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DBB at Freep: Monroe's post prowess gone and won't be replaced

Monroe was one of the most prolific post-up players in the NBA and the Pistons can't expect and shouldn't ask any of their players to replace him.

The Detroit Pistons lost one of the NBA's most frequent post-up players in the NBA when Greg Monroe decided to take his talents to Milwaukee. In Detroit Bad Boys' latest piece for the Detroit Free Press, I examine just how big of a loss Greg Monroe is, just how ill-equipped the Pistons are to replace his production, and how, in the end, it might not be necessary to have a true back-to-the-basket presence on the team.