Stewart Francis Granger (born October 27, 1961) is a Canadian former

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(NBA) player and Canadian national team member. Though in his early years Granger grew up in

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, his high school years were spent attending and playing basketball at Nazareth Regional High School in

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, USA. Granger won the New York State high school finals in 1979 playing for NYC-Nazareth. Granger played college basketball at

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, 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

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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

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, he averaged 3.3 points per game and 1.8 assists per game. Granger was also a first team

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All-Star in 1986 while a member of the Wildwood Aces. He also had a career in the

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