Stewart Francis Granger (born October 27, 1961, in
Montréal,
Québec,
Canada) is a Canadian former
National Basketball Association player and Canadian national team member.
Though, in his early years Granger grew up in Montréal, his high school years were spent attending in playing basketball at
Nazareth Regional High School in
Brooklyn,
New York, USA. Granger made the New York State high school finals in 1979 playing for NYC-Nazareth, and in 1981 with Brookville-L.I. Lutheran, both along with fellow future NBA player
Bill Wennington. Granger played college basketball at the
Villanova University, where his career averages were 10.4 points per game and 4.8 assists per game.
In the
1983 NBA Draft, Granger was selected by the
Cleveland Cavaliers at the 24th overall pick.
In 1984, his first season, Granger played with the team that drafted him, the Cleveland Cavaliers, an average 4.5 points per game and 2.4 assists per game. In his second season, he played for the Atlanta Hawks, where he averaged 1.8 points per game, and 1.3 assists per game. Then in his final NBA season, which was in 1987 with the
New York Knicks, he averaged 3.3 points per game and 1.8 assists per game.
Granger was also a first team
USBL All-Star in 1986 while a member of the
Wildwood Aces. He also had a career in the
Philippine Basketball Association.
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External links
- History of NBA basketball in Canada. Selection of Top 100 Canadian players of all...
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