1. Danny Granger was drafted by the Indiana Pacers in 2005 after a two-year college stint at New Mexico.
32 Facts About Danny Granger
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In 2009, Granger averaged 26 points per game on 45 percent shooting and was named an All-Star and the league's Most Improved Player.
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Danny Granger went on to play for the Los Angeles Clippers and Miami Heat before having short stints with the Phoenix Suns and Detroit Pistons in 2015.
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Danny Granger was a McDonald's All-American nominee before his senior year.
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Danny Granger scored a 30 on his ACT and was accepted to Yale University.
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Danny Granger was a highly publicized transfer to New Mexico after the first semester of his sophomore season, having averaged 19.2 points and 7.9 rebounds for the Braves.
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Danny Granger said the reason for the transfer was because of Braves head coach Jim Les's intimidating tactics, including being 'verbally abusive'.
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Danny Granger became the first Lobos player to lead the team in all those categories in the same season and was awarded the Bob King Team MVP Award.
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Danny Granger became just the second Lobo in 33 years, and the fifth all-time, to average more than 19 points and nine rebounds for an entire season, joining Luc Longley, Willie Long, Mel Daniels and Ira Harge.
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Danny Granger led the team in scoring, rebounding, steals and blocked shots for the second year in a row.
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Danny Granger became the first player in school history to record 60+ assists, blocks and steals in a season.
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Danny Granger fell just six points short of 1,000 in his New Mexico career, and for the second year in a row, he was given the Bob King Team MVP Award.
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Danny Granger was named the MWC tournament MVP and earned First Team All-Mountain West honors for the second straight year.
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Danny Granger was runner-up to Utah's Andrew Bogut as MWC Player of the Year.
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Danny Granger was selected 17th overall in the 2005 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers.
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Danny Granger was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team after averaging 7.5 points and 4.9 rebounds in 78 games.
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Danny Granger was a starter in the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge during All-Star Weekend in Houston on February 17,2006, where he had nine points, three rebounds, two assists and a blocked shot in six minutes, and shot 2-of-4 from 3-point range.
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Danny Granger led Indiana with 110, after making just 30 3-pointers in his rookie season.
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Danny Granger was the only Pacers player to see action in all 82 games; he started 57 games, including the first 14 and 42 of the last 44 games.
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Danny Granger set a franchise record by making 65 straight free throws, breaking the record set by Reggie Miller in 2005.
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On October 31,2008, Danny Granger signed a five-year contract extension with the Pacers believed to be worth a guaranteed $60 million.
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Danny Granger ranked fifth in the NBA with 25.8 points and was named the NBA's Most Improved Player.
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Danny Granger scored 20 or more points in 45 of 62 appearances and scored 30+ points 16 times.
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Danny Granger tallied a career-high 44 points against the Utah Jazz on March 26,2010.
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Danny Granger scored in double figures in all but four games and tallied 20 or more points 39 times with 30+ points nine times.
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On February 20,2014, Danny Granger was traded, along with a 2015 second-round pick, to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Evan Turner and Lavoy Allen.
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On July 14,2014, Danny Granger signed with the Miami Heat.
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Danny Granger spent the preseason in Arizona rehabbing from knee and foot injuries, and on October 26,2015, he was waived by the Pistons.
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Danny Granger's younger brother, Scotty, is a musical artist and songwriter.
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Danny Granger is the great-nephew of the "Queen of Gospel", Mahalia Jackson.
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Danny Granger is actively involved in the "Dribble to Stop Diabetes" campaign due to his family's history with diabetes.
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In January 2017, Danny Granger began working as a studio and game analyst for the CBS Sports Network.