1. Derek Lamar Fisher was born on August 9,1974 and is an American professional basketball coach and former player.
82 Facts About Derek Fisher
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Derek Fisher played for the Golden State Warriors, Utah Jazz, Oklahoma City Thunder, and Dallas Mavericks.
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Derek Fisher has served as president of the National Basketball Players Association.
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Derek Fisher rejoined the Lakers and won two more NBA titles with Bryant and Jackson.
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Derek Fisher then joined the Oklahoma City Thunder for the remainder of the season, playing for the 2012 NBA championship in his eighth Finals appearance.
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Derek Fisher later rejoined the Oklahoma City Thunder for another late-season push.
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Derek Fisher was fired in 2016, and has since been featured as a broadcast television analyst on Turner Sports' NBA programming.
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On January 19,2017, Derek Fisher was announced as one of the analysts for Turner Sports' new Players Only programming slate.
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Derek Fisher was the head coach of the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association from 2019 to 2022.
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At the time of his retirement, Derek Fisher was first in career postseason games played, with 259, before being passed by LeBron James in Game 5 of the 2020 NBA Finals.
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Derek Lamar Fisher was born on August 9,1974, in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Derek Fisher attended Parkview Arts and Science Magnet High School in Little Rock off John Barrow Road, where he was a letterman in basketball.
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Derek Fisher went on to attend the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for four years, with a major in communications.
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Derek Fisher concluded his collegiate career at Arkansas-Little Rock second on the school's all-time lists in points, assists, and steals.
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Derek Fisher averaged 12.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.2 assists over 112 games and led the team in assists and steals every year.
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Derek Fisher set a school record for free throws made in a career and ranked third among all-time UALR leaders in three-point field goals made.
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In 2005, Derek Fisher pledged $700,000 to UALR towards the construction of its Jack Stephens Center auxiliary gym, since named in his honor, and the establishment of the Derek Fisher Fellows Life Skills program, a mentoring series for UALR student-athletes.
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Derek Fisher was selected 24th overall in the 1996 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers, and spent his first eight seasons with them.
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Bryant went on to say that Derek Fisher was his favorite teammate he ever played with.
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Derek Fisher made his NBA debut in an early-season game against the Phoenix Suns, tallying 12 points and five assists.
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Derek Fisher was selected to the Schick Rookie Game during the All-Star Weekend in Cleveland and had 16 points and six assists.
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Derek Fisher started all 13 games in the playoffs and averaged 6 points per game as the Lakers advanced to the Western Conference finals before losing to the Utah Jazz in 4 games.
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Derek Fisher started in 22 of 78 games for the season, backing up both Harper and Kobe Bryant when injured.
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Derek Fisher returned on March 13,2001, upgrading the Lakers' defense, and he started the final 20 games of the season, averaging 11.5 points per game.
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Derek Fisher started all of the Lakers 16 playoff games as they swept through the Western Conference, averaging 13.4 points per game and shooting a team-best 51 percent from beyond the three-point line.
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Derek Fisher started all 19 playoff games, averaging 10.2 points per game as the Lakers advanced to the finals following a grueling 7 games series against the Sacramento Kings.
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Derek Fisher sprinted off the court, as he later admitted he was uncertain he beat the buzzer and wanted to exit before the play could be reviewed.
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On July 15,2004, Derek Fisher signed a six-year, $37 million contract with the Golden State Warriors.
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Derek Fisher was acquired by the Utah Jazz on July 12,2006, in a trade that sent Keith McLeod, Andre Owens, and Devin Brown to the Golden State Warriors.
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In November 2006, Derek Fisher was voted President of the National Basketball Players Association, succeeding Antonio Davis.
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Derek Fisher has been the color commentator for the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA since July 1,2008.
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Several days before the Western Conference semifinals between the Jazz and the Golden State Warriors began, Derek Fisher stated that one of his four children was ill, avoiding going into further detail other than to say he needed to be with his family and his playing status was uncertain.
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Derek Fisher had asked head coach Jerry Sloan to leave him on the active list for Game 2, but could not guarantee he would make it in time to play.
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Not even given a chance to sit down, Derek Fisher was put in the game in the middle of the third quarter.
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Late in the fourth, Derek Fisher made a key defensive stop on Baron Davis that helped send the game into overtime.
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Derek Fisher had been diagnosed with retinoblastoma, a degenerative and rare form of eye cancer, which required an emergency three-hour surgery and chemotherapy at a New York hospital.
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On July 2,2007, Derek Fisher asked the Jazz to release him from his contract so he could relocate to a team and city that would have the "right combination" of specialists that could help fight his daughter's retinoblastoma.
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Derek Fisher had given up roughly $8 million over three years, as he was due about $22 million over the next three years in his prior contract with the Jazz.
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Jazz owner Larry Miller noted that "[i]t did look funny" that Derek Fisher signed with the Lakers, but he did not believe Derek Fisher or Lakers owner Jerry Buss would do anything underhanded.
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On September 8,2009, Derek Fisher released a book, Character Driven: Life, Lessons, and Basketball.
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Derek Fisher is credited as the author of the book with Gary Brozek contributing.
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On February 3,2010, Derek Fisher made the 1,000th 3-pointer of his career against the Charlotte Bobcats.
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On February 10,2010, Derek Fisher played his 1,000th career game against his former team, the Utah Jazz, beating Kobe Bryant to the milestone by one game.
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On February 23,2010, Derek Fisher made the 9,000th point of his NBA career against the Memphis Grizzlies.
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In Game 7, the Lakers came all the way back from a 13-point third-quarter deficit when Derek Fisher hit a critical 3-pointer to tie the game with 6:11 remaining.
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On March 15,2012, Derek Fisher was traded along with a 2012 first-round draft pick to the Houston Rockets for Jordan Hill.
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Derek Fisher chose jersey number 37, his age at the time, because his usual No 2 was taken by Thabo Sefolosha.
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Derek Fisher made his debut on that night against the Los Angeles Clippers, scoring 5 points.
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On November 29,2012, Derek Fisher signed with the Dallas Mavericks.
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Derek Fisher said the move was driven by the injury and a desire to be close to his family.
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Derek Fisher did not contact Dallas before signing with the championship contenders, which upset Mavericks officials.
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Derek Fisher chose to wear No 6 with Oklahoma City after wearing No 37 the previous season.
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Derek Fisher played in 81 regular-season games and all 19 playoff games, and was able to help the team reach the Western Conference finals before falling to the eventual champion San Antonio Spurs in six games.
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On June 10,2014, Derek Fisher was hired by the New York Knicks to be the team's head coach, signing a five-year, $25 million deal.
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Derek Fisher said his relationship with Jackson, who had become the president of the Knicks, was a major factor in his decision to join the team.
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Derek Fisher planned for the Knicks to run the triangle offense, which he learned while with the Lakers under Jackson.
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On December 5,2018, Derek Fisher was named the head coach of the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA.
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On December 22,2020, the Sparks appointed Derek Fisher to be the general manager.
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Derek Fisher made guest appearances on television broadcasts throughout his career, and he began working professionally as a broadcaster in the spring of 2016.
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Multiple times during the NBA season, Derek Fisher appeared as an analyst on TNT's Inside the NBA, and NBA TV.
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Derek Fisher had a long and successful career in the NBA, especially with the Lakers.
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Derek Fisher was perhaps best known for his leadership, toughness, and clutch playmaking ability.
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Derek Fisher averaged 8.3 points per game for his career and never topped more than 13.3 points during a regular season.
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Derek Fisher held the record for career playoff series won, surpassed by James in 2023.
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Derek Fisher was ranked third in career three-point field goals in the NBA Finals.
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Phil Jackson said that Derek Fisher was "definitely the spokesman for [the Lakers] as far as leadership goes", while Bryant called him his favorite teammate.
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Derek Fisher was a player representative for the NBPA before becoming a member of the union's executive committee.
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Derek Fisher supported the NBA's referees during their lockout in 2009.
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Derek Fisher did not resign and pushed for an outside investigation of the union.
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Derek Fisher was re-elected as president; he was not on an NBA roster at the time, but remained eligible due to his stint earlier in the season with Dallas.
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The suit claimed that Derek Fisher had a secret deal with NBA owners during the lockout.
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Derek Fisher is the younger brother of former NBA player Duane Washington, who is ten years Derek Fisher's senior.
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Derek Fisher is a Christian who has spoken about his faith and the ability he believes it gives him to play basketball.
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Derek Fisher married his wife, Candace, on February 19,2005, and has four children: Tatum and Drew, Marshall and Chloe.
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On March 18,2015, Derek Fisher filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences; the divorce was finalized in May 2016.
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Derek Fisher is currently the head basketball coach at Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino, CA.
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In 2009, Derek Fisher had a temporary restraining order placed on a 40-year-old female stalker who had been victimizing him since 2001.
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Derek Fisher had insisted she and Fisher were married, and had even changed her surname to match his.
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Derek Fisher had the order extended by three years, expiring in May 2012.
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Derek Fisher competed on season 25 of Dancing with the Stars, partnered with professional dancer Sharna Burgess.
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In October 2015, Derek Fisher was involved in a physical altercation with former teammate Matt Barnes at a party in the home of Barnes' ex-wife, Gloria Govan.
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Derek Fisher was arrested on suspicion of DUI on June 4,2017, after a car crash in Los Angeles in which his vehicle overturned.