Not talking about a MAX deal - we shouldn't be signing bench players to MAX deals. And I wasn't meaning for the idea to be compared to a Batum/Monroe deal (which is just a stupid idea). But since Robinson won't have a cap hold, and CJ/Leonard do, it seems like sending out two cap hold players would at least free up a LITTLE space to be able to offer either Monroe or Robinson a little more than we could currently offer them. And while it probably still wouldn't be enough to keep Monroe here past this season, perhaps it would be enough to at least keep Robinson? I guess what I'm getting at is I'm interested in what the difference would be between what we could offer either player if we don't make any trades versus what we could offer them if we were to clear CJ/Leonard's holds off the books in a Monroe deal.
I just feel like we should really try to have Monroe or Robinson as our back-up big. Giving up CJ/Leonard doesn't really impact our rotation at all, but would be a decent haul for DET who won't be getting much - if anything - in return for Monroe. And given the fact that we'd be giving DET two lotto picks, with team options, for one lotto pick without bird rights, perhaps we could even get a protected draft pick in the deal!
