Indiana Pacers: Why the Pacers Don’t Need Danny Granger

January 12th, 2013 by Andy Hu Leave a reply »


The Indiana Pacers' best player and former All-Star, Danny Granger will probably return to the court sometime next month after suffering a knee injury prior to the start of the season. However, the Pacers find themselves with the fourth best record in the Eastern Conference and after a slow start to the season, they seemingly found themselves back on track and atop the Central Division. By playing a tenacious, suffocating defense, the Pacers have made an identity for themselves as one of the best defensive teams in the league and en route to the second most efficient defense in the NBA. 

 

The Pacers currently find themselves at 22-14 without Granger, which is similar to the record they had last season through 36 games. Last season with Granger playing 62 games, he registered a great offensive efficiency of 111, but also a mediocre defensive efficiency of 104, which comes out to be a net point differential of 7.

Granger's net efficiency rating last season isn't far off with that of Paul George and David West, the two, arguably, best players on the t ...

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