As he prepares for his first season as coach of the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks, Derek Fisher is also remaining active in his other role, as an NBA analyst and commentator. This week, that role took Derek to NBA TV's Atlanta studios, where he joined host Kristen Ledlow and fellow former point guard and NBA [...]
Derek Fisher’s return to coaching professional basketball, in Los Angeles, is making headlines from coast to coast and Coach Fish is excited to get to work with his new squad. After being named the 12th Head Coach in Los Angeles Sparks franchise history on Wednesday, Derek sat down with Spectrum Sportsnet colleague Allie Clifton to [...]
The Los Angeles Lakers continued their winning ways on Wednesday, toppling the San Antonio Spurs at Staples to pick up their fourth consecutive victory LeBron James tallied 42 points, including 20 in the fourth quarter to lead LA to victory. Afterward, Derek Fisher broke down how LeBron and the Lakers overcame a rough showing in [...]
Steve Harvey invited Derek Fisher and his family to compete in a round of Celebrity Family Feud against Tommy Chong’s family last night on ABC. https://twitter.com/FamilyFeudABC/status/1018655766058885120 https://twitter.com/derekfisher/status/1018581331138285568 The winner of the feud gets to donate the money won to a charity, and Derek and his family chose La84 Foundation as their charity. https://twitter.com/FamilyFeud/status/1018642232755171328 https://twitter.com/FamilyFeudABC/status/1018657034756067328 Derek [...]
LeBron to the Lakers After the Cavs fell to the Warriors in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, the countdown until LeBron’s free agency decision had fans eagerly waiting to see where he would end up. On July 1, LeBron officially became a free agent and announced that he would sign a four-year, $154 million [...]
Derek Fisher hosted the annual Derek Fisher Basketball Academy this past June 25-29. He created this camp to give basketball players from ages 7-15 a chance to learn how to play the game in a fun, passionate, and creative way. https://www.instagram.com/p/BjvHgzcgCyc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link https://twitter.com/derekfisher/status/95706466182369281 The coaches and staff treat all levels of players equally and break down [...]
TNT's Players Only delivered once again on Tuesday night in Los Angeles. Derek Fisher was on the call once again, joined by Brent Barry, Nate Robinson and Dennis Scott for a tilt between the Clippers and Bucks that held huge playoff implications for both teams as they each sit on the edge of the postseason [...]
There would be one last dance for Derek Fisher after all. Derek and his partner, Sharna Burgess, returned for a final performance during the final episode of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars. They brought things full circle, reprising their Week 1 salsa performance to Curtis Blow’s “Basketball.” The biggest difference: Derek had a season of [...]
When it was all over and the Los Angeles Lakers had fallen to the Phoenix Suns, 122-113, it was time to go to work. Derek Fisher, James Worthy and Chris McGee put their analyst hats on, and broke down the defeat on Spectrum Sports Network. Have a watch. https://twitter.com/SpectrumSN/status/931766358030745600
Is LeBron James better than Michael Jordan? Not yet, Derek Fisher explained to SI Now. The question was one topic that the five-time NBA champion discussed in an interview on Nov. 9. Another subject of interest: Would Shaquille O'Neal be able to handle the New York Knicks' Kristaps Porzingis? For the full SI Now episode, [...]