Masai Ujiri weighs in on the Danny Ferry controversy

Danny Ferry thinks Luol Deng “has a little African in him.”

Ferry is the general manager of the Atlanta Hawks. Luol is an NBA star.

That was one of the things Ferry said about Luol when he was assessing him as a potential recruit during a conference call with his ownership. As you may have heard, those words have caused a lot of hurt and anger.

When I first heard it, I wondered, “What does that mean?” I am an African from Nigeria. Luol is an African from South Sudan. We’ve worked together across our home continent, holding our own basketball camps, as well as in those organized by the NBA.

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