Hawks will discipline GM Danny Ferry for repeating offensive comment

[Digga38]

atl needs a hero

Bane?

 

[Steezy]

Blank

fixed

 

[Mr swag]

I bet it has something to do with deng being African

 

[Brozay]

that sounds like a pretty damning comment ... ferry is getting off scott free for that shyt?

 

[Digga38]

that sounds like a pretty damning comment ... ferry is getting off scott free for that shyt?

whats damning?

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

whats damning?

 

[intruder]

I'm still waiting for the email from the owner to come out.

And like i said before, players should watch their mouths too moving forward because what's good for the goose is good for the....
I know players dont have much power and them running thier mouths recklessly is not as damaging as that of an owner but the NBA needs to protect its brand at all cost and if you are representing the league there should be expectations.

And fukk that discipline shyt. If an owner can be forced out Danny Ferry should just be fired

 

[Luke Cage]

Not trolling here and perhaps im missing something but am I the only one that isnt terribly offended by this and thinks the dude should not have been fired?

Yes his email may have made references to white consumers being superior to blacks but how is him wanting whites who have more disposable income at his games than blacks racist?

he resigned didn't he?
he wasn't fired. he thought he did something wrong and decided to sell his interest in the team.
why defend his action when he is the main one saying himself that he has wrong?

 

[Brozay]

whats damning?

I mean ... you dont see a problem with the wording? It comes off horribly offensive to me

“He's a good guy overall. But he's not perfect. He's got some African in him."

 

[Tupac in a Business Suit]

he resigned didn't he?
he wasn't fired. he thought he did something wrong and decided to sell his interest in the team.
why defend his action when he is the main one saying himself that he has wrong?

He resigned, but I see this as him being forced out due to the email rather than him resigning on his own accord. Maybe the other owners asked him to resign in light of discovering the emails etc. My post was asking a question as to why is his desire to increase the revenues of the Hawks necessarily a bad thing by wanting more white customers for his product?

 

[Big Boss]

 

[Perfectson]

I mean ... you dont see a problem with the wording? It comes off horribly offensive to me

I see something wrong with the wording, but where do you find it horribly offensive enough to dismiss a GM over. Especially, if he was reading it verbatim from a report he didn't write in a closed session/phone call?

the "he has African" phrase and "I don't mean that in a bad way"

makes me want to inquire more about what this meant before I call it "horribly offensive"

 

[Captain Crunch]

GET HORFORD OUT OF THERE!!!!!!


He ain't got no shine playing for that wack ass franchise. :scustbron:

Horford to the Knicks in 2016
Knicks draft Towns this year
#TeamPlantano
@tremonthustler1

 

[Brozay]

I see something wrong with the wording, but where do you find it horribly offensive enough to dismiss a GM over. Especially, if he was reading it verbatim from a report he didn't write in a closed session/phone call?

the "he has African" phrase and "I don't mean that in a bad way"

makes me want to inquire more about what this meant before I call it "horribly offensive"

I never said he should be dismissed

 

[I Got Werk]

Thing is he supposedly said "He's not perfect. He's got some African in him."

This kinda implies that Africa(n) has a negative connotation, which is racist by default.

Not sure how anyone can argue this.