Danny Granger talks return

The Indiana Pacers have become the darlings of the Eastern Conference and now that former leading scorer Danny Granger is back on the active roster, many expect the Pacers to make a deep playoff run and perhaps even challenge the defending NBA Champion Miami Heat.  Granger recently shared his story about how it felt to be sidelined while his team battled night after night.  

“It was really hard and I was frustrated with my knee,” Granger said. “I was constantly playing and having pain and more pain. It’s getting better, but you still have your doubt in your mind. On the good side, the team was doing really well. It was frustrating because I wasn’t part of the success we had so far.....I watched all the games and I’d give as much input as I could. But when you’re out and not playing and you can’t practice, it was kind of depressing.”

“It’s such a process,” Granger said. “You go back three weeks when I started practicing, it would get sore, then the next week it was less sore and last week it was less sore. They say it’ll eventually go away. We have all the MRIs to back it up. It’s a matter of getting my knee acclimated to playing at a high speed.”