Granger To Rest Knee During USA Basketball Camp

by Tom Lewis on Jul 20, 2009 10:31 PM EDT in Indiana Pacers News

Please, oh, please let this be a minor blip during the Pacers' summer news cycle.

Bruno's latest Caught in the Web tucks a tidy little item in the second story about Danny Granger not participating in the USA Basketball workouts in Las Vegas this week so he can rest his sore knee which bothered him last season. Personally, I'd rather Granger spent his summer taking care of his body and preparing for the upcoming season anyway, but when he's resting a sore knee in the dead of summer, I can't help but raise an eyebrow of concern.

I know, I know, it's just precautionary and I'm sure if training camp opened up tomorrow Granger would be there ready to go. Nothing to see here, move along. Really, I'm trying to brush this off without a second thought...except, I can't. Not after Mike Dunleavy's sore knee last summer turned into a sore knee in pre-season and then a sore knee for the first half of the season and then suddenly went from a sore knee to a pterodactyl beak growing off the bone requiring career-threatening surgery with no return date established.

Plus, don't forget the history of knee's below the proverbial belt Pacer fans have endured from the lingering knee injuries of Jermaine O'Neal and Jonathan Bender.

No, I think I'll allow a small part of my gut to worry about Granger's knee until he's on the court proving it's no big deal. Until then I'll enjoy the follow up article about how the knee is really not a concern and Granger will be ready to go in October.

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hahahaha!

i hope it’s not gonna be a re-dunleavy.^^

by kookygoddess on Jul 20, 2009 10:59 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah

I’m just going to forget I ever read this…

by jantz101 on Jul 20, 2009 11:37 PM EDT reply actions

How dreadful

That we’re thinking so negatively about Granger’s knee! This is why he fell on draft night, we can’t be looking at that come into fruition now that we made fools of half the teams in the league.

I’m not terribly concerned honestly. If he needs to rest it, rest it. Olympics will be there. He’ll make the team if they want him on the team. Just be there and healthy in October. And not just because he’s out best player, but also because he’s our only SF.

by Nathan S. on Jul 21, 2009 12:17 AM EDT reply actions

could granger....

end up being like all the other PROSPECTS that never came into their full talent for the pacers because of injury?
aka…
Bender
Harrison
etc.

I doubt it…. let’s hope not. *CROSS FINGERS*

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by SHaFF87 on Jul 21, 2009 12:29 AM EDT reply actions

haha Harrison, if by injury you mean a drug problem, then I guess so.

the Pacers just had a history of coaches that hated playing rookies, so I think for the most part (outside Bender) that the Pacers just didn’t really have the right coaches in place to develop young talent.

If it weren’t for all the suspensions due to the Brawl, would Granger really be the player he is today?

by Sparhawk on Jul 21, 2009 8:50 AM EDT up reply actions