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Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Danny Ferry...the next Cavs GM?

Still remember Danny Ferry? Yeah, the Duke production of 1989, selected No. 2 in the NBA '89 Draft by L.A. Clipper, but refused to report to the Clippers and went oversea instead to play for Italian team Virtus Roma for a year. Since he did not wanted to play for the Clippers (what a shame!), they traded him to Cleveland where he played from 1990-91 to 1999-00 and later joined San Antonio Spurs as a free agent.

Danny Ferry (photo by NBA)

The 6'10" sharp shooting Forward has always been labeled as soft and sometime dirty player on the defensive end, although he was never a qualified defensive player during his NBA career. I still remember the scene where Marcus Camby (played for the Knicks at that time) who had been entangled in physical play on numerous occasions with Ferry, found himself on the recieving end of yet another Ferry elbow, and "inadvertant" poke to the eye. Camby was pissed off and threw a punch toward Ferry but was stopped by his coach -- yeah, the almighty Jeff Van Gundy. At the end, it was Van Gundy who got head butted by Camby and needed 15 stitches on the cut. That really left me with astonishment.

At all events, Ferry retired after he won the NBA title with the Spurs in 2002-03. He became the Spurs' director of basketball operations and now there are rumors that he will become the next General Manager for Cleveland Cavaliers.

Here is a report from Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Ferry close to finalizing deal

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