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12/22/05

Ferry confident Cavs will succeed

Thursday, December 22, 2005

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Repository SCOTT HECKEL CELEBRITY GM Cavaliers General Manager Danny Ferry addresses the Northeast Ohio Celebrity Luncheon Club on Wednesday at Ohio Prestwick Country Club.
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GREEN - Danny Ferry realizes how fortunate he has been. The 39-year-old Cavaliers general manager has been around basketball, the game he loves, most of his life.
Ferry saw his father, Bob, become a successful team executive with the Washington Bullets. He played for Morgan Wooten, the winningest high school coach in the country. He starred at Duke when Mike Krzyzewski’s program was starting to become a national power.
He spent 10 seasons as a player with the Cavaliers and won NBA championship rings as a player and front-office member in San Antonio.
“What I appreciate more than anything else is the experience I have had along the way,” Ferry said Wednesday while speaking at the Northeast Ohio Celebrity Luncheon Club at Ohio Prestwick Country Club.
“I have had the opportunity to be around some wonderful, wonderful people.”
Ferry’s vision for the Cavaliers is to bring in talented players who are also good people. One model he sees is the teams he was on when he first came to Cleveland. They featured players like Mark Price, Brad Daugherty and Larry Nance.
“My goal, and it’s going to be an evolution to get it to that point, is to get more and more people of that caliber here,” Ferry said.
It has been almost six months since Ferry was hired as general manager. He hit the ground running at a time when the Cavaliers needed to build a stronger team around LeBron James.
A lot was accomplished during the first few months. The Cavaliers signed free agents Larry Hughes, Donyell Marshall, Damon Jones and Alan Henderson and re-signed free agent Zydrunas Ilgauskas.
The team has been inconsistent, but Ferry feels it is important to give Head Coach Mike Brown a chance to succeed with the current group and establish continuity.
The ultimate goal is to win a championship.
“I had the privilege of seeing that happen in San Antonio and what it did to the spirit of the city,” Ferry said. “It was bigger than basketball.
“I know I’m dreaming today, but why not? Let’s dream big. Let’s make something special happen here.”
Ferry had no intention of leaving the defending champion Spurs at the end of last season. He spent the past three seasons as the team’s director of basketball operations and was heavily involved with the draft and free agency.
He saw some of the negative press Dan Gilbert received after Gilbert took over the team. But after interviewing with Gilbert, Ferry realized he and the Cavaliers owner share the same philosophy.
“I put all the press stuff aside and realized this guy is a pretty good guy,” Ferry said. “He is going to give us the resources and our basketball operations the opportunity to do our job.
“He has really put our organization in a position to succeed and has committed the resources to making our organization the best place in the NBA to play.”
HUGHES QUESTIONABLE Hughes did not practice or travel with the team to Chicago on Wednesday. The Cavaliers say Hughes is tending to family matters and are listing him as questionable for tonight’s game against the Bulls. Reach Repository sports writer Mike Popovich at (330) 580-8341 or e-mail: [email protected]
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12/22/05

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Thursday, December 22, 2005

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Cavaliers (14-9) at Bulls (12-12)
8 tonight, United Center, Chicago
TV TNT RADIO WHBC-AM 1480, WQKT-FM 104.5, WAKR-AM 1590, WTAM-AM 1100, WJER-AM 1450 FAST BREAKS The Cavaliers and Bulls will square off twice in the next five days. Chicago visits The Q on Monday. ... LeBron James is shooting 62.4 percent (63-of-101) from the field over his last four games. He was 8-for-12 in 29 minutes Tuesday against Utah. ... Eric Snow is among the NBA leaders with a 4.17 assist-to-turnover ratio. He had a team-high six assists and no turnovers against the Jazz. ... The Bulls were stunned by Charlotte in their last game. Ben Gordon averaged 17 points, and Tyson Chandler averaged 12 points and almost 10 rebounds in four games against the Cavaliers last season.
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I'm so tired of hearing about Snow being among the league leaders in assist to turnover ratio.
He's also the league leader in fewest points scored by a starter in the NBA.

He's an albatross around the neck of this team. It's basically 5 on 4 defensively for opposing teams. In close games, he's a killer offensively and his defense is no where near as good as it used to be.
 
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That is amazing that you know that after he has played in about 15 games this year and was hurt all last year. Just wondering who you scout for.
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I am amazing, aren't I?

The difference with O'Neal and Redd is that they couldn't get minutes, and especially with O'Neal, he just wasn't a polished prospect yet.

Jackson has gotten some decent minutes in games this year, did have strong college career. He hasn't reached his ceiling yet, but I just don't see it being that high. Mabye (hopefully) he'll prove me wrong.
 
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I am amazing, aren't I?

The difference with O'Neal and Redd is that they couldn't get minutes, and especially with O'Neal, he just wasn't a polished prospect yet.

Jackson has gotten some decent minutes in games this year, did have strong college career. He hasn't reached his ceiling yet, but I just don't see it being that high. Mabye (hopefully) he'll prove me wrong.
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Well some rookies just take longer adjusting to the game. Also there is almost always a spot for a guy that can shoot the ball. I think his game is only going to improve. I also love the way he moves without the ball. He was running them Jazz defenders all over the place.
 
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I am amazing, aren't I?

The difference with O'Neal and Redd is that they couldn't get minutes, and especially with O'Neal, he just wasn't a polished prospect yet.

Jackson has gotten some decent minutes in games this year, did have strong college career. He hasn't reached his ceiling yet, but I just don't see it being that high. Mabye (hopefully) he'll prove me wrong.
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Would you rather see Jackson or Pavlovic out there?

Personally I would rather see Jackson get the PT since I believe him to be the better defender and have more potential on the offensive end. I would like to see him develop more confidence in his outside shot, which I think would open him up to drive more often and be more successful at it. Jackson should be a shoot first type of players. I didn't see the Jazz game, but Jackson had an impressive line for only playing 15 minutes and not shooting any 3's. It looks like he drew 5 fouls not counting any of the 10 FT's as and 1's. Jackson is an athlete who just needs to find his place in the NBA.
 
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Would you rather see Jackson or Pavlovic out there?

Personally I would rather see Jackson get the PT since I believe him to be the better defender and have more potential on the offensive end. I would like to see him develop more confidence in his outside shot, which I think would open him up to drive more often and be more successful at it. Jackson should be a shoot first type of players. I didn't see the Jazz game, but Jackson had an impressive line for only playing 15 minutes and not shooting any 3's. It looks like he drew 5 fouls not counting any of the 10 FT's as and 1's. Jackson is an athlete who just needs to find his place in the NBA.
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Yeah you are correct, he did get to the line 5 times and each time he beat his man off the dribble and took it strong to the rack. He also had a nice flooter in the lane that he made.
 
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Would you rather see Jackson or Pavlovic out there?
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Is there a third choice?

Look, I want to see this team be competitive right now for the top tier of the league. I know it's asking too much considering Lebron's only 20, but I'm nervous about whether or not we'll have him for that long.

It's going to take a lot of time and energy to get guys like Jackson and Pavlovic to be strong contributors to a playoff team. And if we have no choice but to play one of them, I'd take Jackson because he's a better athlete. But right now, I'd prefere Ira Newble (did I really just say that?) because he's a guy that knows his role and doesn't try to do more than he's capable of. I think Jackson and Pavlovic try to do too much to prove themselves and it hurts the team.
 
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FWIW, Lebron has publicly stated that he cant wait to sign his contract extension to stay in cleveland. Hes been pretty much recruiting his own players around him to help make the team successful, hes the reason why we have Hughes and Damon Jones on the team. He will stay a Cav after his contract is up, mark it down.

Secondly, Snow is shooting above 50 percent from the field. He knows his role in the offense and plays that role well. Dont harp on his defense, Drew Gooden is much much worst.
 
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Big win tonite that will probably go unnoticed. Outscored the Bulls 37-21 in the fourth, with DJones coming up with back-to-back-to-back treys to lead the comeback. This is the type of game the Cavs have traditionally struggled with, especially with the Bulls' lead heading into the fourth. They showed grit and poise in the fourth... on the road... which is a positive step forward.

Gotta continue to beat the teams they should beat. If they continue to grow as a team, the other wins will come.
 
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