"a little african in him"

whatsmyname wrote:

This is what Danny Ferry was taped saying about Luol Deng that got the Hawk GM in trouble.

Who?

whatsmyname wrote:

This is what Danny Ferry was taped saying...But what does it mean?...

It means Ferry is out of a job, and unemployable in the future for any high level management position.

I believe Ferry was quoting the words of some other white moron.

Who the eff knows what the guy meant -- but we do know it was no compliment

I live in ATL. I agree. It doesn't sound flattering, so I assume it has a negative racist connotation... But I've never heard it before in any context. Maybe I just don't hang around with racists often enough...but yeah,the guy says he we'd quoting some scout....I have No clue what the point of the statement was.

I think it meant he felt the player was a phony and a trouble maker. As he alluded to a guy who sell legitimate goods out front and sells knock offs to preferred clientele.

How Ferry became a GM at anything is beyond me.

Piss poor players make great GM's. Superstars generally are poor GM's ie Elgin Baylor a disaster and Michael Jordan another disaster who obsessed about whores and gambling...

Please ban lpd! wrote:

Piss poor players make great GM's. Superstars generally are poor GM's ie Elgin Baylor a disaster and Michael Jordan another disaster who obsessed about whores and gambling...

Joe Dumars?

Isaiah for sure

The logo has been an excellent GM too. It's a bit of sweeping statement to say that superstars are poor GM's but in many cases journeyman types have been among the better executives.

[quote]Please ban lpd! wrote:

Piss poor players make great GM's. Superstars generally are poor GM's ie Elgin Baylor a disaster

Elgin worked for Don Sterling

I can understand how people would be a little offended at that comment. What I don't understand is why there was never an outrage over the name Africanized Killer Bees? That seems more offensive to me.

Greased Lightning wrote:

I can understand how people would be a little offended at that comment. What I don't understand is why there was never an outrage over the name Africanized Killer Bees? That seems more offensive to me.

You're slow in the head.

I am no Danny Ferry fan. Guy played for Duke. I mean, come on!

But he was reading a scouting report. The scouting report had offensive language. I am not sure why that would be any more offensive than the OP's initial post on this thread. Shouldn't the "scout" be the one getting into trouble?

Ferry was wrong. Luol Deng has a ton of African in him. Anyone can see this except the Hawks. Which is why they will continue to draft poorly and keep losing.

gower wrote:

Greased Lightning wrote:

I can understand how people would be a little offended at that comment. What I don't understand is why there was never an outrage over the name Africanized Killer Bees? That seems more offensive to me.

You're slow in the head.

Of course I am. I'm on letsrun posting on a thread about something Danny Ferry said.