Danny GrangerPart of the Miami Heat’s plan to woo the Big Three back to South Beach appears to be the addition of Danny Granger, the oft-injured former Pacers’ small forward who was last seen coming off the bench for the Los Angeles Clippers. Granger, who agreed to a 2-year, $4.2 million deal, is a shell of his former All-Star self, so it’s hard to imagine this will move the LeBron needle very much.

On another note, the signing definitely has a “if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em” feel to it. In 2011, when LeBron James, Dwyane and Chris Bosh were making their first NBA Finals run, Granger, then a star on an up-and-coming Pacers team, publicly rooted against the Big Three in the Eastern Conference Finals and NBA Finals. Miami faced the Bulls and Mavericks in those two series, and Granger didn’t hold back on his thoughts about the “Yankees of the NBA”:

Three years later, and after two playoff exits at the hands of the Heat (in 2012 and ’13), it is at least somewhat amusing that Granger landed there.

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