Derek Fisher Prepares for His 14th Season

Lakers’ point guard Derek Fisher is about to embark on his 14th season and the final year of his contract. Fisher helped the Lakers win the NBA championship last season by making two three-point shots in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, but just one month after the victory he was back at the gym, not wanting to let the Lakers’ 15th title stop him from working hard. Said Fisher, 35, after the Lakers’ practice on Monday (Oct. 5), “I’m definitely not shutting it down after this season.” Although he is well aware that teammates Jordan Farmar, 22, and Shannon Brown, 23, are waiting to push him out of starting position.

Fisher, who will make $5 million in the final year of his contract, revealed he is not near ready to contemplate retirement and Lakers’ coach Phil Jackson doesn’t either. Said Jackson, “I don’t see any reason why he can’t play past this season. I know that we all think that we can get away with the age, but age does have a tendency to level us out as we go along. But he’s done such a great job of keeping his whole physique and his training together, it’s awful hard to see any flaws in him right now.” Read the full article at LATimes.com.

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Posted in General on October 6, 2009

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