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Greg Monroe, a former high school star at Helen Cox in Harvey, is joining the New Orleans Pelicans staff in a player development role. Monroe is getting into coaching after a professional playing career that lasted more than a decade.

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LeBron James has seen just about every defense imaginable throughout his career and has had his fair share of postseason battles with players. On the “Mind the Game” podcast with JJ Redick, James named Stanley Johnson as one of the more underrated defenders he faced during their playoff series in 2018: “I think it was my first year back in Cleveland on a return and it was our first-round opponent, I think we played Detroit, if I’m not mistaken. I think KCP was on that team, (Andre) Drummond was on that team, a couple of other guys was on that team, obviously Moose (Greg Monroe) was on that team, I believe. I think Stan (Van Gundy) was coaching, if I’m not mistaken. I think Stan was coaching that team. But back to your question, Stanley Johnson he earned my respect in that first-round series. Stanley Johnson, he had the lateral movement, he had the physicality. You can tell the coaching staff told him ‘Don’t worry about the schemes.’ I feel like the same thing with Dort, don’t worry about the schemes yet. Everybody’s switching but you. You get through every screen. If you weakside lowman, you have no responsibility, you don’t pull in. You’re basically playing a box-and-one. There’s a lot more guys, obviously, I would give credit to defensively but that’s the one guy off the top of my head. It’s not recent memory, it’s 10 years ago but it’s recent enough. But Stanley definitely possessed those skills in our league, for sure.”

Lakers Nation

Former NBA players Greg Monroe and Michael Frazier signed with Chinese team Sichuan Blue Whales for the remainder of the 2023-24 season.

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Given my lifelong fascination with basketball abroad, this was a development I couldn’t resist highlighting: Puerto Rican teams are increasingly luring former NBA players there to continue their careers. I checked in with the foremost expert on tracking such things — HoopsHype's Alberto de Roa — and promptly learned he has a working list of 20 players with NBA experience who have signed to play in Puerto Rico this season. The most recognizable names among them: Earl Clark, Norris Cole, Ed Davis, Tyreke Evans, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Brandon Knight, Greg Monroe, Eric Paschall, Elfrid Payton and Hassan Whiteside.

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Former Pistons player Greg Monroe signed with Puerto Rican team Osos de Manati for the 2023 season.

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No player’s career better illustrates that sea change than that of Newell’s former pupil Brook Lopez. First at Stanford and then with the Nets in the early 2010s, Lopez starred on the block, deploying an array of soft half hooks and bank shots. For the first eight years of his NBA career, Lopez scored 20 a game while rarely, if ever, attempting a three-pointer. “I absolutely loved posting up,” Lopez says. Then, in the summer before the ’16–17 season, Nets coach Kenny Atkinson told him to start practicing his threes. That season, Lopez launched five threes a game, or two more than Larry Bird did in any year of his career. Lopez adapted and survived, but others struggled. (RIP, Greg Monroe’s NBA career.) The Warriors asked bigs not to post up but to set screens, roll and become pocket passers, preaching, “on time, on target.” Centers who couldn’t shoot became a liability—as did those who couldn’t guard on the perimeter on a switch, leaving them marooned against the likes of Trae Young and Steph Curry, launching 26-footers off the dribble. By 2019, The Ringer declared: “The Post-up Is Deader Than Dead in the NBA.”

Sports Illustrated

Former Pistons player Greg Monroe signed with Chinese team Shanxi Loongs for the remainder of the 2022-23 season.

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Using overseas options and advice from Greg Monroe, former Michigan State standout Cassius Winston joined FC Bayern Munich. Winston, 24, signed a one-year contract, his new team announced Thursday. “Greg spoke highly of the Bayern organization, the people there, the program, and the constant support to help you become a better player,” he said commenting on talking with former Bayern player Greg Monroe, per the press release, roughly translated with the help of Google.

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Dane Moore: Greg Monroe, in Wolves gear, gettin summertime work in. Monroe has been working out with Aaron Miller this offseason — same trainer PatBev and Vanderbilt work with in the summers.

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The Minnesota Timberwolves today announced the team has signed center Greg Monroe for the remainder of the 2021-22 season.

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Jon Krawczynski: Greg Monroe is scheduled to land here early this afternoon. Will see on his availability tonight but last time he got to Target Center at like 4 pm and still got a few minutes in.

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Shams Charania: Center Greg Monroe will sign a deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves for the remainder of the season, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Monroe had productive stints in Minnesota, Washington, Utah and Milwaukee this season, completing a 10-day with the Jazz on Wednesday.

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JD Shaw: The Jazz have officially signed veteran big man Greg Monroe to a 10-day contract.

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Shams Charania: Free agent center Greg Monroe is signing a 10-day contract with the Utah Jazz, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.

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