When I first moved to Vegas I ran into Ellerbe everywhere, in the airport wearing a team Rahman shirt, in the trop decatur gym, every time Hassim was there Ellerbe was there too. I had the impression he was kind of like Ariza and Shelstone, honestly, just kind of supervising their gym workouts ... but that doesn't make sense now. I mean, I wouldn't trust this guy for conditioning and strength, right? That was my impression WAY back in the day though (and yes, Ellerbe used to check me out in the gym lockerroom - he likes em small and athletic.)
He's a hype man. That's all it seems like. He probably reads contracts and "guides" Floyd towards the biggest pile of gold.