Danny Granger has compiled an impressive resume over the past few years.
The Indiana Pacers forward won a gold medal with the Team USA at the world championships earlier this month. He averaged 24 points a game last season. He was an All-Star and the NBA's most improved player the year before that.
One thing missing for the sixth-year player is a postseason series win. Granger hasn't even been to the playoffs since his rookie season in 2005-06.
"I need to win," Granger said Monday at the team's media day. "That's my basic thing. Whenever I'm scoring, I really don't care. We need to get this team winning."
Granger is confident that will happen after the Pacers acquired the point guard Darren Collison from New Orleans in a trade last month. Collison averaged 18.8 points and 9.1 assists in 37 starts as a rookie last season while All-Star Chris Paul was sidelined by an injury.
"I was very happy, very excited," Granger said. "I knew he was a very good point guard. I watched him down in New Orleans."
Though the Pacers had to part with veteran power forward Troy Murphy in the deal, Collison solidifies a position that has been a question mark for Indiana in recent seasons.
"The past four years, we've probably had a different point guard every year, so we haven't had consistency at that spot," Granger said. "That's probably the most important spot on the court. Hopefully, Darren will bring us that."
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