OT: Greg Monroe to Sign QO
The worst possibilty. Instead of signing him to an extension, trading smith, or even a sign and trade, the detroit pistons will most likely lose Moose next year to free agency and can watch Josh Smith build more houses with those bricks.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2014/08/12/greg-monroe…
August 12th, 2014 at 10:12 PM ^
Or the Pistons may trade his expiring contract this season as well. Just another thought.
August 12th, 2014 at 10:14 PM ^
August 12th, 2014 at 10:16 PM ^
I would much rather of traded josh smith...but I dont know what the market is for 6'9 forwards who shoot 25% from 3 and had a PER of 14.2
August 12th, 2014 at 10:22 PM ^
We actually do know what the market is for that guy. There is no market for that guy. That possible Kings offer this summer was apparently as good as it got.
August 12th, 2014 at 10:53 PM ^
August 12th, 2014 at 10:22 PM ^
I'd like to find out just how far from Detroit we can send Josh Smith, and then try to send him a little further away. But with that contract, I'm not sure that's possible.
August 13th, 2014 at 8:02 AM ^
The only thing is Josh is a 4 and we are playing him at the 3. Josh is a long, athletic and good rebounding 4. He is a poor shot taking and brick shooting 3. I would rather trading Monroe, moving Josh to 4 and hopefully getting a viable small forward.
August 13th, 2014 at 10:48 AM ^
August 13th, 2014 at 12:01 PM ^
if Moose signs the QO. He'll play him at the 4 and sometimes the 5 if he wants to go small. He will refuse to play Smith at the 3.
August 13th, 2014 at 9:13 AM ^
In a vacuum, Smith still isn't bad, particularly if he has a coach that can get him to stop jacking 3s. But his contributions aren't worth $42M over the next three years, which is why they need a team like the Isiah Thomas Knicks to trade for him.
August 13th, 2014 at 12:59 PM ^
him traded before the season if he does sign the QO. Low cost contract, even if it is for one year, should be attractive to contenders with cap space issues. Would think that SA, OKC, Houston and possibly Miami or Cleveland would be interested.
August 12th, 2014 at 10:15 PM ^
August 13th, 2014 at 1:55 AM ^
Can't trade a QO player without their consent
August 12th, 2014 at 10:21 PM ^
Yeah, there were rumors of some impressive contracts being offered this morning (a five-year, $60 million one being among them), but Monroe was very quick to quash the rumors via Twitter actually. Not exactly sure what that might mean in any sort of new-look Pistons scenario under Stn Van Gundy, but it seems apparent that, long-term, it could be the case that Monroe is perhaps not involved in it. Supposedly, a couple teams were willing to sign Monroe to a max deal, but couldn't work out a sign-and-trade with Detroit.
August 12th, 2014 at 10:27 PM ^
Greg Monroe now has a no trade clause. Any time you sign a 1 year deal with a team that you played for last season you get an automatic no-trade clause.
So Monroe will most likely walk after this year. What's to stop the Pistons from moving Josh Smith to PF - where he is much more effective- and making Monroe come off the bench. Increase Smith's trade value and see if you can't get him off the roster.
Terrible strategy by his agent David Falk. If he was truly a max player another team would have signed an offer sheet.
The Pistons are now about 7 million dollars under the cap. This is significant because they can now do an unbalanced trade or take a bad contract from another team in exchange for a draft pick.
Edit: For the Pistons' salary cap info take a look at this: http://data.shamsports.com/content/pages/data/salaries/pistons.jsp
August 12th, 2014 at 10:47 PM ^
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August 13th, 2014 at 1:37 AM ^
August 13th, 2014 at 2:49 AM ^
August 12th, 2014 at 10:27 PM ^
Unless I am mistaken, Monroe has only informed the Pistons he "intends" to sign the qualifying offer. He still hasn't signed it, and doesn't have to for a month or two. I think Monroe and his agent are hoping this threat forces the Pistons to trade him now. Long term I don't think Monroe is in Detroit, but I still have my doubts on whether he actually signs the qualifying offer.
August 12th, 2014 at 10:30 PM ^
sign the QO is an awful situation to be in. The team basically knows you are leaving in a year and can't trade you unless you agree to be sent there so there is really no reason for them to give a shit about you. Plus, if you get injured seriously you are screwed.
August 12th, 2014 at 10:57 PM ^
August 12th, 2014 at 11:08 PM ^
People still think this is a funny/necessary/original comment to make in any/every NBA related thread?
August 12th, 2014 at 11:30 PM ^
August 13th, 2014 at 12:10 AM ^
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August 13th, 2014 at 8:23 AM ^
August 13th, 2014 at 2:47 AM ^
Not to mention, Michigan fans have a good reason now to take interest in the NBA with Trey, Tim, Nik, Mitch, and Glenn all in the league as will be Caris in a year. There's no reason to expect this trend not to continue either. As long as Beilein is around, Michigan will probably have 1-3 guys drafted every year.
August 13th, 2014 at 9:06 AM ^
August 12th, 2014 at 11:44 PM ^
Why do NBA haters go out of their to say how bad the NBA is every chance they get? I don't like soccer or hockey so when I see threads about them I just don't click on them.
August 13th, 2014 at 8:44 AM ^
August 13th, 2014 at 12:02 PM ^
August 13th, 2014 at 2:19 PM ^
tell us what you like, so we can tell you that it's dumb and that you suck.
August 12th, 2014 at 11:47 PM ^
I don't understand why Drummond, Monroe, and Smith can't rotate at the PF/C positions. There is a total of 96 minutes: you can give 35 minutes to Drummond and Monroe each, give the rest to Smith and sneak him ~10 minutes at the SF position.
August 13th, 2014 at 12:01 AM ^
won't play Smith at SF one single minute. If any, Smith is more likely to play C than at SF under SVG. SVG wants shooters at all time.
August 13th, 2014 at 12:11 AM ^
August 13th, 2014 at 9:36 AM ^
I didn't know Joe collects antique computer monitors! What a cool hobby!
August 13th, 2014 at 8:28 AM ^
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August 13th, 2014 at 11:33 AM ^
Jennings and Josh Smith are both absolutely and astonishingly horrible. Worst shooters in the league at their positions, and they jack up a ton of shots. Ala allen Iverson, it is NOT a formula to win a championship. Efficiency is.
Dump these 2 and build a team around Drummond and Monroe by adding high efficient team players and this team is easily in the playoffs every year for the foreseeable future. Why is it that hard for these ex players to build a team? Its relatively easy if you don't just look at OH WOW, THIS GUY SCORES A LOT OF POINTS, LETS GET HIM NOW BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE DOES!!!!
August 13th, 2014 at 1:06 PM ^
to an extent. You can build a team around Monroe and Drummond with high efficiency players, but unless Drummond develops his offensive game, you need a rock solid scorer on the wing. The offense has to come from somewhere. Monroe is a decent scorer, but he isn't all that efficient himself, especially as a PF: 52.7 TS% in 2012-13, 53.1% last year. Meeks and Singler are high efficiency players, but I don't think anybody sees them as the pieces to put Detroit into the playoffs.
August 13th, 2014 at 2:41 PM ^
The reason I hate the NBA is because it ruins the college game. College Basketball is real basketball...the NBA is a form of basketball that is individual based. Where College evolves around teamwork