NBA Trade Rumors: Latest Buzz on Greg Monroe, Cleveland Cavaliers and More

December 26th, 2016 by Andy Bailey Leave a reply »

While most NBA fans nurse a day-after-Christmas turkey hangover, front offices appear to be working the phones as hard as ever, looking for potential trades to make their teams stronger.

Reports from around the league have given us a peek at some of those calls and given us some fresh new possibilities to wonder about.

The perpetually-in-the-rumor-mill Greg Monroe appears to still be there. The Cleveland Cavaliers, despite a hot start and recent win over the Golden State Warriors, could look to strengthen their roster. And the Philadelphia 76ers still need to find a landing spot for Nerlens Noel or Jahlil Okafor.

    

Monroe Still Available?

Monroe seems to have settled nicely into a bench role with the Milwaukee Bucks. Among players who are qualified for the minutes leaderboard and averaging fewer than 20 per game, Monroe is second in box plus-minus, per Basketball-Reference.com.

He's averaging 17.4 points, 12.7 rebounds and a career-high 2.2 steals per 36 minutes off the pine. It's that last number that should have teams intrigued since Monroe's previously been see ...

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