OT: Hawks GM Danny Ferry for what he said about Luol Deng in a private conference call

[Chinook]

It's not a contention. It's fact and history. , the way some on here and other places say "monkeyball" proves my point. The same white supremacy that we're still dealing with today originated in dealing with Africa (and Native Americans too you could say).

Bro, you're not helping your case. What Ferry said had nothing to do with black people in general. Deng is African. Lebron is not. Disparaging 'African' only refers to one player. You can understand that 'European' would pick out Belinelli but not McRoberts right?

[D-Wade]

Bro, you're not helping your case. What Ferry said had nothing to do with black people in general. Deng is African. Lebron is not. Disparaging 'African' only refers to one player. You can understand that 'European' would pick out Belinelli but not McRoberts right?

Not the same at all buddy. Explain to me why people say "Go back to Africa" to black Americans. The history is different. These things aren't equal.

[Chinook]

Not the same at all buddy. Explain to me why people say "Go back to Africa" to black Americans. The history is different. These things aren't equal.

Even sillier. Nobody said that at all except you. It wasn't even implied. Frankly, it's incredibly ignorant for you to equate black and African. The whole reason why Deng was a refugee is because those two terms are not the same.

[K...]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/danny-ferry-010128003.html


Ferry is coming back, starting at the bottom in NO. I knew he'd come back and i guess Louisiana don't care about having "a little african in em"

[ambchang]

Linked story at the bottom:

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/cavs-fa...003819374.html

[Darth_Pelican]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/danny-ferry-010128003.html


Ferry is coming back, starting at the bottom in NO. I knew he'd come back and i guess Louisiana don't care about having "a little african in em"

Our black GM Dell Demps is the one who pushed to hire him, which is even more proof that this thing got blown way out of proportion.

[K...]

Well it's obviously a PR issue, not core competence that kept him unemployed. It probably kept him from being considered for any east coast position


That said, New Orleans is a high risk, high reward, type place. Probably better than Brooklyn where there were slim to no assets. Hard to know if this is just a pity hire, or a sign that NO are going to clear the roster.


Maybe this helps the possible trade rumors. My good friend apolosic said tyreke to spurs was a done deal.