Derek Fisher

May 16, 2012 – R.S. De France As the Los Angeles Lakers v Oklahoma City Thunder series continues, the Lakers will continually be reminded of the ‘inevitability of change’ in sports. [...]

May 15, 2012 – Dan Favale Barring a myriad of injuries to the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Los Angeles Lakers aren’t making it past the second round of the NBA Playoffs. After the Lakers beat the Denver Nuggets in a hard-fought, brutally-played seven game matchup, the prospect of heading to Oklahoma City for a shot [...]

April 24, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Derek Fisher’s days as head of the NBPA’s Union appear to be numbered as he is reportedly being forced to step down. That’s an interesting set of circumstances given the hours he invested last summer during the lockout. But a new candidate has emerged. Could Chris Paul be [...]

March 30, 2012 – R.S. De France The Los Angeles Lakers loss to the West-leading Oklahoma City Thunder, 102-93, at home on Thursday night was not surprising after the tumultuous week the Lakers had. That does make it their third home loss in their last four home games. It seems only fitting for the Lakers [...]

March 29, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Perfectly timed no doubt, on the eve of Derek Fisher returning to Los Angeles as a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder to take on his former squad, Kobe Bryant yesterday was trying to play GM of the Lakers. Kobe told NBA.com that he missed having Derek Fisher [...]

March 23, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors In this week’s THD Podcast, Kevin Burke takes a look at the first weekend of the tournament and gives his takes on the upsets. He also takes a trip around the NBA… [...]

March 22, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Kobe doesn’t open up much. He has layers upon layers upon layers. A couple of times since Derek Fisher has been traded, Kobe has expressed how much he misses Fish. He opened up even more and said playing against him will be emotional. Despite all the accolades for [...]

March 22, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors There are some players in NBA history that you just can’t help but associate with a franchise. Usually they are the franchises star players for a long period of time. So when they get moved or sign with another team, it looks down right strange when they don [...]

March 20, 2012 – R.S. De France The Los Angeles Lakers are quicker and younger at point guard with Ramon Sessions, but without Derek Fisher, can they still compete for a title? It was not just another day in Laker history when Derek Fisher was traded, not for Kobe Bryant, and not for the fans. [...]

March 19, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors We knew the Lakers were going to upgrade their PG position and that Derek Fisher was probably going to be that sacrificial lamb. As you know, he was dealt to Houston and apparently didn’t like that as a landing spot… has reached a buyout agreement with the Houston [...]