Why not go for Monroe instead of Love?

[clyde_carbon]

With Drummond and Smith on the roster, Detroit has to find a way to get rid of either Smith or Monroe, and Smith's contract is extremely hard to move at this point in his career.

So, instead of throwing a bunch of pieces for Kevin Love, why not trade David Lee for Greg Monroe and Charlie Villanueva? The numbers match up, and it makes sense for both parties involved.

We'd have to take on Villanueva's contract for one year, but it's worth getting a young PF with tremendous potential in Monroe. Detroit gets Lee who should be able to contribute right away and play well with a guy like Drummond in the front court, and they get rid of CV's contract.

 

[clyde_carbon]

And, most importantly, we get to keep the trio of Thompson, Barnes, and Green.

We'd have a starting five of:

- Bogut
- Monroe
- Iguodala
- Thompson
- Curry

and Barnes/Green/etc. off the bench.

 

[clyde_carbon]

Scratch that. Just realized CV's contract expired.

 

[CitySushi]

Monroe is a restricted FA. The only way we would be able to obtain him would be through a sign and trade with Detroit. I'm sure they're not looking to take on any contracts, especially David Lee. They have Josh Smith and Brandon Jennings locked up to sizable contracts. We would have to facilitate another 3 way trade to give Detroit some assets and move Lee to someone who would take him on.

Sucks that we could have easily had Monroe, but Riley took Udoh instead.