The Warriors seriously considered giving up second-year guard Monta Ellis in order to move up in Thursday's NBA draft, but they never pulled the trigger, the Times has learned.

According to a league source, the Warriors had a deal on the table that would send Ellis to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for the No. 11 overall pick. The move up in the draft presumably would have been a first step toward getting one of the most promising players in the draft, Chinese forward Yi Jianlian.