Greg Monroe

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by MavzMan

http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/stor...s-celtics-suns

1st round pick for Greg Monroe and his $5.5 million salary? He could be the first guy off the bench behind Dirk and get starter minutes. I don't know much about him other than his numbers which are 15 pts / 9 reb in ~30 mpg. We could use some size for sure.

Detroit is at the cap, so we'd need to trade them 5.5mill in salary. The only guy that immediately pops out at me at that salary range is Wright, who is one of our only good bigs off the bench.

Also, doesn't he become an UFA after this year of QO? We'll also have to pay BIG for Ellis and Chandler (as well as re-sign Aminu, Barea, and Wright). I'm not sure that we'll also want to pay Monroe what he wants (10-13/year) for a backup. or how we'll be effective with both, unless Chandler will take a huge pay cut.

I have no doubt he'll be happy with us this year. I just doubt he'll be happy and satisfied if we ask him to split money with Chandler and I also don't want us to let Chandler walk away again. If we trade for him, we're most likely stuck with him until he becomes an UFA, he can walk for nothing.

Also, his rebounding rate has not picked up since last year when I was concerned. His advanced rebounding metrics are in the bottom 5-6 of starting centers and below some backups (and barely better than Wright, who we all complain about now)

[MavzMan]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

Also, his rebounding rate has not picked up since last year when I was concerned. His advanced rebounding metrics are in the bottom 5-6 of starting centers and below some backups (and barely better than Wright, who we all complain about now)

What are your thoughts on him playing next to Andre Drummond who is averaging almost 12 rpg soaking up some of those that would possibly go to Monroe?

I agree that he is a big unknown at this point and will want some kind of payday come next off-season, but as good of a coach as Carlisle is, he can't coach height/size and that is still a pretty rare commodity in this league.