MGoChippewa

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.

LSAClassOf2000

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. 

SanDiegoWolverine

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

 

 

BlueNation

August 13th, 2014 at 1:37 AM ^

I read that it isn't a no-trade clause, per say. They can trade him, but he has the option to negate it. So, hypothetically, if he was okay with a trade the Pistons make that involves him, then they can do it. However, if he doesn't like it, he can say no and then the trade dies. So, they aren't completely locked into him, but it's highly unlikely.

Leaders And Best

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.

DrewGOBLUE

August 13th, 2014 at 2:47 AM ^

I'd also like to hear what exactly makes the NBA bad. And I mean from a basketball perspective, not something stupid like pointing out the big egos of a few players.



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.

Marley Nowell

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.

The Denarding

August 13th, 2014 at 10:14 AM ^

The real problem here is Greg Monroe is a center and not a power forward. People keep thinking josh smith is the problem. He's A problem but not the problem. Greg can't be in detroit one term and be a center. Even giving the offer he wants won't change that.

Champeen

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!!!!

MGoChippewa

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.  

swdude12

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