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Danny Ferry new Cavalier GM

MililaniBuckeye said:
So much for Larry Brown leaving Murder-Town for the job...
According to the ESPN article: "According to a report by The News-Herald last week, Ferry's hiring hinged on Detroit Pistons coach Larry Brown accepting the Cavs offer of becoming team president.

Report: Ferry agreed to five-year, nearly $10 million deal

The Cleveland Cavaliers made Danny Ferry their general manager on Sunday when he agreed to a five-year deal worth close to $10 million, The Cleveland Plain Dealer and The Associated Press both reported.

The paper and the AP -- each citing two league sources -- reported Ferry's deal also includes incentives. Ferry, who played 10 seasons with the Cavs, was the director of basketball operations for the NBA champion San Antonio Spurs.

Ferry's hiring is expected to be announced Monday -- one day before the NBA draft.

The Cavaliers currently don't have a selection but have reportedly discussed trading forward Jiri Welsch for a second-round pick. That deal could be easier to make now that the Cavs have found a replacement for Jim Paxson, who was fired the day after the season ended.

According to a report by The News-Herald last week, Ferry's hiring hinged on Detroit Pistons coach Larry Brown accepting the Cavs offer of becoming team president.

Ferry spent the last two years as San Antonio's director of basketball operations under GM R.C. Buford. The 38-year-old Ferry played in a club record 723 games for the Cavaliers from 1990-2000.

He played the final three years of his career with San Antonio, where he worked with Cleveland coach Mike Brown, then an assistant with the Spurs.

Ferry's return will make some Cleveland fans cringe.

An All-American at Duke, Ferry was selected with the No. 2 overall pick in 1989 by the Los Angeles Clippers. But he held out in a contract dispute and played one season in Italy before the Cavaliers acquired his rights in a trade.

The club dealt rising star Ron Harper for Ferry and waited an entire season until he finished his contract in Italy. Cleveland then signed Ferry to a 10-year, $34 million contract, a decision that made it tough for them to sign other players.

Ferry may have never lived up to being "the next Larry Bird" as some had predicted, but he was a solid player, averaging 7.0 points and 2.8 rebounds in 913 career games.

In Cleveland, Ferry will have some immediate challenges as he tries to rebuild the Cavs, who faded down the stretch last season.

The club will have roughly $25 million to spend in the free-agency period beginning July 1, in an effort to build around LeBron James. The Cavaliers also have to decide whether to re-sign All-Star center Zydrunas Ilgauskas, who made $14.6 million last season. Ferry and Ilgauskas are former teammates and have remained close friends.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2094976

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MililaniBuckeye said:
So much for Larry Brown leaving Murder-Town for the job...

I think the plan was a new head coach, GM and President. They have filled two of the three positions. Brown is supposed to go to the Mayo Clinic this week to check on his health. According to the Michigan media, if he is given a clean bill of health he will continue to coach the Pistons. If not, he will take an office position, such as the Cav's President's one. He has said his last coaching position will be with the Pistons.
 
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Christ, we just can't seem to get rid of Danny Freaking Ferry. I hate that guy. He's was the most overpaid player in Cavs history. John "Hot Rod" Williams had nothing on Ferry. We traded Ron Harper for this waste of oxygen and all he did was sit on the bench for ten years. Then he goes to San Antonio and gets a ring.


God, I HATE Danny Ferry.
 
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ScriptOhio said:
According to the ESPN article: "According to a report by The News-Herald last week, Ferry's hiring hinged on Detroit Pistons coach Larry Brown accepting the Cavs offer of becoming team president.

Report: Ferry agreed to five-year, nearly $10 million deal
Funny I read this weekend the deal almost fell apart because Ferry wanted full control of personnel decisions or he didn't want to come. So if you read into that no way he would come if Larry Brown was on board.

Scary part is Ferry wasn't my first choice, but I would rather have Ferry than Larry Brown any day of the week.

Long live the next Larry Bird comparrisons!
 
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The Cavaliers currently don't have a selection but have reportedly discussed trading forward Jiri Welsch for a second-round pick.

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Didn't they get this guy for a 1st round pick? Ah, Cleveland sports. Always good for a laugh.
 
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I thought Danny Ferry was going to be the new Rogaine pitchman.

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buckeyesin07;1704111; said:
A lot of the sports writers I've seen so far think Lebron's headed elsewhere. My question is this--if you're Danny Ferry, what do you do to try to get Lebron to resign with the Cavs?

fire yourself and make LeBron the entire front office, he is the franchise, might as well let him run it
 
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