I think Danny Ferry is done as Hawks GM

I was worried this would happen as more details came out. now seems that after the meeting where Ferry made the remarks about Deng that started this whole thing, a minority owner asked Levenson to fire Ferry.

Letter to Levenson

from the letter:

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We believe these comments by Ferry were far worse than Sterling’s because they were not from a private personal conversation – they were in a business environment on a business matter in front of a dozen or more people. If Ferry would make such a slur in a semi-public forum, we can only imagine what he has said in smaller groups or to individuals. We also note that the racial diversity of our management team has changed for the worse since Ferry took over. The media (and any savvy lawyer) would have a field day with that fact.

If Ferry’s comments are ever made public, and it’s a safe bet to say they will someday, it could be fatal to the franchise. All of our partners have worked and spent a lot of money not just to make the Hawks winners, but to make our city and region proud of the organization. As lifelong Atlantans with a public track record of diversity and inclusion, we are especially fearful of the unfair consequences when we eventually get thrown under the bus with Ferry.

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even if you believe Ferry's not racist and was just reading a report (and Gearon didn't know that when he wrote his letter), this letter looks bad from a PR standpoint.

the Hawks, 1 step forward, 1.5 back.