Daniel John Willard "Danny" Ferry (born October 17, 1966) is an American retired professional basketball player and former general manager of the Atlanta Hawks . He is also the former Vice President of Basketball Operations for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Ferry was considered one of the most celebrated basketball athletes in the United States from the high school class of 1985 and during his 1988–89 senior year at Duke University. Known for his superb outside shooting, strong rebounding abilities and full-court vision while in college, the All-American led the Duke Blue Devils to three Final Four appearances while setting many school records and earning several national player of the year awards.

Drafted into the NBA in 1989 as the second overall pick in the draft, Ferry would go on to spend the majority of his career with the Cleveland Cavaliers where he became the team's all-time leader in games played (723 games) until Žydrūnas Ilgauskas surpassed his record on December 2, 2009. Danny Ferry is ranked among the top 50 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) men's basketball players of all-time as well as one of Duke's top basketball players in the school's history.

Ferry was born in Hyattsville, Maryland to former NBA center and NBA executive Bob Ferry. The younger Ferry began his basketball career in earnest at DeMatha Catholic High School in Maryland where he excelled at the high school level under Morgan Wootten. The two-time All-American was ranked as one of the country's top high school basketball centers while at DeMatha and earned Parade Magazine's prep Player of the Year in 1985. Ferry was one of the most highly recruited high school seniors in the nation before committing to Duke University. Ferry is of Irish descent – his great great grandfather Peter Ferry was born in the "Irish Free State" in 1828 and emigrated to St. Louis, Missouri.

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