It would be great if D Fish was a Spur. I've always thought he was a high class guy, and a guy that always played hard.
That being said, I hope him and his family are left alone and can get everything done that needs to be done.
Good luck D Fish :tu
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It would be great if D Fish was a Spur. I've always thought he was a high class guy, and a guy that always played hard.
That being said, I hope him and his family are left alone and can get everything done that needs to be done.
Good luck D Fish :tu
It sounds like he may take this year off, but if he doesn't, two good candidates would be the Wizards and the Rockets.
Baltimore has one of the top rhetinoblastoma treatment centers in the country, as does the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
I can't think of a better fit at backup point for the Spurs in the NBA today than Fisher, but obviously that's not a concern at the moment.
Why wouldn't he take her to MD Anderson and play for the Rockets? Rockets need a savvy vet who can spread the floor and MD Anderson is the best cancer hospital in the world.
First city came to my mind was H-Town. MD Anderson is tops.
I agree.Quote:
I can't think of a better fit at backup point for the Spurs in the NBA today than Fisher, but obviously that's not a concern at the moment.
Its a shame SA doesn't have a great hospital and that could be a selling point.
Classless I know, but still, Derek has to consider his options IF he plays this year.
My prayers for his family too. The commute between SLC and NY must have been brutal. I wish you well on the East Coast DF. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by T Park
Fisher was the one with vacation plans while the conference finals were still going on.
The daughter story is a convenient excuse, but of course we all wish his little girl the best.
wrong.Quote:
Fisher was the one with vacation plans while the conference finals were still going on
It was more than likely Mehmet Okur.
Fisher loves the game and respects it way too much for that.
that was Okur and AK47.Quote:
Originally Posted by ancestron
and dont; be such an ass.
shit - if that were my kid I wouldn't have played any games.
For real, this is the guy who cries every time his team gets eliminated from the playoffs, and was blubbering like a little girl on the sidelines after a 28 point defeat at the hands of the Spurs in '03. Vacation plans my ass. Don't get me wrong, I hate him as a player so much that I can barely stand it, but as a person, he seems like a pretty stand-up guy.Quote:
Originally Posted by T Park
Yeah, because we all know the best time to hit up a resort is when your daughter has cancer.Quote:
Originally Posted by ancestron
This is such a rare disease that there are probably only a handful of true experts in the country. So no matter how good MD Anderson is, it's wouldn't be necessarily surprising to find that they didn't have one of those experts.Quote:
Originally Posted by MoSpur
Convenient excuse!?Quote:
Originally Posted by ancestron
The guy was flying back and forth throughout the playoffs so he could fulfill his commitments to his family AND his team. Come on.
Sheesh.
Oh well, at least this gives me a reason to bust out the :idiot icon.
I feel bad for his daughter but man, 0.4 still hurts...
http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_ar..._derek_fisher/
Lakers want Fisher back.
Lets see Fisher is 33...yep anyone over the age of 30 is Spurs material. I support the Spurs getting older and older. :elephant
Hey Ken I hope you are the real Ken Loomis because I just emailed the REAL Ken to tell him there was someone impersonating him on this board.
http://www.communication.tcu.edu/faculty_loomis.asp
:owned
What's the matter Kenny boy cat got your tongue.....
San Antonio has some of the best hospitals and research facilities in the country. Or have you forgotten the entire Medical Center, UT Health Science Center, Southwest Biomedical Research, Wilford Hall and BAMC, in addition to the hospitals downtown?Quote:
Originally Posted by T Park
Finding a good hospital doesn't have as much to do with it as finding the right experts, which I imagine is really tough.
I couldn't imagine having to decided that kind of fate for my 8 month old son as Fisher had to with his daughter. I just wouldn't know what to do.
When I come to SA, I stay right across the road from the Medical Centre and was thinking the same thing. We don't really need him on this team though (from the perspective of age... but he would be a nice backup to TP).Quote:
Originally Posted by Nathan Explosion
Classy move by Fisher to put life ahead of basketball (!), all the best to him and his family.
I hate to do this.
FIRST of all, understand that this is not an attack on Fisher. He is doing the best he can by his family.
But aren't we praising him excessively? I mean, it's his daughter and he is providing for her. LIKE HE IS SUPPOSED TO DO. That is in the job description under "parent". Praising Fisher for putting his family first is a little like crediting a clock for telling the correct time.
It's just pathetic; we are so accustomed to some people treating their families and kids like shit, we speak of good parents as though they are superior beings from another planet.
It's not classy or heroic or brave or selfless to do what Derek Fisher is doing - it's mandatory. I'm glad he's meeting his responsibilities and I hope he inspires others to do so. I hope the girl makes a full recovery, but jeez - this isn't Maximillian Kolbe or Jack Twyman or the guy who saved someone from getting hit by a subway train. It's a man providing for his family as he is supposed to do.
I'm not trying to be a heel here, but a little perspective please.
The Orange County Register (Southern California) chimes in on Fisher to Lakers possibility.
Really bad pun about the .04 shot.
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister...le_1753333.php
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Lakers, Fisher again could work together
The guard's agent said they will talk to the team since Fisher's daughter could get care here.
By KEVIN DING
The Orange County Register
EL SEGUNDO It doesn't take someone as close to Derek Fisher as good buddy Kobe Bryant to realize that Fisher would help the Lakers win next season more than a teenage lead guard will.
On Tuesday, when 19-year-old Javaris Crittenton signed his Lakers contract and was given his first gold jersey with the No. 1 on it, Lakers management also was sifting through the new possibility that Fisher could be signed back to wear his longtime No. 2 jersey.
Fisher, who turns 33 next month, joined the free-agent pool Monday when he voided the remaining three years and $20.6 million on his Utah Jazz contract so he could relocate to a city where his 1-year-old daughter, Tatum, could receive optimal care for her rare form of eye cancer.
Fisher has continued to spend much of his time in the Encino area since leaving the Lakers in 2004 to sign with the Golden State Warriors, who traded him to Utah a year ago. Los Angeles would meet his daughter's medical needs, according to Fisher's agent, Mark Bartelstein.
"We're going to talk to the Lakers, obviously, and talk to the Clippers," Bartelstein said. "There are seven or eight teams out there we'll talk to."
Said Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak: "Certainly this is a new development that will be addressed."
The Lakers have a glaring need for a veteran lead guard in the triangle offense — a role Fisher played on three Lakers championship teams alongside Bryant and under Coach Phil Jackson. They also have their mid-level salary-cap exception worth about $5.5 million next season — which Fisher likely would take, if offered.
The Lakers have considered free agent Steve Blake, 27, but might be better served making a trade for their new starting lead guard — especially as they fear their payroll next season invoking the luxury tax. With Kupchak intending to carry just 14 players, the Lakers are already up to 12 guaranteed contracts with Luke Walton coming back and Crittenton aboard. He will get nearly $6 million over four years if the Lakers pick up his last two option years. They also would like to re-sign center Chris Mihm, who has drawn Chicago's interest.
Fisher's availability might alter plans, though.
"We're very aware of the situation," Kupchak said.
It also might help the Lakers in their efforts to appease Bryant to have Fisher around to assist in leadership; Fisher and Bryant still talk on the phone regularly. Described by Jackson in the past as the Lakers' "spiritual leader," Fisher further anchored himself in Lakers lore with a winning shot in the final four-tenths of a second to spur the Lakers toward the 2004 NBA Finals.
The Lakers have sought to upgrade their defense foremost in moving on from Smush Parker, and they'll have to determine if Fisher is sufficient on that front. Fisher averaged 10.1 points and 3.3 assists in 28 minutes for Utah last season.
The thing is, the man walked away from $21 mil to do so. Not many players, or people for that matter will leave $21 mil on the table. Most would see that money as providing for their children, keep their job, and try to deal with their situation.Quote:
Originally Posted by SRJ
It's a class move not so much from a family standpoint, but from the fact that not only is he leaving a lot of money on the table, in addition to taking care of his family, but he's doing the Jazz a favor because he knows that he won't be able to do his job effectively.
A lot of players would dog it through the season and collect a check. Fisher knows it's unfair to his family and the Jazz franchise to continue to play for the sake of a paycheck.