The last minute trade that sent Danny Granger to the Philadelphia 76ers was the only interesting event in the trade deadline. Granger's request for a buyout brings unforeseen repercussions to the Indiana Pacers.

The trade may come back and haunt them, especially if the Miami Heat pick him up. Granger had expressed his desire to help a contender, and if he signs with Miami, he will hit two birds with one stone: win his first championship and get revenge on the team that traded him. Did the Pacers ever see that coming?

We would never know. Larry Bird, president of the Pacers is usually a very sound and prudent executive. He must've thought this through before he pulled the trigger. Or was he deafened by the imagined sounds of a championship celebration?

Whether the Heat takes Granger is still unknown. The buyout has not yet been finalized.

For the Pacers players, it is already irrelevant. There is only one reason they are here, and that is to win a title.

From nba.com, Steve Aschburner caught up with the Pacers in the aftermath of the trade deadline. Paul George, the new leader of the team who took over when Granger got injured, had strong words:

"We're competing for a championship. Not a friendship.

"It's bigger than... Y'know, everything on the floor - I've got friends in the league and people I looked up to in the league - but when it comes to a ballgame, that's where [our business] is.

I think Larry [Bird, Pacers president] made the best move for this team. We all wish Danny could be here. But Larry knows basketball and if that's the move Larry wanted to make, we're all behind him. ... We understand we're 'all in.' "

David West, a veteran and a contemporary of Granger, did not take it as easily:

"Danny was one of the main reasons I came here. So the idea that he's not going to be around what we're trying to do is a little tough to deal with. But it's a part of the business. And if he happens to go to a team whether it's in the West or the East, if he doesn't stay in Philly and we've got to compete against Danny, then we just have to do it."

However, as players, they have no choice but to move on and get along with what the management sends them. Paul George was drafted eight places below Evan Turner in the 2010 NBA draft (Turner at 2, George at 10). But less than four years later, George calls the shots and Turner has to find his way in PG's team: "He's going to have to be able to adjust early and find his way," "I think we're going to do a great job of pulling him in and helping him along the process.

"He's a good friend of mine, so I'll be one of the first people to help him through this process. ... In big games, he's one of those guys who can impact it in so many ways. He guards on the other end, he has the ability to make shots and can get into the paint at will."