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Washington Wizards: 3 Things to Know About GM Candidate Danny Ferry

By Ethan Smith

ATLANTA, GA - MAY 29: General Manager Danny Ferry speaks during the press conference introducing Mike Budenholzer as the new Head Coach of the Atlanta Hawks during a press conference on May 29, 2013 at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2013 NBAE (Photo by Scott Cunningham/NBAE via Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA - MAY 29: General Manager Danny Ferry speaks during the press conference introducing Mike Budenholzer as the new Head Coach of the Atlanta Hawks during a press conference on May 29, 2013 at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2013 NBAE (Photo by Scott Cunningham/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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He’s a Local

If the Ferry name sounds familiar, it should. Danny Ferry is the son of long-time Washington Bullets general manager Bob Ferry. Under Ferry’s management, the Bullets missed the playoffs just four times during his 17-season tenure. During those 17 years, the Bullets made the finals the same number of times they missed the playoffs (four) and captured the franchise’s only NBA championship in 1978.

A return to Washington would quite literally be a return home for Danny Ferry. Ferry grew up in Maryland and was a standout basketball player at DeMatha Catholic High School, where he played under Hall of Fame coach Morgan Wooten. As a high school senior, Ferry was named Parade Magazine’s Prep Player of the Year in 1985 before heading to Duke University.

Ferry’s ties to the franchise’s “golden years” certainly hit all the right notes, narrative-wise. The son of the franchise’s most tenured and successful GM coming in to resurrect the franchise after years and years of ineptitude sounds almost too good to be true, though. Ferry definitely shouldn’t be handed the job based on his father’s resume and legacy. The warm feelings of Bullets nostalgia wouldn’t last past a few weeks of losing and a couple of bad roster moves.

That being said, Ferry has a pretty solid resume, himself. Maybe it’s time he creates his own legacy in Washington, too.

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