they clearly thought Ellis would get in Curry's way as he blossomed, which is why they traded Ellis in 2012 as Curry was finishing up his third NBA season.
And again, Ellis was a dime-a-dozen rim-pressure guard we've seen so many times before. Curry, even now at his older age, sometimes remains unguardable because of his transcendent shooting ability that another player may never replicate. I'm sorry, but there's no way, shape, or form that these two would've ever been interchangeable on Golden State teams that reached the NBA's tallest summit.

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Southern Miss football will net $1.525 million from its four nonconference games in 2026, according to information acquired through an open records request by The Hattiesburg American.
The Golden Eagles start the season by hosting Alcorn State on Sept. 5 before hitting the road to play Auburn on Sept. 12. Southern Miss returns home on Sept. 19 to face UConn and then finishes out its nonconference slate with a road game against Tulane on Sept. 26.
Below are the contract details for each game.
Southern Miss and Alcorn State will wrap up a two-game series in 2026. The Golden Eagles hosted the Braves in 2023 and won the game 40-14.
Southern Miss agreed to pay Alcorn State $400,000 for each game at M.M. Roberts Stadium. That sum includes a $25,000 payment per game to the Alcorn State band Sounds of Dyn-O-Mite.

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Ever since it became an NCAA Division I school, California State University, Fresno has appeared in the NCAA Tournament six times and reached the Sweet Sixteen in 1982. It also made it to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 10 times, while winning that competition in 1983.
Twenty of its players went on to get drafted into the NBA. The most well-known Bulldog to play in the league is Paul George, who has made the All-Star team nine times, been chosen to the All-NBA team six times and has earned four nods to the All-Defensive team.
Throughout their history, the Los Angeles Lakers have drafted two members of the Bulldogs. Here is a look at both of them.
Alcorn spent two years at California State University, Fresno and averaged 18.4 points and 13.7 rebounds a game there. The Lakers took him in the 13th round of the 1958 draft, and the following year, the Detroit Pistons took him in the third round of the draft.
He played two seasons in the NBA, with one of them coming with the Lakers, and he averaged 3.3 points and 4.2 rebounds in 10.8 minutes a game for his pro career.

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The Tennessee Sports Writers **** ociation has released its 2026 all-state teams for the TSSAA softball season.
Pitchers: Landry Smith, Oakdale, So.; Hannah Brooks, North Greene, Jr.; Ava Lastovka, McEwen, So.; Callie Dillard, Gordonsville, Jr.; Regan Turbyfill, Cloudland, Jr.; Kinsley Ross, Copper Basin, Fr.
Catchers: Josie Graham, North Greene, So.; Hadassah **** ey, Oakdale, So.; Riley Akens, Copper Basin, Sr.
Infielders: Carlee Gallaher, Oliver Springs, Sr.; Layla Alcorn, Oliver Springs, Jr.; Kat Johnson, Gordonsville, So.; Willow Bennett, Cloudland, So.; Ashtyn Walker, Eagleville, Jr.
Outfielders: Braylen Melton, Wartburg, Sr.; Riley Goodson, Oakdale, Sr.; Madison Kendrick, Eagleville, Jr.; Tralyn Southerland, North Greene, So.