Danny Granger RUMORS & NEWS

NBA.com "The Indiana Pacers announced Thursday that forward Danny Granger will miss the remainder of the season to undergo surgery on his left knee. The decision was made after all conservative treatment options could not alleviate the soreness Granger encountered. After consultation between Granger,..." March 28

Indianapolis Star "The Indiana Pacers could have a full roster for the first time in weeks against the Dallas Mavericks tonight. David West and Danny Granger are expected to be back in the lineup after being out with injuries. Granger has been out since March 6 with pain in his left knee. The Pacers decided..." March 28

Indianapolis Star "Danny Granger’s return to an Indiana Pacers uniform is just one of the medical cases coach Frank Vogel is watching as a four-game Western Conference road trip begins Wednesday night in Houston. Vogel expects the former NBA All-Star to play sometime this week — although maybe not against the..." March 27

Indianapolis Star "The Indiana Pacers are closing in on their first Central Division title since the 2003-04 season. It didn’t seem possible two weeks into the season. The Pacers were 3-6 and finding different ways to lose as they were still in shock over the absence of Danny Granger, their leading scorer the..." March 25

Indianapolis Star "The $13-million question surrounding the Indiana Pacers and Danny Granger is: when will he overcome his patellar tendinosis and get back on the court to help the team? There’s no definite answer for that, according to Dr. Christopher Kaeding, orthopedic surgeon at Ohio State University Sports..." March 20

Indianapolis Star "The Indiana Pacers could be without their starting power forward tonight against the Cleveland Cavaliers, but their former starting small forward has been cleared to resume on-court activities. Power forward David West suffered a lower back sprain in the second half of Saturday’s loss to the..." March 18

Indianapolis Star "Indiana Pacers swingman Danny Granger’s transition back into the lineup has hit another roadblock. Granger sat out of Tuesday’s practice and is questionable for Wednesday’s game against the Boston Celtics because of “above average” soreness in his left knee. The team is classifying Granger..." March 06

NBA.com "It’s been awhile since Danny Granger leaned up against the padded walls of the practice court at Bankers Life Fieldhouse to talk with the local media. He’s remained silent for the almost four months after receiving an injection in his left knee by the world-renowned Dr. James Andrews. Granger had..." February 26

Indianapolis Star "It was a little moment that wouldn’t mean much to many, but it carried significant weight for Indiana Pacers swingman Danny Granger. As his teammates cracked jokes inside the packed locker room at the Palace of Auburn Hills after their fourth straight victory on Saturday, Granger soaked in the..." February 26

Indianapolis Star "It was a little moment that wouldn’t mean much to many, but it carried significant weight for Indiana Pacers swingman Danny Granger. As his teammates cracked jokes inside the packed locker room at the Palace of Auburn Hills after their fourth straight victory on Saturday, Granger soaked in the..." February 25

USA Today "He sat on the sidelines for the first 115 days of the regular season, watching as his teammates beat some of the best teams in the league. His other time was spent in the training and weight rooms, working to improve his injured left knee. He shunned every media interview request, not wanting..." February 24

Indianapolis Star "Tick, tick, tick, tick. That’s the seconds passing by until the NBA’s 3 p.m. (eastern) trade deadine. My Twitter timeline has been full of questions (almost as many as the daily Danny Granger questions) about what moves the Pacers are going to make. I was told there’s about a “20 percent”..." February 21

SportingNews.com "So who wants a shooting guard? Because there are two guys with pretty good credentials who could be had for a song. First up: Chicago Bulls guard Richard Hamilton. Chicago has toyed with trading Hamilton for a while now, because the team does not want to pay the new, very prohibitive luxury..." February 19

Indianapolis Star "Indiana Pacers small forward Danny Granger took a significant step toward returning to the lineup Monday. Granger didn’t report any significant problems from his first fullcourt contact practice on Sunday. “He said he felt really good,” Paces coach Frank Vogel said. “Couple of movements he..." February 12

SportingNews.com "Indiana Pacers star forward Danny Granger, out all season with a left knee injury, went through his first full-court practice Sunday and could be back in the lineup as early as Wednesday against the Charlotte Bobcats, the Indianapolis Star reported. One question remains, however: How long would..." February 11

Indy Cornrows "Indiana Pacers forward Danny Granger took another big step toward returning to game action when he took part in full-court work with his teammates on Sunday. Mike Wells and Jeremiah Johnson spoke with Frank Vogel following practice and the Pacers coach avoided setting expectations for Granger's..." February 10

Indianapolis Star "Frank Vogel smirked. David West shook his head. Roy Hibbert rolled his eyes. The Indiana Pacers know their 3-4 record could easily be 6-1 if not for some missed shots and errors in the fourth quarter of games. A D.J. Augustin missed 3-pointer from the corner at the buzzer against Charlotte. A..." November 13

SB Nation "For the past couple years, many have wondered what the Indiana Pacers might look like if Danny Granger wasn't in the lineup. His game has stagnated since his all-star campaign in 2008-09, and he was blocking promising youngster Paul George from his natural position of small forward. But now..." November 07

Indy Cornrows "Indiana Pacers forward Danny Granger is out indefinitely because of a sort left knee, according to the Pacers' Twitter account. Granger felt a "sharp pain" in his knee when he attempted a layup against Chicago on Friday, according to the Indianapolis Star's Mike Wells. Granger, 28, played in..." October 30

Indianapolis Star "The Indiana Pacers are expected to have four of their starters from last season on the court together Tuesday night for the first time in the preseason when they take on the Cleveland Cavaliers at Quicken Loans Arena. Forward Danny Granger, out all of the preseason because of a left knee..." October 22

Indy Cornrows "Indiana Pacers forward Danny Granger suffered a minor knee injury this offseason, and as a result the Pacers plan toease him slowly into preseason camp. According to Mike Wells of the Indianapolis Star, Granger injured his left knee while working out in Los Angeles late this summer. Though Wells..." September 26

Indianapolis Star "I made the first of what will be many trips to Bankers Life Fieldhouse over the next eight months on Tuesday to talk to Pacers coach Frank Vogel for a story for the paper later this week. Vogel addressed a number of topics about the team heading into training camp next week. Some of the things..." September 25

Miami Herald "Indiana's OWN "big three" — Danny Granger, David West and Roy Hibbert — asserted itself early in Game 6 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Thursday night. But when the Pacers abandoned their inside game, Miami's Dwyane Wade and the Heat took over and ended the series with a 105-93 win. "They gave it..." May 25

Indianapolis Star "The Indiana Pacers spent every chance they got this season talking about their depth. Lose a player, don't panic. Simply plug in another and keep going. The Pacers lost forward Danny Granger for a short time late in the first half against the Miami Heat. They started falling apart. The..." May 23

Miami Herald "Whatever Danny Granger's motive for his technical fouls, LeBron James said he isn't falling for anything that could get him ejected from a game. Granger received technical fouls in Games 2, 3 and 4, and the individual matchup between Granger and James has produced some heated moments in the..." May 23

Indianapolis Star "Welcome to the next round of the playoffs, Danny Granger, where the stars shine brighter and others go hide in the corner. Sorry Indiana Pacers fans, but Granger was the latter in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Don't worry, though; he had company. Teammate Paul George was right..." May 14

Indianapolis Star "Take your pick. A. LeBron James and Dwayne Wade. B. Danny Granger. C. The officiating. Hopefully you didn't pick 'C' because that's not the right answer. While there definitely was some questionable calls that went against the Pacers in Game 1, you can't blame their loss on the..." May 14

Miami Herald "On a day the Indiana Pacers did plenty right, they picked an inauspicious time to go cold. The Heat defense certainly had something to do with that. Down by one with 4:50 left on Sunday, the Pacers didn't have another field goal the rest of the day, missing their final nine shots from the..." May 14

Indianapolis Star "It's the one area the Indiana Pacers have been constantly criticized about for years. No matter how good their balanced scoring attack is, analysts have knocked them for not having a go-to player. The Pacers didn't do anything to prove them wrong when their best scorer -- Danny Granger --..." April 30

Indianapolis Star "Easy. That's the quickest and simplest way for Indiana Pacers small forward Danny Granger to describe his best scoring stretch of the season. Granger doesn't believe it's easy for him to score on his defender every time downcourt. After experiencing his share of ups and downs this season..." April 06

New York Post "One day after Reggie Miller was announced as an inductee into the Hall of Fame, Danny Granger did the Pacers legend proud by engineering a comeback as the Knicks choked in the fourth quarter. Granger, in playing the role of Knicks-killer, gunned down Carmelo Anthony and the Knicks with a 3-of-3..." April 04

Indianapolis Star "It was like some kind of bad April Fools' prank Indiana Pacers point guard Darren Collison was attempting to pull. Collison, a career 85-percent free throw shooter, was at the foul line with a chance to ice Sunday's game against the Houston Rockets at the end of regulation and in..." April 02

Indianapolis Star "By my unofficial count, Danny Granger has been traded 1,637 times on Indiana Pacers message boards. Traded for Eric Gordon. Traded for a fun-pack of Cheetos. Traded constantly. Which is why it's probably good that Larry Bird runs the Indiana Pacers, and not Joe From Kokomo or Cheezy..." February 17

Indianapolis Star "Indiana Pacers forward Danny Granger went into Friday's game against the Memphis Grizzlies with a higher scoring average (18.3 ppg) than recently named Eastern Conference All-Stars Luol Deng (Chicago, 16.0) and Andre Iguodala (Philadelphia, 13.0) and only percentage points lower than Atlanta's Joe..." February 11

Indianapolis Star "Josh Smith scored 28 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, leading the Hawks to a 97-87 victory over the Indiana Pacers tonight that snapped Atlanta's three-game home losing streak. The Hawks, who had fallen behind by big margins in each game on the homestand, finally got off to a good start. Atlanta..." February 09

Indianapolis Star "It wasn't that long ago -- three weeks to be exact -- that Indiana Pacers small forward Danny Granger had the undistinguished honor of sitting at the bottom of the league in field goal percentage. Granger is doing his best to make that a distant memory while helping the Pacers win games. He..." February 02

Indianapolis Star "The Indiana Pacers got served a dose of reality in the form of a scrappy, energetic Cleveland Cavaliers team Friday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. But when it was all said and done, the Pacers had one of their strongest defensive quarters in years, mixed in with some luck at the end of..." December 31

Chicago Sun-Times "Indiana Pacers star forward Danny Granger says he's not backing down from his earlier quote, and adds that he isn't worried about the Bulls posting it on the bulletin board. Granger has said he would rather play the Bulls than the Boston Celtics because of the Celtics' championships and..." April 15

Chicago Tribune "Don't give Pacers forward Danny Granger grief over his comments about the Bulls. Give Granger a studio seat and some air time after his Pacers lose in five. His spot-on analysis of the Bulls and respect for the Celtics experience was more accurate than offensive. "Boston's a different..." April 14

Indianapolis Star "For now, Indiana Pacers forward Danny Granger isn't as unpopular in Chicago as, say, Steve Bartman, Jay Cutler and Cheeseheads. But he's making inroads. After saying several times that he'd prefer to play the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the playoffs instead of the Boston Celtics,..." April 13

Chicago Tribune "Danny Granger would have drawn considerable defensive attention in the Bulls-Pacers playoff series even before making a comment that also will make him a marked man. "Boston's a different monster," Granger told the Indianapolis Star. "They don't have the best record in the East, but they won..." April 11