He assembled a title-winning 1978 team that included Hall of Famers Wes Unseld, Elvin Hayes and Bob Dandridge.
“The feeling around the league is that Bob may be the best judge of talent there is,” agent Larry Fleisher, the director of the NBA Players’ Association, said in a 1984 interview with The Washington Post. Under Mr. Ferry, the Bullets drafted players including Mitch Kupchak, the current head of basketball operations for the Charlotte Hornets;, a 7-foot-7 shot-blocking giant from South Sudan; and Jeff Malone, a two-time all-star.
Mr. Ferry hired a new coach, Jones, who helped lead the team to an NBA Finals appearance in 1975 but was replaced by Dick Motta two seasons later. Fortifying the duo of Unseld and fellow big-man Elvin Hayes, Mr. Ferry signed a third future Hall of Famer, veteran free agent Bob Dandridge, in 1977.“He had a really good day-to-day feel of what that team needed,” Wizards general manager Tommy Sheppard said in a phone interview.
The first of four children, Robert Dean Ferry was born in St. Louis on May 31, 1937. His father was an electrician at Fisher Body, a division of General Motors, and his mother worked at the evaporated-milk company Pet Inc.Mr. Ferry played baseball, soccer and football but focused on basketball after growing six inches in high school.
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