Danny Ferry was set to become the new general manager of the Cavaliers on Saturday, but while he was on his way to catch a plane to Cleveland, he held up on finalizing the deal for undisclosed reasons.
Ferry initially agreed to a five-year deal worth close to $10 million, according to two league executives. The deal also included incentives.
Before the negotiations hit a snag, Ferry, director of basketball operations for the San Antonio Spurs, was scheduled to start work today to get the Cavs involved in Tuesday's NBA draft.
The Cavs had been expected to announce a news conference introducing Ferry to the media early next week.
The Cavs talked to Ferry for several weeks. Those talks intensified when Ferry interviewed with the Cavs twice last week when the Spurs were in Detroit for the NBA Finals.
According to a league source, Ferry did not want to make a decision until the finals were over. Ferry initially accepted the Cavs' offer two days after the Spurs won the NBA championship.
Ferry has been in the Spurs' front office since September 2003 after playing 13 NBA seasons. He was selected by the Clippers with the second overall pick in the 1989 draft. Ferry held out and played overseas before signing with the Cavs, who received his rights from the Clippers following a trade that included Ron Harper. Ferry spent 10 seasons with the Cavs.
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Jun 24, 2005 11:08 PM EST
Despite having its first Game 7 in over a decade, a matchup that saw the San Antonio Spurs defeat the defending champion Detorit Pistons, the NBA Finals only received an 8.2 rating on ABC, down 29% from last year’s Pistons/Lakers series which saw the NBA highest rating of 11.5.
The numbers are not precise however, as the NBA is becoming more popular around the globe due to the success of foreign-born players like Frances Tony Parker and Argentina’s Manu Ginobili to name a few.
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Jun 24, 2005 11:17 AM EST
Now that the San Antonio Spurs' season has drawn to a close, Danny Ferry is expected to give Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert an answer today on whether he'll become the team's next general manager writes Brian Windhorst of the Akron Beacon Journal.
Two people close to Ferry said Thursday that he still wasn't 100 percent sure he would take the job, but was leaning that way.
If Ferry does accept the position, it might increase the chance the team will re-sign center Zydrunas Ilgauskas. Ilgauskas and Ferry have been close friends since they were Cavalier teammates. It is also believed coach Mike Brown and LeBron James have told ownership they'd like to see Ilgauskas re-signed.
The Cavaliers were potentially dealt a setback in the free-agent market Thursday, when the Phoenix Suns sent guard Quentin Richardson to the New York Knicks for forward Kurt Thomas.
The move clears the deck for the Suns to match any offers for Joe Johnson, whom the Cavaliers were targeting as a free agent.
In addition, the team had previously been in talks with the Knicks about trading Drew Gooden for Thomas.
According to league insiders, the Cavaliers also have been actively trying to trade swingman Jiri Welsch before next Tuesday's draft, either to acquire a pick or a free up salary-cap space.
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Spurs Jun 2005 Archive
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ESPN | Jun 24, 2005
Larry Brown and his Detroit Pistons has just lost a thrilling Game 7 to the San Antonio Spurs and now the coach is going to the Mayo Clinic to address a medical problem that developed from complications following hip surgery in November.
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RealGM | Jun 24, 2005
The San Antonio Spurs have won their second World Championship in three years, defeating the Detroit Pistons by a final score of 81-74 in Game 7.
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RealGM | Jun 21, 2005
With 23 points from Rip Hamilton and 21 from Chauncey Billups, the Detroit Pistons defeated the Spurs by a final score of 95-86, forcing a game 7 to be played on Thursday.
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The Plain Dealer | Jun 20, 2005
If Danny Ferry is indeed named general manager, LeBron James will have one of the best young front office minds making all those crucial personnel moves.
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The Washington Post | Jun 20, 2005
Although he pretty much made it clear that he was out of Detroit at season’s end (a distraction whose timing could not have come at a more inconvenient time) before Game 5, coach Larry Brown hinted that he may stay with the Pistons after all.
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RealGM | Jun 20, 2005
Robert Horry shot 5-6 from the 3-point line, including the game-winner in overtime. Tim Duncan shot 4-11 from the free throw line, as the Spurs had to count on Horry, the five-time champ.
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ESPN | Jun 17, 2005
Lindsey Hunter gave the Pistons an unexpected scoring punch, finishing the game with 17 points in the Pistons' 102-71 win over the Spurs.
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ESPN | Jun 15, 2005
Dwayne Casey has been offered the Timberwolves coaching job and is currently negotiating the details of the contract.
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ESPN | Jun 15, 2005
Ben Wallace provided all the energy necessary to keep the Pistons from going down 0-3.
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NBA Press Release | Jun 14, 2005
San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili’s stellar performance in The Finals is driving record global audiences as Game 2 between the Spurs and Detroit Pistons drew an estimated 115 million viewers.
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USA Today | Jun 14, 2005
The Detroit Pistons, under the leadership of Larry Brown, are not happy with the officiating and without any real elaboration; Larry Brown implied that some particular referees may be responsible for their 0-2 start against the Spurs.
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ESPN | Jun 13, 2005
After a poor first quarter in Game 1, the San Antonio Spurs came out in Game 2 and outscored the Pistons by a score of 30-19. When they increased the lead to 16 at the break, there was little doubt that the Spurs would head to Detroit up 2-0.
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FoxSports.com | Jun 13, 2005
Detroit Pistons coach Larry Brown is joining the players in criticizing the NBA’s pregame entertainment featuring prolonged introductions, a washed-up Will Smith, a screeching Alanis Morissette and a very bored crowd.
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The Star Tribune | Jun 12, 2005
Dwayne Casey is one of four finalist for the Timberwolves head coaching job which includes P.J. Carlesimo, and current T-Wolves assistants, Randy Wittman and Sidney Lowe.
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The Charlotte Observer | Jun 11, 2005
Ratings were down 27 percent in game one between the Detroit Pistons and San Antonio Spurs compared to last year’s NBA Finals Game 1.
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ESPN | Jun 10, 2005
Manu Ginobili scored 26 points, while Tim Duncan had 24 and 17 in the Spurs 84-69 victory over the Pistons.
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New York Post | Jun 9, 2005
The New York Knicks and Minnesota Timberwolves have told San Antonio assistant coach P.
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Washington Post | Jun 9, 2005
Rasheed Wallace is already in fine form, attacking everything in sight while maintaining his Pistons are being disrespected because of their style and how they are built.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 8, 2005
Spurs swingman Devin Brown has practiced this past week but it doesn't appear coach Greg Popovich is ready to bring him back into the rotation. Could Chauncey Billups, Richard Hamilton, and Tayshaun Prince change that?
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St. Paul Pioneer Press | Jun 3, 2005
Current San Antonio Spurs assistant coach P.
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Aaron Bronsteter/RealGM | Jun 2, 2005
At the beginning of this NBA season, nearly all basketball analysts had agreed that Brent Barry’s departure from Seattle, the coffee-laden, former grunge rock capital of the world, to hot, sunny San Antonio would make the Spurs the best team in the league and the team that would dethrone the defending Detroit Pistons.
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The Washington Post | Jun 2, 2005
According to sources, the Washington Wizards director of player personnel Milt Newton is now the leading candidate for the open general manager position with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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ESPN | Jun 2, 2005
The monster that is named Amare Stoudemire had 40 points and 16 rebounds in Game 5, but the Spurs picked up a 101-95 victory and a series win.
