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  • Re: Granger traded to Philly

    Originally posted by Kuq_e_Zi91 View Post
    Win what? These Spurs haven't won in 7 years.

    And considering how extremely productive they've been, that would make them even more valuable in a trade than Granger. Pop could have pulled the trigger like Bird, in hopes of using one of his veterans to retool with younger talent, but he hasn't, despite their inability to get over the hump. 7 years have gone by with the same core without a championship. They're not getting any younger, yet Pop hasn't traded them. The Pacers had one shot at the Finals last year, without Granger. This year, they seemed improved, had the #1 seed, and could have seen how Granger would have helped, even at a shell of himself as you say, though perhaps he would have improved as the season wore on. We'll never know as they chose not to reward their longest tenured and most respected player with that opportunity.

    Simply put, Bird pulled the trigger too soon. He should have given this group their opportunity without bringing in all these reinforcements. What did the Heat do to get better from last year? Sign Greg Oden? We CLEARLY got better. Why panic? Why force these players to adapt to new teammates with 20 games to go? For more talent on paper? For Evan Turner, who the Sixers had no intention of resigning and their fan base was more than happy to see leave? Time will tell if it was a good move, of course, but we know from history that teams don't win championships on talent alone. This team put in the work as a unit during the summer. They deserved their rematch, without Bynum and Turner.

    I really think that he did the trade with reason of getting some sort of leverage on lance. The pacers before the trade didn't have anyone close to what lance brought the team. He had all the leverage, now if the price is too high for lance or decides to leave to be the man. You have turner that can be part of that core.

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    • Re: Granger traded to Philly

      Originally posted by Kuq_e_Zi91 View Post
      Win what? These Spurs haven't won in 7 years.

      And considering how extremely productive they've been, that would make them even more valuable in a trade than Granger. Pop could have pulled the trigger like Bird, in hopes of using one of his veterans to retool with younger talent, but he hasn't, despite their inability to get over the hump. 7 years have gone by with the same core without a championship. They're not getting any younger, yet Pop hasn't traded them. The Pacers had one shot at the Finals last year, without Granger. This year, they seemed improved, had the #1 seed, and could have seen how Granger would have helped, even at a shell of himself as you say, though perhaps he would have improved as the season wore on. We'll never know as they chose not to reward their longest tenured and most respected player with that opportunity.

      Simply put, Bird pulled the trigger too soon. He should have given this group their opportunity without bringing in all these reinforcements. What did the Heat do to get better from last year? Sign Greg Oden? We CLEARLY got better. Why panic? Why force these players to adapt to new teammates with 20 games to go? For more talent on paper? For Evan Turner, who the Sixers had no intention of resigning and their fan base was more than happy to see leave? Time will tell if it was a good move, of course, but we know from history that teams don't win championships on talent alone. This team put in the work as a unit during the summer. They deserved their rematch, without Bynum and Turner.
      In the last 7 years, the Spurs have won a lot of games, made a few Conference Finals, and even made it to Game 7 of the NBA Finals. That's why the Spurs have kept that three man core. It's not like the Celtics last year where they were done competing with Pierce and Garnett. The Spurs are still making deep playoff runs. It's been 7 years since Peyton Manning won a Super Bowl and 9 since Tom Brady won his last one, yet I think that they have still been worth rostering.

      Our team doesn't revolve around the mindset of being sympathetic towards Granger and giving him the opportunity to play in the playoffs at the expense of upgrading the team. Bird had the opportunity to make the team better. It cannot be argued that we got a player who is considerably better than Granger right now, plus we also got a big guy who could be useful for some fouls in a playoff series. The Heat might not have done much this year, but they did upgrade the team last year after winning that 2012 championship. They added Ray Allen and Chris Andersen, both of whom were very important in their 2013 playoff run. We hope that Bynum can have an Andersen-like impact this season, and we hope that Evan Turner can be even better than Ray Allen was for them.

      If the defending champion Heat felt it was necessary to upgrade their bench after the 2012 season, then the Pacers should certainly try to upgrade their team too. You don't refuse upgrades to the team just because you made the Conference Finals a year ago. This isn't a "panic move". A "panic move" would have been trading a Hill or Stephenson. The starting unit who took the Heat to 7 games will get their rematch against the Heat. Everyone who has left the team since last season had virtually nothing to do with us taking the Heat to 7 games (aside from DJ giving us some solid playoff minutes here and there). We haven't beat the Heat yet and will be going up against one of the best players in NBA history. The team needs to be as perfect as possible and Bird seized the opportunity to clearly improve the team. You don't refuse an opportunity to get better just because you are worried about hurting feelings.

      How did Bird pull the trigger "too soon"? It's been about 21 months since Danny Granger was last a good player. This current season started four months ago, and Granger is barely good enough to be the 8th man on a quality team. He can't shoot or create his own shot. I understand the sentimental feelings and loyalty to him, but he is really just a name at this point.

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      • Re: Granger traded to Philly

        Originally posted by Kuq_e_Zi91 View Post
        Simply put, Bird pulled the trigger too soon. He should have given this group their opportunity without bringing in all these reinforcements. What did the Heat do to get better from last year? Sign Greg Oden? We CLEARLY got better. Why panic? Why force these players to adapt to new teammates with 20 games to go? For more talent on paper? For Evan Turner, who the Sixers had no intention of resigning and their fan base was more than happy to see leave? Time will tell if it was a good move, of course, but we know from history that teams don't win championships on talent alone. This team put in the work as a unit during the summer. They deserved their rematch, without Bynum and Turner.
        Eh, sorry. But this bench has not been getting it done for about a month to a month and a half now. Granger was as shell of himself, and having some much needed insurance for bench scoring let alone the Lance contract ordeal... This thing is a home run.

        I understand everyone is ridiculously sentimental. I get it. I have 6 Granger jerseys I had to box up over the weekend. It's really tough. But Larry has done everything the right way lately and look where that has gotten us. I mean if everyone wants to sit and wallow in the past, by all means... be my guest. This fanbase has been doing that since 2005 for the most part up until recently.

        Danny's effort and leadership will not go unnoticed. But saying he and whoever was owed an opportunity to go up against Miami one more time is ridiculous.

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        • Re: Granger traded to Philly

          Hello everybody. Long time no see.

          I would love to say thank you to Danny. Unfortunate to see him lose his shot. I have got a suite in Philly in March to see us play the Sixers and will definitely be rocking my Granger 33. That said, this deal gives us two guys who have young legs and will improve our depth.

          The most underrated part of this deal is that the Sixers get out of about $19M in rookie deal cap holds this summer which will allow them to decline Granger's Bird Rights immediately and have the cap space to add a max level player and on top of that a top five draft pick.
          "Your course, your path, is not going to be like mine," West says. "Everybody is not called to be a multimillionaire. Everybody's not called to be the president. Whatever your best work is, you do it. Do it well. … You cease your own greatness when you aspire to be someone else."

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            Granger gave his front tooth for the team (I'll never forget him playing through that)made me a lifetime Granger fan, but the chance to win a title for a small market team is so rare you have to do everything to maximize the chance. Since 1980, thats 34 championships, only nine teams have won. Philly,Dallas once. Houston twice, Miami, Detroit three, S.A. Boston four, Chicago six, and LAL ten. Point being not many small markets get this chance "EVER".
            I'm 50 and I have never felt we had a chance at the ring until this year (thrilled during last finals appearance but just didn't think we had enough for the Lakers). We all watched Danny and it was obvious he was never going to be the same, not this year anyway. Congradulations to us, that Bird and Simon are going for it.

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              Originally posted by duke dynamite View Post
              Eh, sorry. But this bench has not been getting it done for about a month to a month and a half now. Granger was as shell of himself, and having some much needed insurance for bench scoring let alone the Lance contract ordeal... This thing is a home run.
              Lets be real here, its wasn't just the bench, Granger's poor play didn't cause PG to go into a month long slump. Didn't cause Hibbert to completely disappear on offense. Didn't cause George Hill to disappear. Didn't cause Scola to slump on his jumper(hurt elbow), CJ Watson's terrible shot selection. The only 2 players who have been playing somewhat consistent over the past month is West and Lance. Lance is playing well but some nights at a complete detriment to the team, stealing rebounds, calling his own number early in the shot clock.

              Certainly wasn't Danny Granger's fault that this team got waxed by the Suns twice, and dismantled by the Wolves, or gave up a huge lead to Orlando, and not to mention he played well against Dallas.

              Granger is a victim of the rest of the team playing like complete garbage.
              You can't get champagne from a garden hose.

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              • Re: Granger traded to Philly

                Originally posted by graphic-er View Post
                Granger is a victim of the rest of the team playing like complete garbage.
                Did Danny do anything wrong, or was it literally just everyone else's fault?

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                  Originally posted by graphic-er View Post
                  Lets be real here, its wasn't just the bench, Granger's poor play didn't cause PG to go into a month long slump. Didn't cause Hibbert to completely disappear on offense. Didn't cause George Hill to disappear. Didn't cause Scola to slump on his jumper(hurt elbow), CJ Watson's terrible shot selection. The only 2 players who have been playing somewhat consistent over the past month is West and Lance. Lance is playing well but some nights at a complete detriment to the team, stealing rebounds, calling his own number early in the shot clock.

                  Certainly wasn't Danny Granger's fault that this team got waxed by the Suns twice, and dismantled by the Wolves, or gave up a huge lead to Orlando, and not to mention he played well against Dallas.

                  Granger is a victim of the rest of the team playing like complete garbage.
                  His 36% shooting and below average defense didn't hurt us at all? News to me.
                  There is no NBA player named Monte Ellis.

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                  • Re: Granger traded to Philly

                    Originally posted by graphic-er View Post
                    Granger is a victim of the rest of the team playing like complete garbage.
                    So he wouldnt' have been traded if the team was winning?

                    The sixers called the Pacers and if you believe Bird we were not actively shopping him so that doesn't follow your narrative.

                    We all know Bird has longed wanted a scorer off the bench that can create his own shot since he first took office. We were interested in OJ Mayo, Barbosa, Crawford, so I think it makes much more sense to believe Danny was a victim of him being a poor 6th man on a championship level team than the team overall just playing poorly for a couple of months.

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                    • Re: Granger traded to Philly

                      Originally posted by graphic-er View Post
                      Lets be real here, its wasn't just the bench, Granger's poor play didn't cause PG to go into a month long slump. Didn't cause Hibbert to completely disappear on offense. Didn't cause George Hill to disappear. Didn't cause Scola to slump on his jumper(hurt elbow), CJ Watson's terrible shot selection. The only 2 players who have been playing somewhat consistent over the past month is West and Lance. Lance is playing well but some nights at a complete detriment to the team, stealing rebounds, calling his own number early in the shot clock.

                      Certainly wasn't Danny Granger's fault that this team got waxed by the Suns twice, and dismantled by the Wolves, or gave up a huge lead to Orlando, and not to mention he played well against Dallas.

                      Granger is a victim of the rest of the team playing like complete garbage.
                      What does that have to do with me talking about upgrading the bench? Smh. I keep finding it harder and harder to visit this site these days...
                      Last edited by duke dynamite; 02-24-2014, 12:04 PM.

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                      • Re: Granger traded to Philly

                        Originally posted by Hicks View Post
                        Did Danny do anything wrong, or was it literally just everyone else's fault?
                        Yeah, you really don't have much to offer to a team when you're a wing who can't shoot, can't create your own shot, and can't score at the rim. Boggles my mind how Granger's teammates or Vogel were supposed to cure those glaring defects.

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                        • Re: Granger traded to Philly

                          I would expect Danny to be better next season if he puts in the offseason work needed. Coming back from a major knee injury and being out for as long as he was, it takes a long time to come back. Plus he isn't 24 years old anymore either.

                          I think the Pacers decided Danny wasn't going to improve enough over the next two months to help us much in this years playoffs. So they traded him for younger player who is ,much better right now than Danny. Plus they got a big man who can help us especially if Scola doesn't get his second wind here pretty soon.

                          It is IMO as simple as that and trying to read more into it would be IMO a mistake.

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                          • Re: Granger traded to Philly

                            i try to look at it this way:
                            if we remove the emotional aspect of this situation and look at it from the business point of view, what do we see here?
                            imagine for a moment that this wasn't granger but some injured 1-time all-star vet we picked over the summer on a 1 year deal. he hasn't been playing for quite a while but we got him to see what he could do for our bench. turned out it wasn't much. that guy we had coming off the bench couldn't even manage 36% shooting, had no explosiveness at all, couldn't attack the rim and finish either. and this guy was pulling down 14 million this season too.
                            if you remove the emotional aspect of this situation, this trade looks pretty good and gives us a better shot at a title than if we stood by and stuck with him. i also doubt few if any would have any problem moving in another direction and would be more likely to agree the guy wasn't working out as hoped.
                            i was bummed as well as a bit shocked when i learned about it but, we hired larry to do everything he could to put this team in the best position possible to win a title. and as we found out, that might even involve trading a popular and well-liked guy like danny.

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                            • Re: Granger traded to Philly

                              Originally posted by Kuq_e_Zi91 View Post
                              My intention wasn't to compare Granger with the 3 Spurs. It was only to highlight how trading our longest tenured player, someone who did so much for the city and was well liked and respected, increased my respect for an organization that found ways to keep their longest tenured and most respected players throughout the years. They did so by building around them regardless of their declining abilities and various injuries, rather than trading them for more talent.

                              It's hard to say whether winning championships "helped" the Spurs keep their big three in tact because we've seen teams win championships and dismantle their instrumental pieces anyway, and we've also seen teams not win championships and still keep their longest tenured and most respected players.
                              I'm not buying the statement that the Pacers organization "found ways to keep their longest tenured and most repected players", or at least, moreso than other franchises. These are examples only from my tenure as a Pacers fan, which began around 1985. We traded Chuck Person when he was Option 1B to Reggie Miller. We traded Herb Williams, who had played 8 years here (and only here) for Detlef, then traded Detlef for Derrick McKey. We traded Antonio Davis for a draft pick. We traded Dale Davis for JO. We traded JO for a draft pick. We traded Jalen Rose when he was option 1B for young players in a teardown move. If you think we haven't traded integral, long-term Pacers veterans for purely basketball reasons, you're viewing this team with rose-colored glasses.

                              The other issue with your statement is that Tim Duncan is the best Power Forward who has ever lived and won 4 titles. And Tony Parker is probably going into the Hall of Fame at some point. It makes it a lot easier to keep those guys around when they're that good for that long. Oh, it also helps when those guys are still putting you within a putback of another NBA title. Danny isn't those guys in any recognizable way.

                              I think Danny isn't done in the league, and I think he'll be better next year than he was this year, but we're all in THIS year.

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                              • Re: Granger traded to Philly

                                The thing that makes the difference for me is that we would almost certainly not have re-signed him over the summer - and that would likely be just as much because he would have a better offer elsewhere.

                                Why is it different from a player like LBJ leaving his team? Well, the Pacers didn't have a TV special telling the world how much Danny sucked and that they knew there was no way they could ever hope to win as long as he was around, therefore they were sending his talents to Hell.
                                BillS

                                A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
                                Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...

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