The Suns acquired Greg Monroe in the Eric Bledsoe trade earlier today, but according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.com, the team will likely explore trading the big man.
Wojnarowski hears that it’s unlikely Monroe remains on the Suns’ roster through the season. Phoenix has not yet had conversations with Monroe about a buyout agreement, preferring to parse the trade market in order to get something in return for the center.
CBA rules don’t prohibit the Suns from flipping Monroe immediately after acquiring him from the Bucks. If Phoenix intends to aggregate Monroe’s salary with another player’s salary for matching purposes, the team would have to wait two months to make a deal, but that shouldn’t be an issue, given Monroe’s sizable contract and the Suns’ excess cap room.
Monroe, 27, remains sidelined with a calf injury and he isn’t expected to return to the court until next week. During the five games he played with the Bucks, he saw a total of 79 minutes where he accumulated 34 points and 25 rebounds.
Monroe, who will make $17.88MM this season, is in the final year of a three-year, $50MM pact in which he signed with Milwaukee back in the summer of 2015.
Should the Lakers trade Deng and a future 1st for Monroe to further clear 2018 cap room?
Maybe a couple firsts?
I could see that but I think it’s more likely Monroe gets bought out, signs with Boston, and some sketchy deal that gives Phoenix an asset goes down with Phoenix and Boston, like an end of the bench player for an unprotected 2nd rounder or something who gets cut by Boston in a few weeks.
Trade to Phoenix lol. Poor Greg Monroe.
$50M for a player never really wanted. I wonder how much he made per minute on this contract. What a life…
Send him to Detroit