Derek Fisher
Derek Fisher
Derek Lamar Fisheris an American basketball coach and former player. He most recently served as the head coach of the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association. He played professionally in the NBA for 18 seasons, spending the majority of his career with the Los Angeles Lakers, with whom he won five NBA championships. He has also served as president of the National Basketball Players Association...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth9 August 1974
CityLittle Rock, AR
CountryUnited States of America
I feel like I'm capable of doing so many things to help people around the country and the world.
I am and always will be a leader.
I'm more focused on the positives of why I'm here. I'll be able to address those things in due time. Right now it's about the Thunder and Oklahoma City.
You're at your best, when you're focused and you're serious and passionate about what you do, but at the same time you can relax and have fun and be confident.
Fatherhood will put a man through a lot, but it's a tremendous job, the best in the world - even better than playing basketball.
We did that because we don't want kids in foul trouble. We try to match up on their better shooters and we came in trying to tilt our zone. We were fortunate they missed a lot of shots.
We still have a job to do, and it's a job we expect ourselves to complete.
I really have to make sure that I'm staying true to who I am, and that I know my responsibilities to current N.B.A. players, to future N.B.A. players, to our past and retired N.B.A. Players.
You know, I have a responsibility to my team that if I'm going to be on the floor, then I have to make a difference.
I would venture to guess that if I was a construction worker... who requested a transfer to another department for the betterment of his family, I would be commended for it. But because it's sports, there's just so much passion added to it.
I don't know how many people feel strongly about what I do.
We had an opportunity to win. That's what you want to do in this league. You can't plan on how you're going to get to the end of the game - whether you're going to be up five, down five, up 15 or down 15.
That's what this league is about - you have to counterpunch. And we got punched. But we punched back.
The missed free throws gave the first half a funky kind of tone.