Danny Ferry

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Daniel John Willard (Danny) Ferry (born October 17, 1966 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American former professional basketball player.

Ferry currently works as the General Manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers franchise of the NBA. He also spent the majority of his playing career with the Cavaliers and is the all-time leader in games played with the team with 723.

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[edit] Biography

Son of former NBA center Bob Ferry, Danny Ferry began his basketball career in earnest at DeMatha Catholic High School in Maryland. Under Morgan Wootten Ferry excelled at the high school level and continued to hone his skills in college at Duke University. After college, the Los Angeles Clippers drafted Ferry in the first round (second overall pick) of the 1989 draft; he did not want to play with the Clippers, and Ferry soon afterwards accepted an offer to play for the Italian league's Il Messaggero (now Virtus Roma) instead. Soon after Ferry went to Italy, his draft rights were traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for high-scoring guard Ron Harper.

For the type of trade and contract offer that Cleveland made to acquire him, Ferry proved to be something of a disappointment. However, at the time Cleveland was a deep and talented team at the forward position, and Ferry's mediocre numbers are at least partially a case of having to share minutes with other players. His best season in Cleveland came in 1995-96, where he averaged 13.3 ppg, but he only had one other year in his NBA career where he averaged double figures.

The San Antonio Spurs signed Ferry as a free agent on August 10, 2000. Accepting a role as an off-the-bench shooter with the Spurs, Ferry assisted the Spurs to the 2003 NBA Championship. He concluded his professional career following this season, but maintained ties with the Spurs by working in their front office as Director of Basketball Operations up until the Spurs won their 2005 Championship.

On June 27, 2005 the Cleveland Cavaliers signed Danny Ferry to a 5 year contract worth close to $10 million dollars as their General Manager. The position gave Ferry final say in all basketball operations.