Granger Listed As Doubtful For Pacers Season Opener

by spstevenson on Oct 27, 2009 2:34 PM EDT in News Comment 10 comments

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Danny Granger could miss the season opener because of a bruise.

Well that didn't take too long to deflate the premiere of the new blue and gold squad.

Mike Wells, of the Indianapolis Star, tweeted this afternoon that Indiana Pacers star forward Danny Granger is now listed as doubtful for Wednesday's season-opening contest at Atlanta. Granger, who missed the past two days of practice, is reportedly nursing a bone bruise in his heel.

Granger joins veteran Jeff Foster as the only players questionable for the team's first outing of the season. The injury bug has struck just about every player on the roster at some point during the summer or preseason. If Granger and Foster are dressed in street clothes, they will join injured rookie Tyler Hansbrough and the recovering Mike Dunleavy. Granger played in 67 games last season.

I'm thinking that Granger won't let a bone bruise stop him from playing tomorrow night. But I also saw what appeared to be a horse mounting a cow when I was driving through the rural roads of Johnson County this morning. So, anything is possible. Stay tuned for more updates.

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Well...

I’m sure the horse mounting a cow was a vision telling you that maybe weird things indeed happen. Maybe Danny is just resting.

- Tony Laurenzana (duke dynamite)

by duke dynamite on Oct 27, 2009 2:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Only in Indiana

Does our best player possibly miss the opener and its compared to a horse mounting a cow. I was depressed when i started reading the story and couldn’t help laughing at the end. Ok, I’m depressed again…

by jantz101 on Oct 27, 2009 3:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ah, some luck our way would be appreciated…

I’m just saying.

by ben.renz on Oct 27, 2009 3:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What the heck is the deal with Hansbrough?

He’s been shut down forever and nobody is saying anything about it. It’s freaking weird.

BullsTwo

by Sports2 on Oct 27, 2009 4:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hansbrough has been doing halfcourt drills in practice. From there he’ll move to full practice and then playing with the hope that he’ll be available 2-3 weeks after the season starts.

Indy Cornrows

by Tom Lewis on Oct 27, 2009 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

On the bright side

At least it’s not his knee.

by goodlucksaturday on Oct 27, 2009 5:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hey guys

I’m doing a PASPN league, and I have the Pacers, so some input on a lineup for tomorrow would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Things could be worse. We could have kept Boylan.

by stupidgenius on Oct 27, 2009 6:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

how is this training staff still employed

their job is to keep the team healthy. How many of the pacers are currently healthy and there has yet to be a real game played? This is growing to be the trend year after year. And the worst part is the majority of injuries the pacers have are “invisible” injuries that fans find out via a press release which tells me the trainers simply arent doing their jobs and need to be rid of. At this point i would rather have seans above mentioned horse be the trainer for this team than its current format.

If Youre not First, Youre Last

by drsuessrunner07 on Oct 27, 2009 9:15 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

I agree

It always seems like the Pacers have more strains, sprains, stress fractures, and downright undiagnosable injuries than any other team I’ve seen. The job of the training staff is to make sure the players are properly warming up, cooling down, and stretching out so that these kinds of things don’t happen.

Hansbrough should have never been in summer league if he was still suffering from the same shin problems that plagued him in college. I put this on the training staff as well.

by ThirtyOne on Oct 28, 2009 7:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He'll play

He just has to play. He’s not someone who will sit out with a bruised foot. Even if it means he misses a couple games to early to recover properly, he won’t miss the season opener and the home opener. He’ll play.

by smits4ever on Oct 28, 2009 10:58 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs