It made so much sense on its face: Jettison a hobbled, one-dimensional player on the wrong side of 30, get a younger, more versatile piece in return.
As far as trade-deadline strategies go, the Indiana Pacers dealing one-time cornerstone Danny Granger for dynamic Philadelphia 76ers swingman Evan Turner was a move met with near-universal acclaim.
And rightly so. Granger, who served as Indy’s main box-office attraction in the lean years leading up to today’s Paul George, Roy Hibbert and David West-led Pacers, had struggled mightily in his attempt to shake out a slew of nagging injuries—a onetime star balling on borrowed time.
Judging by the early returns, however, the Los Angeles Clippers might be the ones laughing all the way to the bank.
Notwithstanding his zero-point outing against the Utah Jazz on Friday night—a game L.A. won anyway, 96-87—Granger has given Clippers fans hope that the loss of J.J. Redick to a potentially season-ending back injury might not be an insurmountable one after all.
According to Dan Woike of the The Orange County Register, the Cl ...
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