Greg Monroe

Gregory Keith Monroe Jr. (born June 4, 1990) is an American professional basketball player, who last played for Khimki of the VTB United League and the EuroLeague. In his freshman season at Georgetown University, Monroe was named Big East Rookie of the Year. He was drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 2010 NBA draft with the seventh overall pick and became the last Pistons player to wear the number 10 jersey, after the Pistons retired the number for Dennis Rodman at halftime of a game against the Chicago Bulls on April 1, 2011.[1]

Greg Monroe
Monroe with the Pistons in 2014
Free Agent
PositionCenter
Personal information
Born (1990-06-04) June 4, 1990
New Orleans, Louisiana
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight265 lb (120 kg)
Career information
High schoolHelen Cox (Harvey, Louisiana)
CollegeGeorgetown (2008–2010)
NBA draft2010 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7th overall
Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Playing career2010–present
Career history
2010–2015Detroit Pistons
2015–2017Milwaukee Bucks
2017–2018Phoenix Suns
2018Boston Celtics
2018–2019Toronto Raptors
2019Boston Celtics
2019Philadelphia 76ers
2019–2020Bayern Munich
2020–2021Khimki
Career highlights and awards
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

High school career

Monroe attended Helen Cox High School in Harvey, Louisiana. As a senior in 2007–08, he was named a McDonald's All-American and earned Parade All-America first team honors after averaging 21.0 points and 14.0 rebounds per game.[2]

Considered a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, Monroe was listed as the No. 1 power forward and the No. 8 player in the nation in 2008.[3]

College career

In his freshman season at Georgetown, Monroe was named the Big East Rookie of the Year and earned Big East All-Rookie team and CBSSports.com NCAA Freshman All-American first team honors. In 31 games, he averaged 12.7 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.8 steals, and 1.5 blocks in 30.9 minutes per game.[2]

In his sophomore season, Monroe was named to the All-Big East first team, Big East All-Tournament team, USBWA All-District II team, NABC Division I All-District 5 first team, AP NCAA All-America third team and NABC Division I All-America third team. In 34 games, he averaged 16.1 points, 9.6 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.5 blocks in 34.2 minutes per game.[4]

On April 17, 2010, Monroe declared for the NBA draft, foregoing his final two years of college eligibility.[5]

College statistics
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008–09 Georgetown 313130.9.570.333.7006.62.61.81.412.7
2009–10 Georgetown 343334.2.525.259.6609.73.71.21.516.2
Career 656432.6.542.273.6778.23.21.51.514.5

Professional career

Detroit Pistons (2010–2015)

Monroe was selected with the seventh overall pick in the first round of the 2010 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons. On July 6, 2010, he signed with the Pistons.[6]

Monroe made his NBA regular season debut on October 30, 2010 against the Chicago Bulls. He came off the bench to score 2 points and 3 rebounds in 7 minutes. After coming off the bench for the first month of the season, Monroe made his first career start on December 10, 2010 against the Minnesota Timberwolves. In this game, Monroe recorded eight points, fifteen rebounds, and a block in 35 minutes of action. Despite a slow start to the season, Monroe's production increased in 2011 as he became a solid scorer and rebounder for the rebuilding Pistons. On February 23, 2011, against the Indiana Pacers, Monroe had his best game of the season with 27 points and 12 rebounds on 11–17 shooting.

On May 4, 2011, Monroe placed sixth in NBA Rookie of the Year voting totals, finishing closely behind Gary Neal of San Antonio.[7]

During the 2011–12 season, Monroe played in and started all of Detroit's 66 games. On February 8, 2012, he was selected to play in the NBA All-Star Weekend Rising Stars Challenge. Monroe and teammate Brandon Knight were both selected for Team Shaq, despite them being drafted in different years.

During the 2013–14 season, Monroe recorded his third consecutive season with 1,000-plus points and 600-plus rebounds, joining Grant Hill as the only Pistons to do so since 1994–95.[8]

On June 30, 2014, the Pistons tendered a one-year qualifying offer to make Monroe a restricted free agent.[9] On September 8, 2014, it was announced Monroe signed the Pistons' qualifying offer, thus making him an unrestricted free agent in 2015.[10] The next day, the NBA suspended Monroe without pay for the first two games of the 2014–15 season for driving while visibly impaired in February 2014.[11] On December 3, 2014, he scored a season-high 29 points in a 102–109 overtime loss to the Boston Celtics.[12] On April 8, 2015, he returned to action after missing 11 games with a knee injury to record 19 points and 10 rebounds in another loss to the Celtics.[13]

Milwaukee Bucks (2015–2017)
Monroe with the Bucks in December 2016

On July 9, 2015, Monroe signed a three-year, $50 million contract with the Milwaukee Bucks.[14][15] He made his debut for the Bucks in their season opener on October 28, 2015, recording 22 points and 14 rebounds in a 122–97 loss to the New York Knicks.[16] Between February 9 and March 7, 2016, Monroe had a 12-game bench stint as head coach Jason Kidd tinkered with his line-up. In his first game coming off the bench, he recorded a season-high 29 points and 12 rebounds in a 112–111 win over the Boston Celtics.[17] Monroe returned to the starting line-up on March 9 for the Bucks' game against the Miami Heat.[18]

Monroe was assigned a permanent bench role for the Bucks in 2016–17 by coach Kidd. On January 25, 2017, he led the Bucks with a season-high 28 points in a 114–109 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.[19]

Phoenix Suns (2017–2018)

On November 7, 2017, Monroe was traded, along with the rights to a protected future first-round pick and a 2018 protected second-round pick, to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Eric Bledsoe.[20] He was dealing with a left calf strain upon arriving in Phoenix.[21] He made his debut for the Suns on November 16, 2017, recording 20 points and 11 rebounds in 26 minutes as a starter in a 142–116 loss to the Houston Rockets.[21] Monroe played amid speculation that he could be traded or have his contract bought out.[21] Six days later, he had 22 points and 15 rebounds in a 113–107 overtime loss to his former team, the Milwaukee Bucks.[22] On January 24, 2018, he had 16 points and a season-high 17 rebounds in a 116–101 loss to the Indiana Pacers.[23] On February 1, 2018, he was waived by the Suns.[24]

Boston Celtics (2018)

On February 8, 2018, Monroe signed with the Boston Celtics.[25][26] On April 6, 2018, he recorded his second career triple-double with 19 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists off the bench in a 111–104 win over the Chicago Bulls. He became the first Celtics center to record a triple-double since Robert Parish did it on March 29, 1987.[27]

Toronto Raptors (2018–2019)

On August 10, 2018, Monroe signed with the Toronto Raptors.[28] On February 7, 2019, Monroe was traded to the Brooklyn Nets with a 2021 second-round pick in exchange for cash considerations. He was immediately waived by the Nets.[29]

Second stint with Boston (2019)

On March 24, 2019, Monroe signed a 10-day contract with the Boston Celtics.[30] He was not re-signed by the Celtics upon the expiration of his 10-day contract.[31]

Philadelphia 76ers (2019)

Greg Monroe was with the 76ers in 2019. He was not re-signed.

Bayern Munich (2019–2020)

On July 25, 2019, Monroe signed with Bayern Munich of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and EuroLeague.[32]

Khimki Moscow Region (2020–2021)

On July 30, 2020, Monroe signed with Russian club Khimki of the VTB United League and the EuroLeague.[33] He was named league player of the week on November 11, after contributing 28 points and ten rebounds in an 86-78 win against PBC CSKA Moscow.[34] On January 23, 2021, Khimki terminated the contract of Monroe.[35]

Career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010–11 Detroit 804827.8.551.000.6227.51.31.2.69.4
2011–12 Detroit 666631.5.521.000.7399.72.31.3.715.4
2012–13 Detroit 818133.2.486.000.6899.63.51.3.716.0
2013–14 Detroit 828232.8.497.000.6579.32.11.1.615.2
2014–15 Detroit 695731.0.496-.75010.22.11.1.515.9
2015–16 Milwaukee 796729.3.522.000.7408.82.3.9.815.3
2016–17 Milwaukee 81022.5.534.000.7416.62.31.1.511.7
2017–18 Milwaukee 5015.8.485-.5005.01.0006.8
2017–18 Phoenix 201423.3.626-.6748.02.5.8.311.3
2017–18 Boston 26019.1.530-.7976.32.31.1.710.2
2018–19 Toronto 38211.1.460.000.5744.1.4.3.24.8
2018–19 Boston 202.5.600--1.5.5.0.03.0
2018–19 Philadelphia 3017.3.6531.000.9094.32.3.3.013.7
Career 63241727.7.514.059.7048.32.11.1.613.2

Playoffs
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2017 Milwaukee 6023.5.529-.8337.31.71.3.513.2
2018 Boston 1109.5.500-.6823.2.5.2.24.8
2019 Philadelphia 1019.0.400.250.7883.1.4.5.44.0
Career 27112.4.481.250.7704.1.7.6.36.4

See also

References
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