Listening to john freeman and Casey H's podcast yesterday they talked blazer offseason and the name they said to definitely expect the blazers to chase is Greg monroe. A guy that can he a crazy 3rd big off the bench, start at C or....start at PF if that one guy leaves. What do you guys think of him? I've never really had a chance to watch him play. Who else do you guys think would be a good fit?
Monroe would have been great.....if we would have traded LA for Wiggins or someone like that. Getting Monroe as a consolation prize and letting LA walk for nothing is going to sting. A lot.
I thought the idea was to add Monroe to the bigs we have. Like to replace Freeland. Can he play center?
What's Greg's max offer sheet look like? I've wanted him in the past - he scores well in the paint and can easily learn to be a good defender. In that regard he's like a young Zbo. But he won't be the centerpiece to the team like Zbo/LMA was/is, and that's a good thing. I think Greg at $12M is better than LMA at $18M. I'm guessing that $12M is what his yearly salaries would average out to? Hopefully it'd be less, but I'm guessing not.
I would say Monroe is fully capable of being a center on the offensive end. What he lacks is the defensive prowess I think we need. We would have a huge upgrade scoring in the post, probably rebounding, etc. What I worry about is how our pick and roll defense sucks, and it would suck even more if we didn't have a rim protector in the paint.
We'd need to sign Tyson Chandler if we went with Monroe. Maybe we could get both rolo and Tyson on 3/24s with Monroe's mini max? A front court of: Monroe / Leonard Chandler / RoLo Would be pretty good.
But LaMarcus isn't leaving. Meyers/Monroe would seem to be a pretty good combination off the bench on offense. Monroe plays center on offense, guards PF on defense. Meyers plays stretch PF on offense, guards centers on defense. Also great injury insurance.
Monroe's a good offensive player and rebs fairly well, not much of a defender however, I do think we need one big who is a good defender/shot blcker
If you like Al Jefferson's game, you'll like Greg Monroe. I, personally, do not like Al Jefferson's game.
Good point! I wonder how Monroe is at setting picks? While he's not known as a good defender, defense can be taught - look no further than Meyers Leonard. If we had Thibs coaching, rather than Stotts, I believe Monroe could be just fine on defense. Another option to help with Monroe's defensive deficiencies would be to try to swing a trade for Hibbert. A frontline of Monroe/Hibbert, with Meyers backing up both spots, could be very good in the right system.