Top 5 NBA players headed to Europe from the NBA this season

#1: Greg Monroe (PF/C; FC Bayern Munchen Basketball)

Greg Monroe with the Sixers, 2019 Playoffs

Years in the NBA: 9

NBA Accolades: All-Rookie Second Team (2010)

An ever-present and solid scoring power-forwards/centers in basketball over the last decade, Greg Monroe was once considered a potential superstar. But Monroe, along many others of his era, struggled to adapt to the new NBA ideals of pace and space and a general reticence to post-scoring and post-plays.

Drafted seventh by the Detroit Pistons in the 2010 NBA draft, Monroe grew into his role as a powerful center who could be a good scorer and an excellent rebounder, banging down low with the best of the centers in the early part of the decade, ultimately making the Second All-Rookie Team for the 2010 season. He was a strong part of the Detroit Pistons for much of the decade, being a consistent starter, and led the team in scoring for two consecutive seasons (2011-12 & 2012-13).

Monroe then moved to the Milwaukee Bucks on a $50 million contract in 2015. Shortly after, he apparently fell victim to the rise in the NBA's pace-and-space and three-point shooting revolutions. Starting the 2017-18 season with the Bucks, he was traded to the Phoenix Suns and then waived and signed by the Boston Celtics in the same season.

Signing with the Raptors for the 2018-19 season and appearing 38 games in a bench role, he was traded to the Nets, who waived him immediately without appearing in a single game. The same season he was signed for a second stint on a 10-day contract by the Celtics, which was not renewed. Monroe signed with the Sixers and appeared in the playoffs where yet again he appeared in a bench role.

Monroe has now signed with German team FC Bayern Munich Basketball, where he will be joined by former Chicago Bulls player Paul Zipser. Monroe displayed in the playoffs that he still can be a strong asset in the right situation. Can he bring the Euroleague title to Germany?