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I'm not buying this, he'll be there. Unless something went wrong, in which case, who cares about basketball, just hope for the best for him and his family.
I gauran damn teee you, that mfer will be there....
I'm not buying this, he'll be there. Unless something went wrong, in which case, who cares about basketball, just hope for the best for him and his family.
Ironic, coming from the ringless wonders.
The Utah Jazz's Derek Fisher finds himself in a whole new ballgame lately as he helps his 10-month-old daughter, Tatum, fight for her life.
Tatum was diagnosed last week with retinoblastoma, a cancerous tumor in her left eye. Fisher, who was excused from his team to begin dealing with his daughter's illness, flew his family -- his wife Candace, Tatum, and Tatum's twin brother Drew -- to New York on Monday to see a specialist.
Fisher and his wife must decide on a course of treatment for their daughter. Their options are removal of the eye or a combination of surgery and chemotherapy. Their most pressing goal is to save Tatum's life. They also want to save her eye. And they think in her case, she should be able to keep her eye.
Tatum's condition was first noticed by her mother who detected an odd reflection of light coming from her eye. The Fishers took her to a few doctors and then a pediatrician at the University of Utah who diagnosed the problem. Brother Drew has no signs of the condition.
Only 350 cases of retinoblastoma are diagnosed in the United States each year. The good news is that 95 to 98 percent of children grow to live a long life.
Fisher is back to playing ball. And when the basketball season ends, he and his wife say they will talk more about their daughter and her disease.
"My wife and I definitely plan to try and help as many people as we can," Fisher said. "I don't know how we'll be able to at this point. If there's a treatment out there, they should be able to get it. Some people can't afford to get it. Some people don't have the resources."
A little bit of gamesmanship, he'll be in SA for tip off.
and what cause would you have to hate him as a person? smooth.
I like him as player and person, and so do the Spurs. He is well liked throughout the NBA, and that tells me that he is a good guy. Like Horry before him in game 4 of last series, getting frustrated can make you get a little chippy and act the fool sometimes, and we of all fans should know that.
Well said.
Either way...Spurs win.
Prayers and best wishes to the Fisher family. May their duaghter recover from this illness quickly.
He will play. Rather pointless thread I might add.
Yep...He's such a jerkwad...
.4 hurt, but it couldn't possibly compare to the two airballs, Divac's tip out, Webber's three, trading for Artest, etc.and you guys say fans of other teams are ty....
in hypocrites
POINT 4 !
Fisher's daughter has retinoblastoma which is a cancer of the eye - it affects mainly young children. Until recently the only treatment was to remove the eye to prevent the cancer from metastasizing to the other eye and/or to the brain. I think Fisher, in consultation with the docs in NY, opted for a more conservative approach (drugs, etc) in hopes of saving the eye. And it is my understanding that the family has been back in Utah - it sounds as tho they have gone back to NY for further consultation. I don't think that his daughter is back in the hospital (but that is just a guess). I read somewhere that his daughter is around 10 months old. Very sad.
I hope his daughter hasn't gotten worse. I cannot fathom the thought of my child being sick like that.
On the court I hope he plays like crap.
Off the court in real life, I hope his daughter gets well and his family gets through this.
I don't want to believe that anyone, not even Jerry Sloan, would be chicken enough to use a little girl's illness for gamesmanship. But even if someone in the Jazz organization wanted to do that, I don't believe Derek Fisher would participate. I just don't believe it.
The Spurs aren't going to do anything differently, or prepare differently, whether Fisher will be there or not. He adds depth and experience to their team, but he doesn't change the Spurs game plan. He'll be there or he won't.
She's 8 months old and has a rare form of eye cancer.
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