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Pacers Sign Granger To Five-Year Extension

Oct 31, 2008 7:54 PM EST

The Pacers have signed forward Danny Granger to a five-year contract extension worth between $60 million and $64 million dollars.

"I think it’s great for Danny and the Pacers," Granger’s agent, Mark Bartelstein said. "I think (president) Larry Bird and (general manager) David Morway and (owner) Herb Simon did a terrific job in being proactive here. There were a lot of long conversations with David, Larry, myself and my associate Aaron Mintz.

"You have a great emerging player. I think the Pacers are trying to rebuild the franchise and I think to let Danny get into restricted free agency when you never know what could happen, I think it was a terrific move on their part to get Danny locked up. It shows how much he means to them."

The extension will begin next season.

Source: RealGM.com

Link: http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_ar...ear_extension/


Finally Pacers Lock Him Up, Great Player..maybe not heard from much but quietly gets it done.. hell i remember a couple ys ago when he was a nobody, now hes there franchise player..

Thoughts?

[тояоито яаρтσяѕ]

yeah damn, great player and they couldn't have let him go, he's their future

[SH1]

I think so too.He has great future in this team.

[po_23]

Danny is a great talent indeed. Nonetheless I don't see him being franchise player. Reminds me a Redd's situation in Milwaukee, where a good player is being seen as a superstar and asked to do things he is not capable to do.

[hotsizzle262]

yup he a great player he will be a star but he is not a 60-64 million player this year

[nmac]

I shake my head when I compare this to the Bynum signing.

This guy is almost their franchise player and he made a signing that is obviously for the betterment of the team, not just a selfish d!ck move like Bynum's.

I think as the Pacers get better(no immediate signs of that tho), he will get more recognition.