Blazers Previously Had Serious Sign-And-Trade Talks For Greg Monroe
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Via Marc Stein/ESPN
活塞24岁长人Greg Monroe，是联盟今年自由市场大鱼中，
少数被公认值得拿千万年新，却还没有敲定新合约的潜力球员，
最近他队友Josh Smith可能死灰复燃的交易案讨论，又不经意地
让ESPN资深记者Marc Stein带出了一个内幕..
The Portland Trail Blazers and Detroit Pistons had serious sign-and-trade
discussions earlier this month centered on Greg Monroe.
西区的拓荒者其实曾经在本月初，与活塞讨论先签后换Monroe的潜在可能。
Monroe remains a restricted free agent and many have speculated that the
Pistons will be unable to keep both he and Josh Smith.
刚跑完新人约的Monroe是属于母队有优先签回权的“有限制自由球员”，但联盟权威人士
都认定一件事情：他与活塞去年挖角的前锋Josh Smith，继续同队的可能性－是“零”。
这样的推论不仅让其他球队动到了挖角Monroe的念头，也多少影响活塞与他谈约的进度。
The Blazers ultimately decided to sign Chris Kaman to serve as the backup to
Robin Lopez at center.
不过拓荒者也很快决定退出“Monroe争夺战”，因为他们不久就决定签下在西区打拼多年
的老将Chris Kaman，担任球队现任先发中锋Robin Lopez的替补。