Danny Ferry - Management Career

Management Career

Ferry signed on to work at the middle management level in the Spurs' front office shortly after retiring as a player from 2003–2005. On June 27, 2005 the Cleveland Cavaliers signed Danny Ferry to a 5-year contract worth close to $10 million dollars as their eighth general manager. Ferry began his management tenure with the Cavaliers overseeing a series of less than optimal transactions. Nonetheless the team flourished with superstar LeBron James and newly installed head coach Mike Brown at the helm as the team made a series of serious postseason runs beginning in 2006. Ferry, Brown and Cavaliers' majority owner Dan Gilbert began to add talent and depth to the Cavs' roster, notably acquiring one-time All-Star guard Mo Williams,former All-Star center Shaquille O'Neal, starting shooting guard Anthony Parker, Leon Powe, former All-Star Antawn Jamison and re-signing veteran center Žydrūnas Ilgauskas between 2008–2010. The personnel shuffling paid off in the 2008–09 season when Cleveland not only won its first Central Division title since 1976 but also, for the first time ever, finished with the best record in the Eastern Conference as well as the league overall. In the 2009–10 season Cleveland repeated these feats, with the NBA's best record for the second consecutive season.

On June 4, 2010, Ferry announced that he was resigning from the Cavaliers and would not seek a new contract. Ferry had one month left on his contract. The Cavaliers went 272-138 under Ferry.

In late August, he returned to the Spurs as the Vice President of Basketball Operations.

On June 25, 2012, he accepted a position as the President of Basketball Operations and General Manager for the Atlanta Hawks.