Comments on: Greg Monroe’s offensive leap stems from no-hesitation approach

By: Max

Max — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:51:36 +0000

I expect his stats to steadily climb all season as they did last year.

By: frankie d

frankie d — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:50:41 +0000

ironically, darko would probably work very nicely with monroe. he’s exactly

By: RyanK

RyanK — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:27:31 +0000

Maybe we can get Darko back…

By: frankie d

frankie d — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:54:23 +0000

pair him with an athletic big guy, someone who can block shots and simply catch the ball on the offensive end – a tyson chandler/deandre jordan-type – and the pistons will have a very, very good front line. it’ll let them slide jj over to the 3, or use him off the bench as a swing forward.
that one guy, who should be reasonably easy to find, will turn the team around.

By: RyanK

RyanK — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:13:07 +0000

Greg Monroe has done everything that’s asked of him. It’s no surprise to me he’s doing well on the offensive end of the floor. If he can hit that mid range shot and a continues to develop his post game he’ll be a 20 point per game player.

I know the Pistons suck, but if we were winning games he might be considered an allstar with these numbers. The eastern conference big men have been upgraded over the last couple years, but it used to be guys with those stats made the team.

In his third season, I think Monroe will have this stat line:
18-20 points
9-10 rebounds
3-4.5 assists
.75-1 blocks
.5-.75 steals

I’m not a stat guy though.

By: Keith P.

Keith P. — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:54:17 +0000

I don’t want to be the Debbie Downer…

But can we wait for more than 9 games in a weird, truncated season before declaring Monroe the next great offensive weapon? I’m not saying he hasn’t made strides, but this feels premature. Greg is not immune from the turnover issues that plague the Pistons. Not to mention that being the best offensive player on the worst offensive team in the league hardly seems super noteworthy.

From a straight watch-the-games-eye-test point of view (read: I don’t know how to site advanced stats correctly), Greg doesn’t look super comfortable being the main offensive weapon. The offense is so terrible that he’s had to become its cornerstone, though I don’t believe that Frank wanted this transition to be so sudden or that Greg is ready for the primary option role. While he’s gotten better making decisive plays in the post in the first 9 games, hesitations can still be seen in his post game–primarily with his faceup jumper.

Greg’s numbers are pretty, but the offense, in which he’s playing so big a role, is anemic.

By: vic

vic — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:52:00 +0000

i won’t hesitate to be first commenter on this post.

Monroe is a bright spot… so glad he’s developing.

Pair him up with Andre Drummond and we’ve got something going. Two inside forces will make everything easier for our guards and wings. They will make everyone else better.