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if they wanted to keep monroe they shoulnd't have acquired josh smith. the two can't coexist, as smith is one of the worst outside shooters in the NBA
NBA.com reports that when Pistons forward Greg Monroe, who has seen his role diminished in the Pistons' semi-star-studded malaise this year, hits free agency, his agent expects him to get the max.
The problem, as the Pistons knew last fall, is that Monroe's agent is David Falk. He has gotten the price he said he'd get for his clients for two decades -- and he says the price for Monroe will be a max contract.
Two years ago, when a big deal for Indiana's Roy Hibbert, a Falk client, seemed doubtful, Falk created a one-team market. Portland dropped a four-year, $58 million sheet on Indiana for Hibbert. The Pacers matched, and are no doubt happy they did, but Falk proved he can still find suitors when he has to for his guys.
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Yet the Pistons aren't going to move Monroe unless it's a blockbuster deal. Offering just expiring contracts won't get it done. The hope in Detroit is that Monroe's situation is resolved in similar fashion to how Oklahoma City eventually worked out a four-year, $49 million contract with Serge Ibaka before he hit free agency. (The Thunder had the obvious advantage of having Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook as lures to play with through the meat of Ibaka's career.)
If Falk finds a team ready to give Monroe the max or something close to it, expect Detroit to match the offer sheet and worry about the money later. At worst, you'd have a 24-year-old, 6-foot-10 power forward under contract that you'd then be able to shop. The Pistons had to lose a lot to wind up with top-10 picks in three straight Drafts. Those assets mean more to them than they probably do to others.
if they wanted to keep monroe they shoulnd't have acquired josh smith. the two can't coexist, as smith is one of the worst outside shooters in the NBA
Last edited by spurraider21; 02-10-2014 at 07:23 PM.
They give out max contracts to no-defense playing stiffs like Monroe then the owners will be crying at the next CBA, again. And the players will take it up the ass, again.
Good thing Stuckey and CV are expiring, they can afford to max Greg and Andre at the same time. Signing Smith and Billups so far is Dumars biggest WTF transaction in his career IMO.
Monroe is better suited as a 3rd big, tbh..@ anybody paying him max money..
With Jennings, Smith, and Drummond, the pistons really need to change to an up tempo team, which Monroe would not fit well in. He is definitely the odd man out, and is a player I actually like a lot despite his defensive short comings. They should definitely not let him walk and look to get some shooters to surround drummond, smith and jennings.
Jennings could actually flourish in a fast paced system, I'm not sure why any teams are trying to play slow it down basketball anymore. Clearly that just doesn't work anymore, as Memphis keeps finding out year after year
spurs should go after him and use him as spot up shooter like every clown who signs with the spurs
This. Just dumb. Again only Durant and Lebron truly worth max in new CBA Pistons do that and it garunseed they don't get to 4 ft for another 5 years.
Signing Villenueva to that deal was way stupider than Smith, and Darko over Melo was the biggest WTF transation of Dumars' career.
Durant and LeBron are worth at least 3x max. Mid-level stars like Love, Aldridge, Wade, George are probably worth max.
just trade smith for pierce
Yeah good call. Totally forgot about Darko.
It's not that signing Smith was dumb, its just the fit with Drummond, Monroe, and Smith is re ed. They should have traded Monroe over the summer. A Drummond/Smith frontcourt would have been great. By trading for Jennings, they pretty much pushed their chips all in though
Has he actually been able to defend PFs this season? I haven't caught more than like 2 Pistons games.
how about not resigning ben wallace, then breaking up the team hahahaha
then wasting that cap on clowns like ben gordon
pisstons are just re ed, would rather milk whatever left was of pisstons championship core for a few more seasons, is better rebuilding and failing to nowhere
Tbh, sounds like the Spurs front office are listening to you. You only have yourself to blame for Parker still being on the team.
YEAH because Parker is the Teams problems!!!!!!!!!!
Your English is too good tbh
Well THANK YOU SIR!!!!!!!! Thank you very much.
The Pistons signing Ben Gordon was just bad on so many levels. Not that I think Ben Gordon is a #2 or 3 caliber player, but he was a pretty damn good player prior to ending up on the Pistons. They gave him big money and pretty much refused to play him. ed themselves over and Gordon over at the same time.
His last year on Chicago he averaged over 20ppg on 45.5% shooting. Nothing spectacular, but he was a really good player. He was playing 36 minutes a game that year. He never averaged 30 with the Pistons. Just a re ed sequence of events. He could have had a better career
Old CBA, I agree
new one ...No.
Yes it would be great if LeBron and KD could get their value but CBA ed them. And with cap penalties etc how,is it working out for Love making that money in Minny? I like him hut he ain't a max player. Owners need to show balls or they will be ed too by New CBA
Monroe is like a poor man's al Jefferson.
Not even close to a max player.
Ben Gordon was known as a chemistry killer & a shot chucker before moving to Detroit imho. Dude's scoring ability is amazing but he's even more of a blackhole than Kobe is, and that's why he's mostly been used as a 6th man through his career.
That is NOLA matching Eric gordon type logic ...
WTF happened to DUmars was he just lucky previously?!
actually, they can and fairly easily. they free up the money from villanueva and stuckey, match monroe for let's say 14 a year and that means around 50M for 12 or so players. The capspace should be more than enough to fix the sg-sf spot and a three big rotation of smith, monroe, drummond is pretty awesome, they just need time and purpose to gel. There are more than enough minutes for the three of them to fill just two spots.
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