Derek Fisher will have a second chance at coaching, but this time it will be with the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. His introductory press conference will take place on Friday.
This will be Fisher's second coaching job since his retirement from playing in 2014. He famously took the job as head coach of the New York Knicks immediately after his retirement. It was there in New York where he reunited with his old coach, Phil Jackson, but in different capacities.
As president of basketball operations for the Knicks, Jackson wanted to bring in one of his own to lead his team into the future. Jackson pressured Fisher into heavy use of the outdated Triangle offense. Of course, every team uses concepts of the triangle offense in today's game, but it can't survive as the main sets that a team runs anymore. The game is far too different nowadays.
Luckily for Derek Fisher, there will be no pressure to run the triangle as head coach of the Sparks. That being said, Fisher's a midseason firing after compiling a 40-96 record in one-plus seasons marred his tenure in New York.
Furthermore, Fisher's tenure as Knicks head coach included a bizarre domestic spat involving former teammate Matt Barnes and his estranged wife, Gloria Govan.
It's a bit surprising that the Sparks are bringing in a guy with a checkered past and a brutal win-loss record as a head coach. Perhaps Fisher's reputation is still intact in L.A. But the move is a head-scratcher nonetheless.
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