Atlanta Hawks’ General Manager Danny Ferry has been out of action since September after his racist comments regarding Miami Heat forward Luol Deng.
Now, Ferry will reportedly not return to Atlanta for the 2015-16 season.
From Jeff Schultz of the Atlanta Journal Constitution:
There has been a belief within the Hawks’ organization for several months that the team’s general manager is not going to be brought back. The thinking is that coach Mike Budenholzer (expected to get a new contract with a raise and more autonomy) and assistant general manager Wes Wilcox likely will be at the top of the basketball operations department, at least for the next year.
Schultz goes on to say that while there is a slight chance that Ferry stays on board, in all likelihood he will either step down or be fired.
While the racism scandal is obviously a dark spot, there’s no denying that Ferry has done an excellent job as the GM in Atlanta. He is, after all, the one who assembled this Atlanta team that won 60 games, placed first in the East, and featured a starting 5 that collectively won the Player of the Week award. The Hawks defeated the Brooklyn Nets and the Washington Wizards in the playoffs before being swept by the Cavaliers.
Ferry also brought in this year’s Coach of the Year Mike Budenholzer.
