I think Detroit needs to do its business or get off the pot, as it were. According to Falk they're not just not bidding against themselves; they're not bidding at all. If that's true, they're going for the kill, not just trying to make a fair deal.
And from a business standpoint, it makes sense. But for all the talk of 'the NBA is a business', I think that what Detroit is actually setting themselves up for is a net loss. I've said this before, but his agent is a former powerhouse in decline. Monroe is his top payday for the foreseeable future, at least in NBA circles.
I think there is a good chance Falk uses Detroit's hard line tactics to make a point of his own, that a potential franchise cornerstone will take the nuclear option, sign the QO, and then sign anywhere else the following year.
Seems petty, but the NBA is a business run by humans. And Falk has 2 RFAs in the next 3 years in Sullinger and Porter. If he doesn't make hay with the Monroe situation, I could easily see Porter or Sullinger changing agents before their free agency comes around.