Pistons Sign Luis Montero to Two-Way Contract

[coordinator0]

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Not 100% convinced on the source, but no reason to doubt it for now.

Interesting... bleh signing. Montero isn't really the developmental prospect in terms of age I thought the Pistons would focus on for the two spots. He wasn't exactly lighting the G-League on fire either.

[whitehops]

he's got great size for a wing at 6'7 with a reported 7'1 wingspan.

he's more of a defender than anything else, you can't expect much from a 2-way signing.

[coordinator0]

he's got great size for a wing at 6'7 with a reported 7'1 wingspan.

he's more of a defender than anything else, you can't expect much from a 2-way signing.

It's less expecting much and more expecting somebody worth developing. Size alone doesn't really count for that in my opinion. The vast majority of two-way contract guys are going to be fodder, but this is an opportunity for NBA teams to actually utilize a minor league system. Would like to see the Pistons capitalize on that.

[MotownMadness]

he's got great size for a wing at 6'7 with a reported 7'1 wingspan.

he's more of a defender than anything else, you can't expect much from a 2-way signing.

Nice ass measurements but will have to watch some tape now, lol the offseason.

[sc8581]

Really liked his defense in the summer league, aggressive on ball and help defense, can get hot from 3 as well, very loose handles. Probably doesn't have a high ceiling but I can see him getting some time at SF this year if Stanley continues to struggle.

[pistons4ever]

thats the difference between the spurs and us...the spurs stolen a player like bryn forbes.....a player who played here in the Neighbourhood.....we sign montero.....but iam optimistic cause of luke avery ...so we will See

[BIG BEN'S FRO]

Maybe the idea was not to get anyone good really. Rather someone good at defense so our guys have to improve their game in practice. I am not defending the idea, just trying to make sense of it.

[ElectricMayhem]

Nice ass measurements

What were they? I only saw height and wingspan reported.

I guess this is what happens when Sir Mixalot gets a job at the combine.

[kellmellus50]

There has to be better players to sign out there better than this guy, i don't see a reason of signing him? does anyone else?

[Pharaoh]

There has to be better players to sign out there better than this guy, i don't see a reason of signing him? does anyone else?

Practice player?

Maybe he's a really good defender and SVG wants to see if he can develop other skills?

Maybe SVG doesn't view the 2 way contracts as a chance to find a diamond?

Until SVG comments on the signing it's hard to read between the lines

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[kellmellus50]

k Player G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% 2P 2PA 2P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Lamar Patterson 28 27 35.8 7.6 17.7 .431 2.3 6.6 .339 5.4 11.1 .487 6.5 8.4 .782 1.2 5.1 6.3 4.7 2.0 0.2 3.5 2.6 24.1
2 Gary Neal 6 4 29.2 7.3 15.5 .473 1.7 4.3 .385 5.7 11.2 .507 5.0 5.8 .857 0.2 3.5 3.7 1.5 1.2 0.0 0.8 1.5 21.3
3 Malachi Richardson 11 10 35.0 6.3 14.7 .426 2.0 4.5 .440 4.3 10.2 .420 6.5 8.5 .763 0.4 3.9 4.3 1.5 0.9 0.0 3.5 3.3 21.0
4 Isaiah Cousins 50 50 34.9 6.6 14.6 .455 0.8 2.8 .291 5.8 11.8 .494 2.9 3.6 .791 1.0 4.7 5.8 4.0 1.8 0.2 2.3 3.0 17.0
5 David Stockton 15 13 35.1 5.9 14.1 .422 2.1 5.3 .388 3.9 8.7 .443 2.5 3.1 .787 1.1 3.7 4.8 5.3 1.5 0.2 2.5 3.3 16.4
6 Kendall Marshall 21 18 36.2 5.4 11.9 .458 0.9 2.8 .322 4.5 9.0 .500 3.3 4.0 .843 0.5 3.3 3.8 9.0 1.2 0.0 3.2 1.9 15.1
7 Skal Labissiere 17 17 31.0 5.9 13.0 .457 0.3 1.8 .167 5.6 11.2 .503 2.7 3.8 .708 2.8 4.8 7.6 1.1 0.9 1.3 2.5 4.4 14.9
8 Georgios Papagiannis 23 20 32.1 6.2 12.1 .509 0.1 0.3 .500 6.0 11.9 .509 1.3 1.7 .763 2.4 5.7 8.1 0.5 0.6 2.6 1.9 3.0 13.7
9 Reggie Hearn 42 38 31.5 4.7 10.3 .453 3.2 7.2 .442 1.5 3.1 .477 1.0 1.3 .714 0.5 4.8 5.2 1.1 0.7 0.2 1.1 3.4 13.5
10 Will Davis 42 6 18.2 4.2 6.9 .611 0.0 0.0 4.2 6.9 .611 1.4 1.8 .750 2.0 2.3 4.3 0.4 0.3 1.1 0.8 1.5 9.7
11 Chase Behanan 19 4 16.9 3.4 6.8 .500 0.1 0.3 .200 3.4 6.6 .512 1.9 2.9 .643 1.9 2.5 4.4 0.6 0.8 0.1 1.6 2.5 8.8
12 Luis Montero 13 0 23.1 3.2 7.2 .447 1.2 2.8 .444 2.0 4.5 .448 1.2 1.8 .652 0.9 6.1 7.0 2.6 1.0 0.8 2.0 2.9 8.8
13 Pe'Shon Howard 40 6 18.4 2.9 6.9 .417 1.2 3.3 .377 1.7 3.7 .452 1.7 2.0 .848 0.2 1.8 2.0 1.3 0.9 0.1 1.0 1.2 8.7
14 Kadeem Jack 30 2 14.0 2.9 6.3 .463 0.1 0.8 .130 2.8 5.6 .509 2.1 3.2 .649 1.0 2.2 3.2 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.9 1.9 8.1
15 Jaleel Cousins 16 12 14.1 2.0 4.3 .464 0.0 0.0 2.0 4.3 .464 2.8 3.9 .698 1.3 2.8 4.0 0.1 0.4 0.9 1.0 3.0 6.8
16 Renaldo Major 29 1 18.1 1.4 3.6 .390 0.8 2.0 .379 0.7 1.6 .404 1.6 2.0 .776 0.4 1.4 1.8 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.4 1.9 5.1
17 Jamal Branch 25 0 13.7 1.8 4.6 .391 0.2 0.7 .235 1.6 3.9 .418 0.7 0.8 .857 0.2 1.4 1.6 2.1 0.6 0.1 1.7 1.6 4.5
18 Mark Tyndale 39 22 25.1 1.3 2.5 .510 0.0 0.1 .333 1.3 2.4 .516 0.9 1.5 .586 1.6 4.2 5.8 3.4 1.3 0.1 1.5 1.6 3.5
19 Cameron Ayers 7 0 15.6 1.0 3.9 .259 0.7 3.1 .227 0.3 0.7 .400 0.6 0.6 1.000 0.1 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.9 3.3
20 Cam Griffin 15 0 9.7 1.1 2.3 .500 0.1 0.1 1.000 1.1 2.2 .485 0.7 1.1 .588 0.9 1.0 1.9 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.9 3.0

[ElectricMayhem]

Some guys who have been signed to two-way contracts so far for comparison:
Yakuba Ouattara (Nets)
Eric Griffin (Jazz)
Monte Morris (Nuggets)
Torrey Craig (Nuggets)
Matt Costello (Spurs)
Antonio Blakeny (Bulls)
Chris Boucher (Warriors)
Kadeem Allen (Celtics)
Alex Caruso (Lakers)
Josh Magette (Hawks)
Bronson Koenig (Bucks)
Luke Cornet (Knicks)
Jamil Wilson (Clippers)
Michael Young (Wizards)
Jalen Moore (Bucks)
Johnathan Motley (Mavericks)
Kobi Simmons (Grizzlies)
Devin Robinson (Wizards)
Malcon Miller (Raptors)

I'll be honest, of course as a Spartan fan I know Matt Costello. Also Koenig because he is from the Big 10. Aside from that I have heard of Chris Boucher (the guy who got injured for Oregon before the tournament) and people have been talking up Caruso on the Lakers based on summer league. A few may end up rising to the top. I don't expect that much from anyone who signs one of these deals, though.

[ElectricMayhem]

2 Gary Neal 6 4 29.2 7.3 15.5 .473 1.7 4.3 .385 5.7 11.2 .507 5.0 5.8 .857 0.2 3.5 3.7 1.5 1.2 0.0 0.8 1.5 21.3

Are you suggesting that we sign Gary Neal to a two-way contract?

[kellmellus50]

Yes 21 pts per game is better that 8.8

[flow]

Montero played for the Kings' summer league team in Vegas. Here's a Sac report card on him.

https://aroyalpain.com/2017/07/20/summer-league-report-card-luis-montero/

At the end of the day, we'll never see him, or any other 2-way signee, except at Drive games.

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[chrbal]

Yes 21 pts per game is better that 8.8

I'm pretty certain that the guy has to have 3 years or less of NBA experience.

We got a young wing with minimal NBA experience. Based on Montero, I'm guessing we broached the subject with Michael Gbinije
and he wasn't interested.

[El Chivo]

We never try the homerun.

[chrbal]

We never try the homerun.

we're talking about a 2 way contract player. Anyone with any real upside isn't signing one of these this year. Maybe in the future, but not the 1st go round.

[ElectricMayhem]

We never try the homerun.

Exactly. Why the f*** we didn't even attempt to get LeBron, Durant, or Steph on a Two-Way Contract completely boggles the mind. BOGGLES THE MIND!

[MotownMadness]

We never try the homerun.

Exactly. Why the f*** we didn't even attempt to get LeBron, Durant, or Steph on a Two-Way Contract completely boggles the mind. BOGGLES THE MIND!

This forum is becoming embarrassing, just sit and whine about everything non stop