Danny Ferry

That's kind of a stretch.

We stole that from the Atlanta Hawks when Danny Ferry was there and he came to talk to us when I was at Notre Dame with Coach Bray.

And that's kind of how they built their program in Atlanta and with the Spurs.

But, you know, really trying to dive in, like, who these guys are as people and ask a lot of questions and almost finding ways not to recruit certain guys, you know, when you do ask those questions.

Chris, who texted me this last night at 8.42? Inspiring start.

for Cleveland's spoiled brats in OKC? Was it A, Danny Ferry, B, David Blatt, or C, Aaron Goldhammer?

I'm

going to go B,

And they send him to the Clippers for just a pile of draft capital.

They get the rights to Danny Ferry, who infamously isn't even playing in the NBA at this time.

He refuses to play for the Clippers, who drafted him.

He's in Italy.

Cause like I said, they had pretty substantial injuries this season.

Um, I'm just going to see if I can spot find it right now.

Yeah, draft rights to college star Danny Fury, who, like, sucks.

Okay, it looked like there was some off-the-court stuff.

You know, before – I was a – I don't know how this is possible, but I was a Duke fan and a Carolina fan until high school when I was like, no, what am I doing? I'm a Terps fan, you know, before I even went there.

But, like, I used to love, you know, Hurley and Leitner, Danny Ferry back in the day.

But I was a huge – oh, no, no. my first hat was a Carolina hat.

I had a cool Tar Heels hat, but then, so I don't know if I ever actually rooted for him.

Because if Georgetown won that, then you had to do that.

Alonzo Mourning and Leitner and Ferry played to go to the Final Four in 93.

That's before the Maryland

Duke

And correct me if I'm wrong, I think that's an important part of being a spur, especially with Coach Pop, especially as a role player because Coach Pop is famous for like you might hardly not even be in the rotation and then he's going to put you in the starting lineup and you've got to be ready to help the team win.

a run and play for you at the end of the game it was unbelievable i used to get uh steve kerr and danny ferry preceded you my first uh couple years in san antonio uh those two i call them affectionately knuckleheads would like sometimes go like a week without playing or 10 days without playing but they'd always be there to stay after practice to get the shots up and they were they'd always follow us to restaurants because they knew pop would pick up the tab but uh Then he'd put them in at the end of the game, run a play for them, and they were ready.

They were pros.

They would knock down a shot.

Mm-hmm.

He knows some people, and he figured out some things, right? However, this right here doesn't sound no different than when Danny Ferry said Luol Deng had a lot of African in him still, right? Which is to say these cats was like, "Hey, hey, hey.

He talk a good game, but don't get it twisted.

He still one of them."

Why would you write that down?

I-

Danny Ferry didn't even write it down.

Somebody had, was taping him, and he didn't even know it.

Last one for you.

Can you take us back to what's going through your mind in the situation when Marcus Camby is talking to a ref and he's upset about Danny Ferry and the elbow he just threw to his face and you're right there and Marcus Camby takes off to Danny Ferry and Van Gundy decides he's going to step in front like he's a tackler in an NFL.

What's going through Glen Rice's mind when that whole thing starts taking place?

You could see that the tension was building up because Marcus Cameron, whatever happened between him and Danny, and I didn't see at the moment what happened, but I could see Marcus was pissed off about something.

You know, if you're gonna learn how to use leverage, then he was a master.

Your first deal of significance, you talk about Danny Ferry, and this very short, rotund Italian man, and a moment when you say all of your stars align, and I'm imagining you as I'm reading through the book.

Everything you asked this guy for, "Yes, you can have it."

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It was an unprecedented deal.

It must have been, when you look back, one of the best days of your working life.

Yeah, for people, I hope everyone reads the book, but Danny Ferry was the second pick in the NBA draft, drafted by the LA Clippers, and it was the perfect storm because the Clippers were a sad sack of a franchise then.

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