Greg Monroe and the Pistons couldn’t work out a long-term deal, so the restricted free agent will reportedly sign the one-year, $5.5 million qualifying offer and will be a restricted free agent next summer.
Monroe signs qualifying offer with Pistons
Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY SportsUpdate: Greg Monroe has officially signed the one-year qualifying offer with the Pistons, per Adrian Wojnarowski.
Instead, the 24-year-old big man returns to the Pistons for one year in the hopes that he’ll cash in when he becomes an unrestricted free agent next summer.
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John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY SpoUPDATE: It appears Monroe is taking the qualifying offer
Monroe and the Pistons are currently at a stalemate in contract negotiations. There have been reports that Monroe has turned down both a five-year deal worth $60 million and a four-year deal worth north of $50 million, but the big man took to Twitter to dispute some of the rumors:
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There is also the caveat of the vagueness Wallace’s report. He wrote the two sides “are believed to have discussed a deal somewhere in the range of the five-year, $60 million contract center Marcin Gortat agreed to last week.” That leaves a lot of room for interpretation. As Detroit Bad Boys noted, there is a significant difference between a deal in the range of five years and $60 million and a deal in the range of $60 million. A four-year deal worth $60 million would be worth close to max money. Without knowing the specifics, it makes a lot of sense for the two sides to be discussing a deal in the range of $12-15 million per season. The Pistons would lock up a talented 24-year-old post player while Monroe would land the lucrative contract he’s searching for.
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Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY SportsIn the open market, Monroe would likely be able to fetch a similar sum as he would in RFA, but the Pistons wouldn’t have the opportunity to match. This would give him the ability to choose a roster of his liking where there would hopefully be less interference positionally. At the end of the day, Detroit does need to find a solution to their Big 3 problem.
Even Lowe points out that this is unlikely to happen and probably more posturing than anything:
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