Pistons Want Stan Van Gundy

[BigAlTheFuture]

I wonder if they would trade Drummond instead. Keep G.Monroe and J.Smith. Two more "win-now" type players. Detroit could get a very nice trade package for Drummond. Could set them up nicely in a different direction.

Rondo for Dummond

[heyvik]

SVG and Pistons ownership are reportedly "big fans" of Greg Monroe.

https://twitter.com/Vincent_Ellis56/status/466619654794780672

simply posturing....we love Player X...won't trade him...blah, blah, blah. There's just trying to create extra value for Monroe (I said extra, because he's got great potential and is worth a good contract as a PF, not a C)

[BleedGreen1989]

SVG and Pistons ownership are reportedly "big fans" of Greg Monroe.

https://twitter.com/Vincent_Ellis56/status/466619654794780672

Funny, this article says Monroe is as good as gone lol

http://beta.sportingnews.com/article/4584951-stan-van-gundy-greg-monroe-pistons-trade-lakers-bobcats-pelicans-nba-free-agency-rumors?modid=http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1305429&start=840

[Lucky17]

SVG and Pistons ownership are reportedly "big fans" of Greg Monroe.

https://twitter.com/Vincent_Ellis56/status/466619654794780672

Funny, this article says Monroe is as good as gone lol

http://beta.sportingnews.com/article/4584951-stan-van-gundy-greg-monroe-pistons-trade-lakers-bobcats-pelicans-nba-free-agency-rumors?modid=http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1305429&start=840

Article seems written on a false premise: that Monroe and Drummond are incompatible. Actually, it's trying to use Josh Smith as a floor-spacing SF that's the main problem with the Pistons roster.

Zach Lowe has written a lot about the Pistons this season, and his latest is also worth a gander.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/detroit-pistons-stan-van-gundy/

The knock on Monroe is that he has struggled badly on defense, his midrange shot is bricky, and his development stalled out this season as Cheeks and Loyer juggled an incongruous mix of three bigs in Monroe, Drummond, and Smith. Opponents outscored Detroit by nearly 6.5 points per 48 minutes when those three played together, making for one of the worst heavy-usage trios in the league among teams that were actually trying to win games ? something the Pistons weren?t really trying to do once it became clear they would miss the playoffs. Detroit just never developed any coherence on that end. Monroe is slow traversing large spaces and low to the ground, Drummond is (like most young players) out of sorts, Smith can?t chase wing players anymore, and Jennings is the James Harden of point guards.

The Pistons did not appear to have much of a scheme. They changed the way they defended the pick-and-roll almost on a game-to-game basis, sometimes asking Monroe to jump way out to corral ball handlers ? something he?s just not equipped to do. There was no five-man coordination among players. Nobody helped the helper, and defenders on the weak side had no clue what to do against a pick-and-roll or in response to a double-team on the block. The Pistons were the opposite of ?on a string.? They just lit the string on fire.

Detroit had more success playing two of the three bigs and sitting the other. Counting only lineups that logged at least 25 minutes, the Pistons actually managed a positive scoring margin with the Smith-Monroe and Monroe-Drummond pairings, per NBA.com. But that last one, so important to Detroit?s future, didn?t play enough minutes together ? and when they did it was it was interrupted by Smith hoisting awful midrange jumpers.

[SHAQATTACK]

Well the result of Gundy will be ....  He can't coach stars or keep them at his team


Drummond to the Lakers....