Danny's knee

granger05 · Post #1 » by **granger05** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:24 pm

Yikes, from the ESPN rumors page:

Right Knee Hurting
Danny Granger | Pacers
Danny Granger said his right knee has been bothering him for the past six or seven games, and it even caused him to miss some workout time during the summer.

"I'd go into the timeout (during games) and ice it," he said. "I needed it to be numb because I couldn't jump on it. The other night in Orlando, by the time the second quarter came around and I was done. I'm hoping this doesn't last long." -- The Indianapolis Star

# Granger sat out Wednesday night's 107-99 win over the Milwaukee Bucks with a right knee injury that has been bothering him for some time.

"It's messed up," Granger said. "There's a tendon that's required for me to jump and move and it's attached to my bone. It was getting better and then we went through a stretch where it started getting worse and worse playing on it. We are in a back-to-back situation, and with the constant pounding, (the medical staff) told me to sit out." -- The Indianapolis Star

cdash · Post #2 » by **cdash** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:32 pm

That makes me nervous.

granger05 · Post #3 » by **granger05** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:36 pm

I don't like that it's been a problem since the summer. I'm not all that confident in our medical staff given our team history.

Post #4 » by **Grang33r** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:01 pm

cdash wrote:That makes me nervous.

Ditto. Not the best news we could hear.

Post #5 » by **PR07** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:10 am

Sounds like he might need surgery at some point to fix the problem.

greenway84 · Post #6 » by **greenway84** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:59 am

I say skip the All-star game and take the rest of this season off for surgery and rehab. Also I think Dunleavy and Ford should both only play every other game until they are both 100% I'm sick of injuries, and we aren't going anywhere this year. I want a full healthy team. At this rate we are going to constantly have one of our starters out at all times. Let our starters get the rest and rehab they need as much as possible. Make the changes needed in the roster and coaching staff. Develop our rookies, and look forward to the off-season. I'm convinced that we are a PF away from being a top 6 in the east team. Get the PF we need. Bring Obie into the front office and off the bench. Develop rookies, and continue to gel.

This off topic but I think Rasho, Daniels, Maceo, and Tinsley will all be gone through trades or other means by the start of next season. Also I think Graham and McRoberts will be resigned.

xxSnEaKyPxx · Post #7 » by **xxSnEaKyPxx** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:07 am

greenway84 wrote:I say skip the All-star game and take the rest of this season off for surgery and rehab. Also I think Dunleavy and Ford should both only play every other game until they are both 100% I'm sick of injuries, and we aren't going anywhere this year. I want a full healthy team. At this rate we are going to constantly have one of our starters out at all times. Let our starters get the rest and rehab they need as much as possible. Make the changes needed in the roster and coaching staff. Develop our rookies, and look forward to the off-season. I'm convinced that we are a PF away from being a top 6 in the east team. Get the PF we need. Bring Obie into the front office and off the bench. Develop rookies, and continue to gel.

This off topic but I think Rasho, Daniels, Maceo, and Tinsley will all be gone through trades or other means by the start of next season. Also I think Graham and McRoberts will be resigned.

You are getting WAY ahead of the situation. For all we know, he won't even need surgery.

Post #8 » by **Grang33r** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:11 am

greenway84 wrote:I say skip the All-star game and take the rest of this season off for surgery and rehab. Also I think Dunleavy and Ford should both only play every other game until they are both 100% I'm sick of injuries, and we aren't going anywhere this year. I want a full healthy team. At this rate we are going to constantly have one of our starters out at all times. Let our starters get the rest and rehab they need as much as possible. Make the changes needed in the roster and coaching staff. Develop our rookies, and look forward to the off-season. I'm convinced that we are a PF away from being a top 6 in the east team. Get the PF we need. Bring Obie into the front office and off the bench. Develop rookies, and continue to gel.

This off topic but I think Rasho, Daniels, Maceo, and Tinsley will all be gone through trades or other means by the start of next season. Also I think Graham and McRoberts will be resigned.

Greenway, welcome back man. I was actually just talking about you the other day. I was saying it's a shame you never come around anymore because you were one of my favorite all-time posters on realgm. Good to have you back.

But i agree with DGrangerx33, you are getting way ahead of yourself by shutting Granger off. They need much more information before any steps like that are looked at. I do wish we found more playing time for the rookies, especially Brandon Rush.

And i agree, Rasho, Daniels and Tinsley will be gone soon. Just a matter of time and it could happen by the trade deadline.

xxSnEaKyPxx · Post #9 » by **xxSnEaKyPxx** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:26 am

I don't think Rasho or Daniels are going anywhere. We simply can't afford to trade the expirings unless all we get back is expirings. With Granger and Foster's extensions kicking in, we could easily end up in lux tax territory if we aren't careful.

freeman · Post #10 » by **freeman** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:51 am

Granger injured his knee back in college, right? The thing that made him slip to no. 17 in the draft.
Was it his right knee? God, i'm quite nervous. I don't want him to miss the all-star game.

Post #11 » by **Grang33r** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:01 am

freeman wrote:Granger injured his knee back in college, right? The thing that made him slip to no. 17 in the draft.
Was it his right knee? God, i'm quite nervous. I don't want him to miss the all-star game.

He hurt his Left knee in college.

Post #12 » by **GameTime_3** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:07 am

Whats going on with Granger? Will he play vs Miami?

cdash · Post #13 » by **cdash** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:11 am

greenway84 wrote:I say skip the All-star game and take the rest of this season off for surgery and rehab. Also I think Dunleavy and Ford should both only play every other game until they are both 100% I'm sick of injuries, and we aren't going anywhere this year. I want a full healthy team. At this rate we are going to constantly have one of our starters out at all times. Let our starters get the rest and rehab they need as much as possible. Make the changes needed in the roster and coaching staff. Develop our rookies, and look forward to the off-season. I'm convinced that we are a PF away from being a top 6 in the east team. Get the PF we need. Bring Obie into the front office and off the bench. Develop rookies, and continue to gel.

This off topic but I think Rasho, Daniels, Maceo, and Tinsley will all be gone through trades or other means by the start of next season. Also I think Graham and McRoberts will be resigned.

I concur with the other two, you are getting a little bit ahead of yourself. In particular, I dont agree with the "we aren't going anywhere this year" statement. This team is what, 2.5 games out of the 8th seed? Milwaukee, current holders of the 8th seed, just lost their best player for the rest of the season and their second best player is banged up. I, for one, hope that we make the playoffs. The draft blows this year, and playoffs might win some fans back. Plus, playoff experience is big.

I generally tend to agree with your last statement. I really think we should try to deal Rasho and Daniels to see what we can get for them.

Post #14 » by **Grang33r** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:18 am

GameTime_3 wrote:Whats going on with Granger? Will he play vs Miami?

He's had pain in his right knee the last 6-7 games which has effected his play a lot. He actually missed our last game vs. Milwaukee due to it. However, i'd bet my house that he will play tomorrow night. I don't have a link confirming it, but it's a pretty safe bet.

Post #15 » by **Miller4ever** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:34 am

If you go homeless, Grang33r, at least loiter around somewhere with internet access so you can continue to post.

Post #16 » by **PR07** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:26 am

I don't think it's anything serious where playing on it will damage anything extra, so shutting him down for the season is probably not a logical option. I could see him needing minor surgery though at the end of the season to correct the problem if it does not get better.

Hopefully, it starts to heal and doesn't remain an issue the rest of the season.

greenway84 · Post #17 » by **greenway84** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 5:19 am

I can see where you think I'm getting ahead of myself. However we all know when it comes to the severity of a players injury. The front office makes sure it seems like a lot less than what it really is. If our medical staff would have put more time into long term care and less time into a quick fix. We may still have a healthy and happy JO. I just don't think I could endure losing Danny every couple of months due to a lingering on going injury. I just see the JO situation all over again. As for the not going anywhere comment. I told myself from the start of the season this would be a learning year. Not once was I mad or surprised when we lost games to better teams. With that said I would love to make the playoffs. I think that experience is huge for a young team. But i am not going to gamble on my only star player just to get there and maybe, maybe give the #1 seed a run for their money. If we get there through the solid team play great. I also agree that this draft sucks. However, I'm not looking for answers in the draft. The higher the pick though means the better return if we package it with Tinsley or whoever for a solid PF. Unless we can get a top 5 pick this year than I rather trade it.

Also I would like to go on record that I'm not a fire Obie fan. I do think though that his style of play will never make it in the playoffs. Which is why I'm ok with him coaching until we are Eastern Conference contenders. I would like to keep him here with the FO. Obie is doing as well if not better than anyone else could with the group of guys we have.

cdash · Post #18 » by **cdash** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 8:34 am

I think if Granger's knee issue was even mildy serious, he wouldnt be playing. We have a lot invested in this guy. The difference between him and JO is that he actually wants to play. Half the time JO probably could have toughed it out, but chose not to play. Granger is too competitive. He wouldnt whine like JO tended to do.

greenway84 · Post #19 » by **greenway84** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 5:54 pm

I agree with on Danny. However I have to believe that, that is how JO was in the beginning. All I'm saying is I don't want to see another JO situation.

granger05 · Post #20 » by **granger05** » Tue Feb 3, 2009 10:14 pm

From the REALGM front page, LINK. I like that we're described as "not a lock" to make the playoffs. That seems awfully generous.