Fantasy Basketball: Should You Pick Up Danny Granger?

Danny Granger has recently got healthy, and is playing some decent minutes in Miami. Due to this, he seems to be gaining some steam. I tweeted from the Fantasy CPR Twitter account last night not to pick him up for your fantasy basketball team, but just for clarification purposes I thought that we should delve into his situation just a little bit deeper. First of all, as we dig deeper, we can realize that Miami has been at or fairly close to full strength over the last three games that Granger has been having success, so that is a good sign for him.

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Granger has also seen a slight uptick in minutes as well as production through each game since December 21. So in all honesty, the stage has been set for him to become a nice sixth man option for the Heat off the bench. The problem then arises that we can not forget that his knees have not been magically healed. He is not Kobe Bryant, and as far as I know, he has not been overseas to see Kobe’s magical doctors for whatever magical treatment that Kobe likes to have in the off-season. So at some point, what we know is Danny Granger is going to break, for a lack of a better word.

I am not a doctor, and to follow up with the typical corny joke, I don’t even play one on TV. And I have not stayed in a Holiday Inn Express all year. What I do know from years of experience is that the game of professional basketball is hard and taxing on these players physically, and once they have knee problems, it becomes an absolute bear to control them. Especially as they age. Granger is only 31, but with the problems he has had, it is most likely a thing that will hamper him for the rest of his career.

To sum it all up, my advice would be do not cut anyone that is producing at any rate whatsoever for your team if you want to pick up Danny Granger. Granger is a great player, and he is likely to produce anytime he is given minutes, but his shelf life is going to be about like leaving a gallon of milk on the counter overnight. My other suggestion is that if you have picked him up., then good for you, but I would be looking for almost any deal at all to move him to someone else before the time bomb explodes on your roster. Basically, I would suggest picking him up in 14 team and larger leagues, but with the expectations that he will probably be someone you will be cutting for the next hot waiver flavor to come along.

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