The Moose is no longer on the loose in the valley of the sun. The Suns and Greg Monroe agreed to a buyout for the remainder of his $17 million annual salary for this season. [tweet https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/958907611579142144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Monroe played well in limited minutes and opportunity in Phoenix, averaging 12.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists [...]
February 1, 2018 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek The Phoenix Suns are clearly in the middle of their first complete rebuild in franchise history and are in the process of extricating all of their veteran players for more youth and potential as they re-construct their team moving forward. Now that Eric Bledsoe is gone, the next step is to move one of their [...]
November 21, 2017 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek The Phoenix Suns might be able to move Greg Monroe after all. The big man came over in the Eric Bledsoe trade, and at 27, joining a team with a jillion other bigs on the roster, he doesn’t really fit into the team’s long-term plans. But he has just one year and $17.8 million left [...]
November 13, 2017 admin Rumors Greg Monroe will not be long for the Phoenix Suns. The big man is headed to arid Arizona after the Milwaukee Bucks struck a trade for Eric Bledsoe, but his stay should be short-lived. The Suns are currently trying to reroute him before discussing the possibility of buying out the final year of his contract, [...]
November 8, 2017 admin Rumors It looks like the Milwaukee Bucks will be stuck (I know it’s a little harsh) with Greg Monroe for one more season. Monroe has decided to opt into the final year and $17.9 million of his contract with the Bucks. [tweet https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/877484459259551744] Monroe has some definite NBA skills including his ability to score with his [...]
June 22, 2017 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek Greg Monroe is in the second season of his three-year deal with the Milwaukee Bucks. The assumption when he signed this pact back in 2015 was that he would opt out of its final year, this summer, and take advantage of the NBA’s salary-cap boom. But a lot has changed since then. The value of [...]
January 13, 2017 admin Blogs This is your bi-weekly reminder that the Milwaukee Bucks remain open to moving Greg Monroe. From Gery Woelfel of the Racine Journal Times: — A league executive told me over the weekend the Bucks are still looking to trade veteran center Greg Monroe. Monroe is currently backing up John Henson and is playing well. He’s [...]
December 27, 2016 admin Rumors We may have underestimated how low Greg Monroe’s trade value actually is. It widely known that the Milwaukee Bucks have been trying to move him for about a year. That he remains with the team, in an inconsistent role, seemed to be evidence that Milwaukee was asking for too much in exchange for his services. [...]
December 16, 2016 admin Blogs Greg Monroe started the 2016-17 NBA season as a second-unit staple for the Milwaukee Bucks. Now, however, he appears to be an afterthought, and following Milwaukee’s Saturday night loss to the Golden State Warriors, he didn’t sound happy about it. Per Charles F. Gardner of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: [tweet https://twitter.com/cf_gardner/status/800210457583874048] [tweet https://twitter.com/cf_gardner/status/800210591629463552] These answers [...]
November 21, 2016 admin Blogs Greg Monroe has been the subject of trade rumors for a long, long time, and yet there’s a chance he’ll stick with the Milwaukee Bucks for the next two years. Milwaukee has failed to move the big man thus far, which comes as no surprise, given that he’s a defensively challenged tower who doesn’t space [...]
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