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Luol Deng forgives Danny Ferry

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Friday, September 26, 2014
Luol Deng forgives Danny Ferry

By Tom Haberstroh
ESPN.com
 

MIAMI -- Miami Heat forward Luol Deng has forgiven Atlanta Hawks general manager Danny Ferry, who is on indefinite leave for making racially insensitive comments about Deng in June.

Deng, speaking at the Heat's media day, said he recently talked to Ferry and hopes they can make something positive of the situation.

"I think one of the hardest things to do as a human being and it's something we should do more often is forgive," Deng said. "I really do forgive Danny [Ferry]. It's not something I want to hold onto for the rest of my career or the rest of my life."

Deng said the Hawks were one of the few teams he considered this offseason. In July, Deng signed a two-year deal worth $20 million with Miami before the comments became public earlier this month.

"I really believe that he's really sorry for what he said," Deng said. "And whether it came from him or where ever it came from, the main focus really should be on how we move on going forward. What are we going to do about it? Instead of pointing fingers and just trying to go at it each other and being made at each other.

Deng suggested the possibility of Ferry joining him in initiatives to promote African heritage.

"We could really turn this into a positive thing where people can benefit from," Deng said. "It's something we'd like to start, working together with Danny and helping people back home in Africa or working with an organization. Just so that one day we could look back and say this happened and it was something negative, but look at how it turned around and how it became something positive.

"I'm not the type of person to hold on and be angry at somebody or be angry at Danny," Deng said. "I don't think Danny is racist. I really don't. I really don't know Danny to describe him as a person. I just know who he is. That's just what I believe in. I would like to put it behind me and just move forward. But I would really love if I could do something positive out of it."

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Wow, guys are really throwing Danny a life-line.  That to me says more than what he said.   Obviously, his past is not congruent with his recent behaviour.  If he's coming back I hope it is soon, so we can get back to getting this team on the championship track.

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With all these apologizes.... Ruben Studdard needs to contact Ferry for the REMIX "Sorry 2014"

 

 

"This is my Sorry for 2014..... and I ain't gonna mess up no more..... THIS YEAR"

sorry for the cheesey dings, the curly fries, and gravy for ... 2004.  sorry i ate all your food and crapped the hole, and clogged the industrial bowl. man what a fat f***.

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Lol. No in all seriousness Luol is probably one of the great guys in the league. Humanitarian with a very high character. I really wanted him on the Hawks before this fiasco. He would have fit in perfectly with Horford, Sap and Korver. The NBA hands out a citizenship award every year to an NBA player, well we might have gotten the citizenship award for the entire team.

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