http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/08/11/spurs-trying-to-bring-danny-ferry-back-to-their-front-office/ Basketball - NBC Sports Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/08/11/spurs-trying-to-bring-danny-ferry-back-to-their-front-office/comment-page-1/#comment-23017 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:25:07 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcpbt/?p=3607#comment-23017 I’m sorry this is blatant revisionist history of how Ferry crafted his teams in Cleveland.
1) Dan Gilbert was totally out of the limelight for Ferry’s years in Cleveland. He gave Ferry total control over creating a team in the mold of the Spurs. Windhorst wrote extensively about this. It was only when the model failed, when the Cavs were not good enough as constructed to win despite having the best record two years in a row, did Dan Gilbert come back into the picture.
2) The Spurs were anything but a bunch of “role players” surrounded by a star. Tony Parker, Manu, and Duncan were all “stars.” The Spurs do a wonderful job of supporting those three stars with role players who work well, but its disingenuous to act like it was Tim Duncan and 4 Brian Scalabrine’s running around winning 4 titles.
3) In contrast, in the Cleve, it was Lebron and a bunch of very good role players. Danny Ferry, despite how hard he tried, never found a Manu or Parker to help Lebron. He built an incredibly solid team around the guy (something he doesn’t get enough credit for) but was unable to find the true second banana.
4) I’m not sure how anyone can blame the Cavs for letting Mike Brown go. Great defensive mind, horribly inept on the offensive end. He also was completely unable to make in-game adjustments. That is a fatal flaw in any sport. Brown also isn’t in the same category as Pop.

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