Former Cleveland Cavaliers GM Danny Ferry, who was a candidate for the same position with the Portland Trail Blazers, may return to the San Antonio Spurs. ESPN's Marc Stein reports the Spurs are lobbying Danny Ferry to come back to the organization where he began his front-office career and hope to convince him to commit to rejoining the organization in...
Former Cavs GM Danny Ferry Former Cleveland Cavaliers GM Danny Ferry, who was a candidate for the same position with the Portland Trail Blazers, may return to the San Antonio Spurs.
ESPN's Marc Stein reports the Spurs are lobbying Danny Ferry to come back to the organization where he began his front-office career and hope to convince him to commit to rejoining the organization in the coming days or weeks.
Stein writes how he expected Ferry to opt for a break from the game after he left the Cavs in early June following years of what proved to be justifiably stressful fretting about Cleveland’s ability to re-sign LeBron James.
Ferry instead wound up contending for the recent front-office openings in Portland and New Jersey, despite the fact that more than one of his peers A) struggled to see him working for Paul Allen’s meddlesome Blazers lieutenants after Dan Gilbert’s determination to reclaim more of a hands-on role contributed to his Cleveland departure and B) struggled even more to imagine him co-existing with Nets coach Avery Johnson after their frosty days together as teammates in San Antonio.
Ferry, writes Stein, is still close with Spurs coach Gregg Popovich and team president R.C. Buford.