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Greg Monroe Plans To Meet With Knicks, Celtics, Bucks, Lakers, Blazers
JUN 28, 2015 7:42 PM


Greg Monroe said five teams have shown strong interest as he enters free agency.

Monroe said he will meet this week with the Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers and Portland Trail Blazers.

“(He and agent David Falk) are definitely looking at all our options,” he said. “You can see the trend is everybody’s taking shorter deals right now. So, most likely, I might take that route, too, and when the new deal kicks in, get a longer-term contract.

“I’m looking at a two-year deal plus an option” to become a free agent.

Monroe admits he is out of the Detroit Pistons' plans.

“Stan had smaller teams in Orlando (Magic) years ago,” Monroe said. “Dre is like Dwight Howard. So Stan wants to put good players around him. The team has different plans, and I respect that. I don’t want to be anywhere I’m not wanted.”

princeofpalace wrote:Eh, Monroe's not being passive aggressive at all IMO- hes just stating a fact. SVG wants to play smaller, has already named Ilyasova the starting PF- no room for Monroe. SVG made his choice, he wants to build the Dwight Howard Magic team with a poor mans Dwight Howard in the middle.

Of all the teams listed, I hope he goes to the Bucks.

Snakebites wrote:

princeofpalace wrote:Eh, Monroe's not being passive aggressive at all IMO- hes just stating a fact. SVG wants to play smaller, has already named Ilyasova the starting PF- no room for Monroe. SVG made his choice, he wants to build the Dwight Howard Magic team with a poor mans Dwight Howard in the middle.

Of all the teams listed, I hope he goes to the Bucks.

I was with him 100% until the "I don't want to be anywhere I'm not wanted" last sentence. I also think what he said was true.

I never took issue with Greg's wanting to leave. It was a less than desirable situation for him here in a lot of ways. Its just that, after taking the QO (the strongest message that he wants out he could have possibly sent outside of simply stating it), it would have been nice to see him take some ownership over the decision, or at least not specifically pin it all on SVG.

I actually like his fit in Portland.

313 Professor wrote:

Snakebites wrote:

princeofpalace wrote:Eh, Monroe's not being passive aggressive at all IMO- hes just stating a fact. SVG wants to play smaller, has already named Ilyasova the starting PF- no room for Monroe. SVG made his choice, he wants to build the Dwight Howard Magic team with a poor mans Dwight Howard in the middle.

Of all the teams listed, I hope he goes to the Bucks.

I was with him 100% until the "I don't want to be anywhere I'm not wanted" last sentence. I also think what he said was true.

I never took issue with Greg's wanting to leave. It was a less than desirable situation for him here in a lot of ways. Its just that, after taking the QO (the strongest message that he wants out he could have possibly sent outside of simply stating it), it would have been nice to see him take some ownership over the decision, or at least not specifically pin it all on SVG.

I actually like his fit in Portland.

Yea. We should've traded him.

Kilo wrote:

313 Professor wrote:

Snakebites wrote:
I was with him 100% until the "I don't want to be anywhere I'm not wanted" last sentence. I also think what he said was true.

I never took issue with Greg's wanting to leave. It was a less than desirable situation for him here in a lot of ways. Its just that, after taking the QO (the strongest message that he wants out he could have possibly sent outside of simply stating it), it would have been nice to see him take some ownership over the decision, or at least not specifically pin it all on SVG.

I actually like his fit in Portland.

Yea. We should've traded him.

I wonder what their S&T offer was, and if Monroe had agreed to go there last season. Stan screwed the pooch last season by not trading Smoove and Monroe - had to pay millions to get rid of one, and the other will walk for nothing.

Snakebites wrote:That last sentence is pretty passive-aggressive for a dude who balked at doing anything last offseason that might result in him tied to the team any longer than necessary.

I've been relatively easy on Greg since I never really blamed him for wanting to leave, but that last sentence, pinning the divorce on the team and saying he doesn't want to go anywhere he's not wanted, really rubs me the wrong way.

Neptune wrote:Wow! Outside the 2015 Warriors, that small ball gameplan never wins championships. This guy SVG is taking away all my favorite players and turning this team into the new Magic(just like folks had warned me ). I guess I got Monroe signing with the Blazers or Knicks.

SVG, your bloated a*s better have us .500 this season man.

Laimbeer wrote:Have to say the Monroe situation really seems to have been mishandled by SVG. At some point you have to get a sense for what his future is with the team, if any. Bottom line, we should have gotten something for him.

Laimbeer wrote:Have to say the Monroe situation really seems to have been mishandled by SVG. At some point you have to get a sense for what his future is with the team, if any. Bottom line, we should have gotten something for him.