Derek Fisher’s New York Knicks were playing some of their best basketball of the preseason going into their Monday night tilt with the Milwaukee Bucks. But it was the visiting squad that brought its best performance off the preseason at Madison Square Garden. After holding their previous three opponents to 81 points or less, New York [...]
All through the preseason, New York Knicks head coach Derek Fisher has downplayed the value of wins and losses, instead focusing on the development of his team. This remained true on Tuesday night, even after the Knickerbockers notched their second preseason win, an 84-76 triumph over the Philadelphia 76ers at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse. [...]
Monday night was a special night for New York Knicks coach Derek Fisher, as after two games on the road to start the preseason, Coach Fisher made his Madison Square Garden coaching debut. Before the game, Derek noted the uniqueness of the evening and how it felt to be member of the home team in the Garden after [...]
After his first game as coach — a 28-turnover, 20-point loss to Boston— Derek Fisher noted that his Knicks still had a lot to learn about running the triangle offense. But in their second preseason game on Saturday night, the Knickerbockers proved to be quick studies and showed off their improvements in a 96-80 win over [...]
His official NBA coaching debut won't come until the end of the month and he already got his feet wet coaching the Knicks' Summer League team in Las Vegas in July, but Wednesday night's preseason opener brought another first for Derek Fisher in his quick transition from NBA player to NBA coach. Derek officially traded in his [...]
As the New York Knicks franchise enters a new era, much has been made about the reuniting of new head coach Derek Fisher and team president Phil Jackson. Jackson, one of the greatest coaches in NBA history, will certainly act as a guide for Derek in his first year at the helm in New York. However, while [...]
Derek Fisher has yet to coach a game for the New York Knicks, but expectations are already starting to mount in the city that never sleeps. At a NBA Cares event on Monday afternoon in Staten Island, Coach Fish heard all about those expectations from the leader of NYC, mayor Bill de Blasio, who made a light-hearted plea for the [...]
Derek Fisher’s swift transition from a player in the National Basketball Association to the head coach of the New York Knicks left little time to look back on his fantastic career on the court. So before his first season on the sideline begins, DerekFisher6.com is taking a trip back through time to celebrate D-Fish’s career [...]
Derek Fisher's swift transition from a player in the National Basketball Association to the head coach of the New York Knicks left little time to look back on his fantastic career on the court. So before his first season on the sideline begins, DerekFisher6.com is taking a trip back through time to celebrate D-Fish's career [...]
As Derek Fisher gets set to begin the next stage of his career, as a NBA coach this coming season, the transition has necessitated that he quietly close the book on his career as a player. But before the new season begins, DerekFisher6.com will be taking a look back at Derek's playing career through a series of [...]