Blazers Previously Had Serious Sign-And-Trade Talks For Greg Monroe
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活塞24歲長人Greg Monroe,是聯盟今年自由市場大魚中,
少數被公認值得拿千萬年新,卻還沒有敲定新合約的潛力球員,
最近他隊友Josh Smith可能死灰復燃的交易案討論,又不經意地
讓ESPN資深記者Marc Stein帶出了一個內幕..
The Portland Trail Blazers and Detroit Pistons had serious sign-and-trade
discussions earlier this month centered on Greg Monroe.
西區的拓荒者其實曾經在本月初,與活塞討論先簽後換Monroe的潛在可能。
Monroe remains a restricted free agent and many have speculated that the
Pistons will be unable to keep both he and Josh Smith.
剛跑完新人約的Monroe是屬於母隊有優先簽回權的「有限制自由球員」,但聯盟權威人士
都認定一件事情:他與活塞去年挖角的前鋒Josh Smith,繼續同隊的可能性-是「零」。
這樣的推論不僅讓其他球隊動到了挖角Monroe的念頭,也多少影響活塞與他談約的進度。
The Blazers ultimately decided to sign Chris Kaman to serve as the backup to
Robin Lopez at center.
不過拓荒者也很快決定退出「Monroe爭奪戰」,因為他們不久就決定簽下在西區打拼多年
的老將Chris Kaman,擔任球隊現任先發中鋒Robin Lopez的替補。