Danny Granger post ASG update(s)

[cgg]

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I just can't wait to see the expression on the face of whomever is guarding the position that Danny comes in to play. Could you imagine guarding PG for 10 minutes, hearing the horn blow and watch Granger come to check you?!BUMMER!

I think he'll get subbed in on Lance's rotation.

[SMosley21]

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Here's the story about last night...

My girlfriend and I were at the game, sitting in Section 20, Row 26. This row is the first row on the "2nd level" of the lower level on the end of the court. There used to be a 3-D seating chart on pacers.com but I can't find it now to show what our view was. Basically there is a walkway and a long row of handicap accessible seats on that walkway. There were several employees sitting there with their laptops out doing their thing. The female that was right in front of us appeared to be working on banners and various graphics for Pacers.com.

At some point during the 3rd quarter (IIRC) my girlfriend looked down and saw her working on the "2 For Tuesday" banner for the site, and pointed out that it said "He's back!". From there I started eavesdropping and saw a picture of Granger being added as the background image and later what looked to possibly be a video (kind of had the look of a message from Granger). The vibe of it looked pretty intense, like the "I'm back and the rest of the league better be ready for us" kind of vibe. That's just me assuming though, based on the look of the still shot. It wasn't smiling Danny. He had a very serious look on his face. I tried to paparazzi a picture of what I could see, but she was being pretty quick about everything she did (lots of minimizing screens and opening others). Later in the 4th quarter, a male employee came and sat down next to her with his laptop. He had the same Granger image with "He's back!" tagged on it. He was only there for maybe a minute or two before he closed up shop and bailed.

So from what I saw, a Pacers employee was creating graphics for Pacers.com for Tuesday's game against Golden State, which featured an image of Danny Granger and said "He's back!" Might be a fluke and doesn't really mean anything. She could be creating the same graphic for the next few games just to get ahead and then scrap the ones she doesn't end up using. I doubt that's the case, but it's possible. All I know for sure is that I just bought my tickets for Tuesday night.

[Cousy47]

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I just can't wait to see the expression on the face of whomever is guarding the position that Danny comes in to play. Could you imagine guarding PG for 10 minutes, hearing the horn blow and watch Granger come to check you?!BUMMER!

[Auggie]

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cant wait to see Danny in action tonight, even just in limited minutes!

[SMosley21]

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Danny Granger will make his season debut tonight in Detroit, according to a source.

— Mike Wells (@MikeWellsNBA) February 23, 2013

Someone else hit the nail on the head. Tuesday is his "He's back!" moment for the home crowd. Just got 2 tickets in the fan zone, section 2 for a total of $35. And people say Pacers games aren't affordable

[imawhat]

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Danny tonight!

[SMosley21]

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Here's the story about last night...

My girlfriend and I were at the game, sitting in Section 20, Row 26. This row is the first row on the "2nd level" of the lower level on the end of the court. There used to be a 3-D seating chart on pacers.com but I can't find it now to show what our view was. Basically there is a walkway and a long row of handicap accessible seats on that walkway. There were several employees sitting there with their laptops out doing their thing. The female that was right in front of us appeared to be working on banners and various graphics for Pacers.com.

At some point during the 3rd quarter (IIRC) my girlfriend looked down and saw her working on the "2 For Tuesday" banner for the site, and pointed out that it said "He's back!". From there I started eavesdropping and saw a picture of Granger being added as the background image and later what looked to possibly be a video (kind of had the look of a message from Granger). The vibe of it looked pretty intense, like the "I'm back and the rest of the league better be ready for us" kind of vibe. That's just me assuming though, based on the look of the still shot. It wasn't smiling Danny. He had a very serious look on his face. I tried to paparazzi a picture of what I could see, but she was being pretty quick about everything she did (lots of minimizing screens and opening others). Later in the 4th quarter, a male employee came and sat down next to her with his laptop. He had the same Granger image with "He's back!" tagged on it. He was only there for maybe a minute or two before he closed up shop and bailed.

So from what I saw, a Pacers employee was creating graphics for Pacers.com for Tuesday's game against Golden State, which featured an image of Danny Granger and said "He's back!" Might be a fluke and doesn't really mean anything. She could be creating the same graphic for the next few games just to get ahead and then scrap the ones she doesn't end up using. I doubt that's the case, but it's possible. All I know for sure is that I just bought my tickets for Tuesday night.

[Mourning]

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A small video about teams getting players back for the second half with Chris Mannix:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/video/nba/20130222/nba-key-players-return-chris-mannix.sportsillustrated/?sct=uk_bf3_a4

and a related video with Chris MannixL

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nba/news/20130220/nba-second-half-previews/?sct=uk_wr_a2#cnnWebtag

source: 2x cnnsi.com

[gummy]

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There's no need right now for Danny to come back before he can mash seamlessly with the team. We are blowing people out and people are freaking out about Danny not playing. Read the above from Vogal and try believing it. Also Danny himself probably doesn't want to come back and look bad.

Yep. We're doing so well there's just no reason not to give him some extra time to get more practice in and get some of his rhythm and conditioning back. Seems smart to me even though I am really looking forward to seeing Danny back. We know he's been cleared to play, so it's not a matter of a setback.

As long as it doesn't stretch too far into March - because I want him to have enough time to get through the next adjustment period as he acclimates to real game conditions and pushes through fatigue. I want the coaching staff to have enough time to figure out his role and so forth.

But we have a smart coaching staff guys and gals, I think they'll be pretty good at balancing those competing interests well.

[Will Galen]

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Scott Agness @ScottAgness
"He's cleared to play but we're not going to throw him out there if he's not sharp, not in shape or have his rhythm and timing down" - Vogel

There's no need right now for Danny to come back before he can mash seamlessly with the team. We are blowing people out and people are freaking out about Danny not playing. Read the above from Vogal and try believing it. Also Danny himself probably doesn't want to come back and look bad.

[Bball]

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THats a bit hard to believe that they would be working on that stuff out in the open during the game. If that true, I'm sending my design portfolio to BLF first thing on Monday morning.

"Working" on it or just sharing some draft jpegs of it on their phones and making suggestions for Monday morning or something like that maybe?

[Heisenberg]

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Smosley21 posts here, assuming there's not 2 Pacers fans that go buy that screenname anyway

[Derek2k3]

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THats a bit hard to believe that they would be working on that stuff out in the open during the game. If that true, I'm sending my design portfolio to BLF first thing on Monday morning.

There's absolutely no benefit to lying about this.

[graphic-er]

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In subsequent tweets he said he was at the game, sitting behind some of the design people who were working on a banner for the site.

I don't know whether or not it's legit. I just happened to see it because Peck re-tweeted it.

THats a bit hard to believe that they would be working on that stuff out in the open during the game. If that true, I'm sending my design portfolio to BLF first thing on Monday morning.

[gummy]

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How did Smosley21 see the banner being worked on? I'd assume thats behind the scenes somewhere. I've only ever been back there once. Does he work for the Pacers?

In subsequent tweets he said he was at the game, sitting behind some of the design people who were working on a banner for the site.

I don't know whether or not it's legit. I just happened to see it because Peck re-tweeted it.