Danny Granger

Sport: Basketball

Induction Year: 2025

University: New Mexico

A New Orleans native and Grace King High School product, Granger carved out an impressive 10-year career in the NBA, including an All-Star Game appearance, after playing collegiately at Bradley and New Mexico. He was a member of the U.S. team that won the gold medal at the 2010 FIBA World Championships. A 6-foot-9, 222-pound small forward, he was a first-round pick (17th overall) of the Indiana Pacers in the 2005 NBA draft and played 8 1/2 seasons with the Pacers. He started 425 of 544 career games there and averaged 17.6 points and 5.1 rebounds before finishing his career with the Los Angeles Clippers and Miami Heat. For his entire pro career, he averaged 16.8 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists. He was starter in the 2009 NBA All-Star Game when he was in the midst of a five-year span in which he became one of the league’s best players. In that five-season stretch from 2008 to 2012, he averaged 21.6 points and 5.4 rebounds in 350 games. Shortly after that, he was plagued by injuries and was limited to just five games in the 2012-13 season because of knee tendinitis then missed the first 25 games of the 2013-14 season because of a strained calf. Granger’s best seasons came in 2008-09 (25.8 ppg, 5.1 rpg), 2009-10 (24.1 ppg, 5.5 rpg) and 2010-11 (20.5 ppg, 5.4 rpg). As a collegian, Granger averaged 16.7 points and 8.2 rebounds for Bradley and New Mexico. As a senior in 2004-05, he was the only player in Division I to average 18.8 points and pull down 8.9 rebounds. Born 4-20-1983 in New Orleans.