Hawks will discipline GM Danny Ferry for repeating offensive comment

[Rickdogg44]

:teague::teague::teague:

 

[O.iatlhawksfan]

I think what he said was misunderstood but I think this mistake cost him his job. I think what he said was not racist but it was stereotypical and in a professional environment around millionaires that was not the place. Maybe in the bar with other GMs but I'm that situation? I don't think the African part was the punch line to the point he was trying to make, but I guess he felt the need to throw it in there. Maybe African players have that reputation behind close doors. His point was Deng's a good guy infront the coaches and cameras but not a great locker room guy. He must've heard it from somewhere...


Hopefully that doesn't mean the end of coach Bud. That's what really got me About all this. Maybe we can offer him an extension and hire someone from the Spurs operation. Maybe coach Bud is bout running operations.

 

[Big Boss]

The audio

 

[Big Boss]

Audio of the conference call. That mafukka wasn't reading no fukking report. Lying ass cac.

http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/atlanta-hawks/2014/sep/11/exclusive-audio-tape-hawks-conference-call/

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[I Got Werk]

It's over brehs

This is far from over

The scouting report exists, NBA officials have seen it

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution released an audio recording Thursday evening of the conference call, which has called into question whether Ferry was reading or speaking on his own accord. But a person with knowledge of the situation told USA TODAY Sports that an NBA investigator previously had seen the report and also heard the recording. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the private nature of the investigation. And Silver has acknowledged the existence of the scouting report and referenced its role in the matter as part of his reasoning for not believing that Ferry should be fired

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...m-atlanta-luol-deng-scouting-report/15449739/

Another excerpt

"I have not encountered a lot of 'racial profiling' within the internal scouting reports that I have been privy to. ... Often times when reading a scouting report on an African-American player, I have been accustomed to reading language like: 'athletic,' 'instinctive,' 'God-given ability,' 'cocky' and 'tough.' While language common in a scouting report of a white player reads more like: 'smart,' 'hard working,' 'confident' and 'heady.' You can see the subtle messaging at play here.

 

[bzb]

will be interesting to see what happens with hawks players if ferry still has a job come start of the season. the clippers players took a lot of heat for not standing up against sterling initially. the hawks players need to see this for what it is (ferry generalizing racist stereotypes) and give the owners a him or us ultimatum. players have to start seeing themselves as more than a position on the court and force the hawks/nba not to tolerate this type of bs.

 

[O.iatlhawksfan]

will be interesting to see what happens with hawks players if ferry still has a job come start of the season. the clippers players took a lot of heat for not standing up against sterling initially. the hawks players need to see this for what it is (ferry generalizing racist stereotypes) and give the owners a him or us ultimatum. players have to start seeing themselves as more than a position on the court and force the hawks/nba not to tolerate this type of bs.

It's not like the Sterling situation the players actually have a good relationship with Ferry

 

[BXKingPin82]

yoooo! yall think Suge Knight could afford the Hawks?!

Death Row chains for all players and staff

 

[BlackMajik]

yoooo! yall think Suge Knight could afford the Hawks?!

Death Row chains for all players and staff

 

[Sly Cookin]

Yo new development!

I just read a tweet that says they have obtained the scouting report and it does mention the african part


They will be releasing it shortly via ajc and wsb

 

[O.iatlhawksfan]

I heard its a NBA scouting report not a Hawks scouting report. That's why Silver is being so supportive even after the whole Stern situation

 

[Sly Cookin]

https://mobile.twitter.com/ZachKleinWSB?tw_i=510491843943870465&original_referer=http://hawksquawk.net/community/topic/398204-conference-call-released-on-ajccom/page-8&tw_p=tweetembed

Welp that didnt work for me

 

[I Got Werk]

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WSB Channel 2 have jointly obtained the background report on Luol Deng read by general manager Danny Ferry that has become the center of controversy.

Part of the five-page report, with portions redacted, contains separate sections of different personnel. The one in question reads: “He is a good guy on the cover but he is an African. He has a little two-step in him = says what you want to hear but behind closed doors he could be killing you.

RETURN LATER FOR MORE AND A COPY OF THE REPORT.

@AVXL @FreshFromATL@steezy @Rickdogg44 @#1 pick

 

[Walt]

This shyt is disgusting and depressing. And so fukking basic. He cool, but... he African.

 

[I Got Werk]

The whole report is online, pretty much confirms it was someone from the Cleveland Cavaliers who wrote that

http://media.cmgdigital.com/shared/news/documents/2014/09/12/LuolDeng.pdf