It looks like the Greg Monroe will be a member of the Milwaukee Bucks to start the 2016-17 NBA regular season. But not by choice, for either party. From Gery Woelfel of the Racine Journal Times: Multiple NBA sources told me the Bucks accelerated their attempts to trade Monroe this summer — even though from [...]
September 20, 2016
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The Milwaukee Bucks’ attempts to shop Greg Monroe make up the worst-kept secret in the NBA—because it’s not a secret. Monroe doesn’t fit what the Bucks are trying to do. He is a defensive liability, and his post game isn’t as valuable to a team that can’t surround him with a ton of shooters. The [...]
August 3, 2016
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If the Milwaukee Bucks begin the 2016-17 season with Greg Monroe still on the roster, it’ll be a surprise at this point. Monroe has been linked to various trade rumors since before his first season with the Bucks ended, and that chatter is only picking up steam as we move into the dog days of [...]
July 20, 2016
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According to multiple reports coming out of Milwaukee, the Bucks have made 26-year-old center Greg Monroe “very available” on the open market. [tweet https://twitter.com/GM_Hoops/status/744966334371495936] Monroe averaged 15.3 points, 8.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists in just under 30 minutes per game in his first season as a Buck after signing a three-year, $50 million contract in [...]
June 21, 2016
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Who had Greg Monroe lasting only one season with the Milwaukee Bucks in the “Greg Monroe’s Tenure in Milwaukee” pool? Well, you may be headed for a clutch, not-at-all-real win. According to Gery Woelfel of the Racine Journal Times, the Bucks plan to shop Monroe around the NBA this summer: Toss in the fact the [...]
April 12, 2016
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Add the Milwaukee Bucks to the list of NBA teams who most likely won’t be making a move prior to the February 18 trade deadline. Here’s Kidd on the Association’s player-swap cutoff, per Charles F. Gardner of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Kidd on trade deadline: "I don't know if we have any action going on, [...]
February 12, 2016
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The Milwaukee Bucks? Trade Greg Monroe? Less than a season into his two-plus-one-year deal? Keep dreaming, dreamers. That’s the Bucks’ reaction to the notion they should deal the big man, anyway. Zach Lowe of ESPN.com floated the idea in a column last Friday, noting that Milwaukee isn’t actually shopping him: Parker will find NBA identity [...]
January 21, 2016
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Quietly, Carlos Boozer is still a free agent, looking for work. Once a premier big man, Booz’s time with the Lakers last year hurt his stock some. It showed just how bad he is on defense and frankly, just how old he has gotten. But you always had the feeling that a team would come [...]
December 18, 2015
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Depending on the day and the source, the New York Knicks either spurned Greg Monroe in free agency or were burned by him. On this day, the latter seems more accurate. Greg Monroe was thought to be one of the Knicks’ top targets over the summer. Many went as far as putting him in a [...]
October 29, 2015
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Greg Monroe has signed with his new team. That team is not the New York Knicks. According to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski, Monroe agreed to terms with the Milwaukee Bucks on a three-year max deal worth $50 million. Here are the details: Free agent Greg Monroe will sign a three-year, $50 million maximum contract with [...]