Report: Greg Monroe Officially Signs Qualifying Offer With Pistons
By Dan Jenkins
@DanTJenkins
(97.1 The Ticket) -- The summer-long saga between the Detroit Pistons and restricted free agent Greg Monroe may finally be coming to a close.
Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted on Friday that Greg Monroe will indeed sign a qualifying offer with the Pistons worth around $5.5 million after reports earlier in August hinted that the power forward would do so.
Detroit restricted free agent Greg Monroe has signed the qualifying offer, league source tells Yahoo Sports.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 5, 2014
The deal will make Monroe a Piston through the upcoming season and later an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2015. Rumors surfaced throughout the summer that the Pistons' front office, headed by Stan Van Gundy, had tried to work out a sign-and-trade with several different teams without success.
Monroe can become an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2015. Detroit, Monroe couldn't agree on an extension.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 5, 2014
Barring poor production or injury in the upcoming season, Monroe should be a hot commodity on the open market. Known as a throwback big man with traditional back-to-the-basket moves, Monroe has averaged at least 15 points and 9 rebounds per game in each of his last three seasons.