Comments on: Greg Monroe believes he shouldn’t be an All-Star, is correct

By: T Casey

T Casey — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:27:47 +0000

I’d love to see both Monroe and Drummond work out with Hakeem. Even working with McHale, who’s post moves are underrated, would be great. I think Monroe’s going to end up more like McHale than Olojuwon playstyle wise anyway.

By: T Casey

T Casey — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:25:13 +0000

@Kamal, Monroe’s in his 3rd year. Expectations are hgiher for him in terms of his development. The same goes for Knight in his second year. With Drummond, people are excited that he’s been such a game changer as a rookie. Now if he’s still struggling to make free throws and be effective on offense/in the post, you’ll see more criticism about him.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:21:47 +0000

That’s it. All we need for Detroit to return to contention is for Monroe to become Hakareem Olajul-Jabbar.

By: MIKEYDE248

MIKEYDE248 — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:21:43 +0000

I agree with you that Drummond needs to develop, but what fans see in him is his ceiling being much higher than Monroe’s because of his freakish athleticism.

The one thing people have to remember about Monroe is that he is still very young and for the most part the only real player on the team. Once they finally have him playing next to Drummond and one or two other decent players, I think that it will help out his total game. With Drummond taking on the other centers, Monroe will have a much easier time defending the other teams forwards.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:52:59 +0000

Have to ask: Do you think Monroe will be one of the next NBA players to seek out the low-post prowess that Hakeem the Dream seems to be handing out to guys these days? I personally would love to hear that Monroe (as sort of a throw-back big) was working out with Hakeem and/or Kareem.
I can see it now (Wayne’s World dream sequence…doodo do doodo do): Monroe calls for the ball, goes into a Dream Shake and hits a shot from the wing. Next sequence down he Dream Shakes into a position across the paint and hits them with a Sky Hook.

By: Kamal

Kamal — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:09:11 +0000

Too many nitpick about Monroe’s game while at the same time raving about Drummond. I don’t get it. Monroe is head and shoulders more advanced than Drummond yet people act like its the opposite. Drummond needs to develop a hell of a lot more and I’m not sure if Roy Rogers is the guy to do it. Drummond could easily go the way of Javelle McGee. Monroe is already way better than McGee.

By: Scott Free

Scott Free — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:58:10 +0000

What does athleticism have to do with protecting the ball and recognizing a double? That seems to be a court vision/basketball IQ issue, which normally improves with time.

By: Otis

Otis — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:55:10 +0000

This doesn’t surprise me. I think the guy has a good head on his shoulders. And I’m glad the authors at this blog recognize this too. There’s too much talk in this town about Monroe being an All-Star, just because he’s the best thing we’ve had in this town since Joe went nuts and f*ked the whole thing up LMAO! He’s just fine the way he is and doesn’t need to be an All-Star. Not like he was #1 in the draft or nothin’. He panned out as well as we could ever have hoped, we were lucky to get him, and if he works on the holes in his game he could maybe be an All-Star and help this team win more than 1/3 of their games.

By: Otis

Otis — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:47:23 +0000

Yeah, it’s not just about athleticism. Randolph is an absolute beast in the low post. If Monroe works on being more aggressive, demanding the ball more, develops some strong post moves (and these are all big IFs) he could be an All-Star. I’m not necessarily betting on it ever happening, since Drummond is probably going to be the MUCH better player by this time next season… But yeah his lack of athleticism is holding him back. If he had strong handles, more explosiveness, he’d be one of the best big men there is.

By: Sloppy Joe

Sloppy Joe — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:05:13 +0000

Tell Zach Randolph that being “too unathletic” prevents you from being a star.