[Woj] Greg Monroe has signed qualifying offer

roslolian · Sep 10, 2014

Raven said: ↑

So now Detroit loses him for nothing. Yep, definitely know how that feels.
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Detroit didn't lose him for nothing, they got a productive player on the cheap for 4 years and will get him for a discount next year. If they let him walk then they believe they can get better players for the max, and in almost all cases it's better to let an overpaid player walk then keep him around when you can use that cap space on someone better.

jscmedia · Sep 10, 2014

these kids are crazy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

please pre-season games get here fast................

713 · Sep 11, 2014

J.R. said: ↑

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Greg Monroe suspended for two games for pleading guilty to driving while visibly impaired</p>— Vincent Goodwill (@vgoodwill) <a href="https://twitter.com/vgoodwill/status/509395325250191360">September 9, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Detroit Pistons' Greg Monroe urinated self during arrest, police report says

http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2014/09/detroit_pistons_greg_monroe_ur.html

Detroit Pistons' forward Greg Monroe, who is facing a two-game suspension after NBA officials learned he pleaded guilty to impaired driving in April, "urinated on himself during the booking process," the Huntington Woods police report documenting his arrest says.

Huntington Woods police released video footage of the Feb. 13 stop and arrest, which stemmed from a defective headlight, on Wednesday.

"I'm just trying not to be in the newspaper," Monroe is heard saying to the officers during his transport to jail.

"I play for the Pistons," Monroe said.

"You play for the Detroit Pistons," asks one of the officers in the vehicle. "Unless you told people that are going to tell people, we don't tell people," an officer is heard saying.

Monroe failed the field sobriety test, missing a letter while reciting the Alphabet with "slow and deliberate speech," swaying when asked to count backwards to 78 from 100 and unable to walk a straight line, the report says.

Riding in the passenger seat of the 2007 Pontiac G6 was the vehicle owner, a woman whom police transported to headquarters to await a ride. Police impounded the vehicle and report that the license plate had expired.

Monroe told police he and his passenger were coming from Bosco's, a bar in Ferndale, where Monroe had had two glasses of wine.

The arresting officer reported a strong aroma of alcohol in the vehicle.

"I've always been short, now I feel really short," one of the officers is heard telling 6-foot-11 Monroe before administering the field sobriety test.

The field breath test revealed Monroe had a .089 blood-alcohol level that, when tested by the official Data Master at the station, registered a .09 and then a .1.

Police stopped Monroe about 1:50 a.m., according to the dash-cam, and the in-station sobriety test was conducted about 3:20 a.m.

Monroe was suspended without pay and will miss games Oct. 29 in Denver and Oct. 30 in Minnesota.

"I take full responsibility for my actions and made a regrettable mistake," Monroe said in a prepared statement released by the Pistons. "I apologize to my family, the Pistons organization, my teammates and fans. I will learn from this and continue by work to be a positive influence in the community."

Monroe is entering his fifth season with the Pistons. He signed a qualifying offer with the club last week for $5.4 million and can become an unrestricted free agent next summer.

"The organization is aware of the matter resulting in the NBA's announced two game suspension for Greg Monroe," the Pistons said in a prepared statement. "Greg has taken responsibility in a conscientious manner and resolved the matter with his representatives."
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