Danny Granger
Granger with the Pacers in 2005
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| Position | Small forward | |||||||||
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| Born |
April 20, 1983 New Orleans, Louisiana |
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| Nationality | American | |||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | |||||||||
| Listed weight | 222 lb (101 kg) | |||||||||
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| High school | Grace King (Metairie, Louisiana) | |||||||||
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| NBA draft | 2005 / Round: 1 / Pick: 17th overall | |||||||||
| Selected by the Indiana Pacers | ||||||||||
| Playing career | 2005–present | |||||||||
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| 2005–2014 | Indiana Pacers | |||||||||
| 2014 | Los Angeles Clippers | |||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Miami Heat | |||||||||
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Danny Granger Jr. (born April 20, 1983) is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent. He has played at both the small forward and power forward positions. At times he has also played the point forward position. Before his professional career, he went to Grace King High School in Metairie, Louisiana, where he was a McDonald's All-American nominee before his senior year. He was a strong student who scored a 30 on the ACT and was offered admission to Yale University. He played for Bradley University and then transferred to University of New Mexico in the middle of his sophomore year.
Granger started his collegiate career at Bradley University where he played the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons. After a lackluster 12–18 season in 2002–03, he transferred to the University of New Mexico, where he began playing during the second semester of his junior season in 2003–04, although he wasn't eligible to start playing for the Lobos until January, 2004. He said the reason for the transfer was because of Braves head coach Jim Les's intimidating tactics, including being 'verbally abusive'. In 2004–05, he became the first player in school history to get 60 assists, 60 blocks and 60 steals in a season. He won the Mountain West Conference tournament MVP and led the Lobos to the NCAA tournament.
Granger graduated with a degree in civil engineering.
In 2008 Granger made a $500,000 pledge to his alma mater in support of the Lobo Leap to Excellence capital campaign to name the new men's locker room in The Pit.
Granger was selected 17th overall in the 2005 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers, as the organisation included former Lobo Mel Daniels and Hall of Famer Larry Bird, who was coached in college by the father of New Mexico men's coach Bob King.
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