Danny Ferry may be out of his post as Atlanta Hawks general manager, but he has saved some face for his prior comments on NBA All-Star Luol Deng.
ESPN.com's Kevin Arnovitz and Brian Windhorst report Saturday that Alston & Bird, a law firm based in Atlanta, finished its investigation into Ferry's unbecoming remarks about Deng from last year, concluding they weren't racially motivated.
What follows is an excerpt from Alston & Bird partner and investigation leader Bernard Taylor's explanation of the findings, addressing Ferry directly:
We reported the results of our work to the Hawks. In summary, the facts indicated that you repeated comments that were not your own about Mr. Deng from a scouting report during the call, and there was no evidence to indicate that during the call you acted in a manner motivated by negative bias toward Mr. Deng.
Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports initially reported on Ferry's comments in September 2014, when Ferry spoke about Deng in a seemingly racist way.
"He's still a young guy overall," said Ferry. "He's a good guy overall. But he's not perfect. He's got some ...
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Danny Ferry’s Luol Deng Comments Ruled Not to Be Motivated by Bias, Race
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