Jason Kidd decided to try something different last night, starting Miles Plumlee and bringing Greg Monroe off the bench. Kind of a weird way to showcase guys for trades, but it worked, because Greg Monroe scored 29 in a very efficient manner and now everybody will want to trade for him. I had been formulating some trade scenarios before the game, but I had to scrap all of those and come up with new ones now that it turns out that Greg Monroe can dominate anybody named Tyler Zeller or Kelly Olynyk:
-Monroe to Boston for David Lee (will waive), Kelly Olynyk, and some sweet picks. Boston will want to do this for sure now that they have seen in person how much of a stud Monroe is.
-Monroe to Portland for C.J. McCollum and a huge TPE. Please. McCollum takes too many shots away from Lillard. Please do this trade. Please. I heard that Portland fans have given up on that guy. They hate his guts. Please trade him to Milwaukee?
-Monroe to New York for Phil Jackson and Robin Lopez. Phil Jackson optional. Robin Lopez is actually optional too, but they don’t let you do trades where you just give up a player for literally nothing. Maybe then give us two dollars cash and a moldy baloney sandwich in a ziplock bag.
-Monroe, MCW, Bayless, and Irish Kobe to the Lakers for the real Kobe and a whole lotta picks. It would be a cool story anyway.