yeah but does Monroe want to go to okc now? he has a no trade clause and will see a lot more minutes (and get a lot more touches) staying in Detroit. Also OKC can't get his bird rights so they wouldn't be able to keep him anyway because they would have to go over the cap to re-sign him.
Why not? If he's traded to OKC his bird rights should move with him? Or did something change in the CBA...teams would trade for a dude expiring all the time and retain the players bird rights.