<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Danny Granger has heard he might be taken in the NBA draft lottery, which includes 14 teams. However, that didn't stop the former New Mexico star from making the Nuggets, who own the 20th and 22nd overall picks in the June 28 draft, the first stop on his workout tour. "With the way the draft is, you never know," Granger said Monday at the Pepsi Center. "You can't just say you're going to just work out for (the) teams that are in the lottery, because the way the draft is, people move up, people move down." Granger's draft status is all over the board. ESPN.com has him ranked among its top 10 prospects. NBAdraft.net, meanwhile, projects Granger will go to Toronto at 16th overall. If he slips to the Nuggets, the 6-foot-8, 225-pound Granger could be just the type of player that interests Denver. His versatility allows him to play point guard to small forward. At New Mexico, Granger was called upon to play power forward at times, but he projects himself as a small forward in the NBA. "Eighty percent of my shots came from the wing," said Granger, who averaged 18.8 points for the Lobos last season. "But I'm honing my perimeter skills." Granger, who also has workouts scheduled with the Lakers, Clippers, Warriors, Grizzlies and Magic, was one of seven players who worked out for the Nuggets on Monday. The others were Louisville's Francisco Garcia, Maryland's John Gilchrist, Oklahoma State's Joey Graham and Stephen Graham, Chattanooga's Mindaugas Katelynas and Washington's Nate Robinson. </div> Source I could see the Nuggets packaging their two first round picks to move up in the draft to select Granger. He would be a great backup for Carmelo Anthony.
Granger is real high on my list as a potential great player in the NBA. He was basically all New Mexico had and somehow led them into the NCAA tournament where they lost to a very tough Villanova team in the first round. I've never seen anyone shoot as well as he did from the perimiter like Granger did. He didn't really have a three point shot his junior year(33%), but improved his outside game and shot 48% from beyond the arc this season. He's got perfect size to be a NBA SF at 6'8. And the thing about Granger is he still has upside. He's improved his game greatly over the past few years and I say he'll end up being a star in this league in say 5 to 6 years, IMHO.
