Few teams have had an offseason as crazy as the Los Angeles Clippers but their Pacific Division rivals, the Golden State Warriors are sure close. After watching Baron Davis walk because of a rift with management, the Warriors quickly made combo guard Monta Ellis a rich man, inking him for over $60 million. Fast forward a couple months and the Warriors are not pleased with Ellis. In fact, they’re essentially calling him a liar to his face.

Multiple league sources have told ESPN.com that Ellis had several cuts and abrasions on his leg - atypical of an injury sustained on a basketball court - in addition to the high ankle sprain and torn deltoid ligament he suffered on Aug. 21.

The Contra Costa Times had earlier reported that the severity of the injury has the Warriors skeptical about the explanation they received from Ellis, who told the club he got hurt working out in his native Mississippi.

Call me crazy, but it’s probably not a good idea to publicly call out your new franchise player. The Warriors aren’t buying Ellis’ story, but what is there to do about it? If their investigation proves that Ellis was lying, are they going to void the massive extension they just gave him? Unless they want a full-scale mutiny from their fanbase, probably not. 

If there’s one thing the Warriors don’t do, it’s tread lightly with their players. Controversies like this should be kept in house, not made public to the media. Ellis will miss the first couple months of the season, but it’s not like he went Kellen Winslow on us and destroyed his leg in a motorcycle accident. Don’t turn this into a full-scale fiasco, Warriors.

Of course, Ellis isn’t the only player whose injury excuses have been a little…ahem…false. Remember Jeff Kent’s infamous truck washing? Or Sonny Bono’s Vladimir Radmanovic’s painful ride down the slopes? These things happen. A simple slap on the wrist would have worked fine, not a fullscale media assault.