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The Golden State Warriors have fielded some of the best rosters in the entire history of the NBA. As a matter of fact, their infamous “Death Lineup” aka “Hamptons 5” of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, and Andre Iguodala is arguably the greatest five-man lineup this league has ever seen. As a […]

Since 2014 after firing Mike Woodson, the New York Knicks have had five different head coaches. Because of that high amount of coaching turnover and lack of team success, former Knick Baron Davis wants to take over. Despite only playing one season in New York (2011-12), Davis took to Twitter to respond to a comment […]

During the Los Angeles Lakers’ run of dominance between 2008 and 2010, forward Pau Gasol played a pivotal role in the team’s success. The team acquired Gasol in a blockbuster trade with the Memphis Grizzlies in February of 2008, and the team was off and running as a legitimate title contender once again. Gasol proved […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are one of the most decorated teams in the NBA, and plenty of legendary players have once donned the famous Purple and Gold. Without these players, they wouldn’t have won the 16 championships they have in their trophy case. These include a slew of guys pegged as a Lakers point guard, […]

It has been 10 years since the Los Angeles Lakers won back-to-back titles. Kobe Bryant and company dominated the competition at that time reaching the NBA Finals in three straight years resulting in hoisting two more championship banners in the rafters at the Staples Center. Although the Lakers were a dominant force during their three-year […]

Few rivalries in professional sports have been able to stand the test of time like the one between the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers. Although the rivalry hasn’t been incredibly intense in recent years with the Lakers struggling and Boston remaining among the league’s best teams in the Eastern Conference, the bitter rivalry saw […]

A decade ago, the Los Angeles Lakers headed into an epic rematch in the NBA Finals with the arch-rival Boston Celtics. Kevin Garnett and company were able to take down Kobe Bryant’s squad two years prior as Los Angeles lost in six games, but in 2010, it was a different story for the purple and […]

It is no easy task to win back-to-back titles in any professional sport. Once a team like the Los Angeles Lakers is crowned NBA champion, next season the franchise has a target on its back with every team in the league gunning for defending champs. Derek Fisher, who won five NBA titles during his stint […]

In the second part of our 10th-anniversary series reflecting on the back-to-back titles won by the Los Angeles Lakers, Derek Fisher talks about the players on these championship teams that didn’t get the credit that they deserved for the roles they played in the team’s success. Although this team was stacked with talented players with […]

Back on June 16, 2010, the Los Angeles Lakers hoisted the Larry O’Brien Trophy once again with the storied franchise winning back-to-back NBA titles resulting in hanging a 16th championship banner at the Staples Center. With the 10th anniversary of the team’s last title approaching, we reached out to members of that Lakers squad that […]

Former Los Angeles Lakers point guard Derek Fisher experienced many playoff games and nail-biter moments in the Western Conference team’s quest for five NBA championships in the millennium. He also shared the backcourt with recently deceased and soon-to-be Hall of Fame inducted shooting guard Kobe Bryant. Fisher, 45, a retired pro after 18 years in […]

A lot of past and present players in the NBA remember the first time they knew they were playing on the highest level of basketball. Five-time NBA champion and Los Angeles Lakers legend, Derek Fisher, is no different as he remembers exactly when he knew just how competitive it would be on the elite level. […]

The Los Angeles Lakers paid tribute to Kobe Bryant on Friday night at the Staples Center as they hosted the Portland Trail Blazers. The Staples Center was filled with Kobe jerseys as they putting together a video tribute that spanned Bryant’s 20-year career in L.A. as well as his transition to post-retirement life. But one […]

Kobe Bryant is considered by many to be one of the greatest basketball players of all time. However, Bryant’s former Los Angeles Lakers teammate Derek Fisher isn’t happy about how it took a tragic death for people to fully appreciate the Black Mamba. The former Lakers point guard joined media members, former players and teammates […]

A visibly emotional Derek Fisher was asked to share a little bit about his former teammate and long-time friend Kobe Bryant, who passed away on Sunday in a tragic helicopter accident. Fisher, who joined the Los Angeles Lakers as a rookie on the same year Kobe was drafted and were part of the franchise’s early-00s […]

Former NBA veteran Matt Barnes opened up about his 2015 altercation with longtime NBA player and former New York Knicks head coach Derek Fisher during an interview with Vlad TV. Barnes explained that Fisher never had any interest an a physical confrontation, and he detailed a complicated sequence of events that eventually resulted in word […]

Ever since retiring from the NBA, Derek Fisher has been trying to make a name for himself as a coach. He’s currently coaching the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA and they seem to be doing well in the playoffs. However, the five-time NBA champion admitted that things didn’t go according to his plans when […]

When the New York Knicks hired Derek Fisher as head coach back in 2014, everyone in New York thought he was going to be the guy to get the franchise over the hump and back to winning games. Unfortunately for Fisher and the Knicks, that never happened. Fisher went just 40-96 in 136 games with […]

Quinn Cook has built a reputation for not shying away from a big shot. According to him, he got this gutsy trait of his from watching two Los Angeles Lakers greats approach the game. Cook is the latest point guard to don the Purple and Gold. He is expected to be a backup option at […]

CLUTCH Summary: The Golden State Warriors, thanks to guys like Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson, had one of the best teams in the history of the NBA. Before players like Stephen Curry were hitting their peak, it was talents such as David Lee who helped to build the franchise to where it inevitably ended up.  […]

To build a winning foundation, sometimes you must go outside the organization to do so. For the Los Angeles Lakers, this has been their motto for decades. While drafting has been a source of a solid nucleus, the Lakers have used free agency to get the star power they needed. The Lakers have had their […]

Former NBA star Derek Fisher joined the long list of people who are calling for better treatment for WNBA player, as he blasted what he thinks is an improper treatment for women athletes. Fisher, who is now the head coach of the Los Angeles Sparks, took to Instagram to express his thoughts on what WNBA […]

Former three-time NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas threw it back to 2015 when he hilariously shared a bit of a back story on the infamous incident involving Matt Barnes, his ex-wife Gloria Govan, and Derek Fisher. As it turns out, Arenas received at least a couple of calls from Barnes as the latter drove 95 miles […]

Some may have forgotten about the 2004 Western Conference Semifinals, but for San Antonio Spurs fans, it will go down as one of the biggest blunders in franchise history — thanks to Derek Fisher. In what was a vintage playoff series, the Spurs and Los Angeles Lakers each seemed like teams of destiny heading into […]

Baron Davis just took a shot at Derek Fisher over an old CBA controversy after news broke out that the latter has joined a luxury lending outfit. Via his Twitter account, Davis retweeted the news of Fisher joining Luxury Asset Capital, while reviving an old CBA issue: Derek Fisher sold us out in the CBA […]

The Los Angeles Sparks are going to welcoming their new head coach soon. It will be none other than former NBA guard Derek Fisher. The 44-year old-will become the franchise’s 12th head coach, as he replaces Brian Agler, who gave up his post last month. Under Agler, the Sparks had a successful run. He led the team […]

The Derek Fisher hire as head coach of the Los Angeles Sparks is turning heads. The former Los Angeles Laker had one failed stint as head coach of the New York Knicks. Not to mention, he came under fire as head coach of the Knicks due to a scandal involving former teammate, Matt Barnes’ estranged […]

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 […]

Derek Fisher hasn’t talked a lot about his time with the New York Knicks, but in an interview that airs on Thursday on FS1, Fisher opened up about his time in the Big Apple and says he should have realized he was doomed from the start. .@KristineLeahy: First piece of advice you'd give new Knicks […]

Former Los Angeles Lakers guard Derek Fisher just shared a very moving tribute to former team assistant coach Tex Winter. The 44-year-old New York Knicks head coach imparted a lengthy homage to Winter who passed away on Wednesday at the ripe age of 96. ESPN’s Dave McMenamin shared Fisher’s emotional statement on Twitter. Derek Fisher […]

Former NBA player Matt Barnes’ dispute with his ex-wife, Gloria Govan, has been widely documented in the recent years. Just recently, they both get involved in yet another dicey situation, with Govan being arrested for felony child endangerment. TMZ Sports posted an article of what happened as told to them by their sources. Gloria’s kids […]

The longest-lasting, most made-fun-of NBA feud has finally come to its conclusion. TMZ caught up with Matt Barnes recently who claims his silly feud with Derek Fisher is finally over. In fact, Barnes recently invited the former New York Knicks head coach to a charity event. “Yeah, we’re good … we’re fine,” Barnes said. “The […]

Derek Fisher and Tyronn Lue had some great times. The former Los Angeles Lakers point guard and his backup both won a title during their dominant 2001 run in the NBA Playoffs with the lone blemish courtesy of the Philadelphia Sixers’ Allen Iverson and his iconic crossover and step over on the pesky Lue. While […]

The inescapable cameras of TMZ recently caught up with former Los Angeles Lakers guard Derek Fisher, and the discussion focused on the guest list of Fisher’s upcoming wedding with Gloria Govan. Towards the end of the two-minute clip, the reporter appeared to have caught Fisher a bit offguard when he was asked about the possibility […]

The Derek Fisher and Matt Barnes saga seem to have taken a new turn this week as Gloria Govan, Barnes ex-wife, and Fisher’s fiance said that the two aren’t on good terms. “[Matt] and Derek aren’t cool,” Govan told TMZ Sports … “They’re cordial. I wouldn’t say ‘beef’ but they don’t talk every week.” She […]

Former New York Knicks head coach and NBA star Derek Fisher got engaged to Gloria Govan according to a TMZ report. She Said Yes!! https://t.co/UhSmb0H0CS — TMZ Sports (@TMZ_Sports) April 24, 2018 Govan used to be married to NBA veteran and Derek Fisher’s former teammate, Matt Barnes. The two had twin sons together. Back when […]

It has been a coaching carousel for the New York Knicks in recent memory, especially for star power forward Kristaps Porzingis. Since being selected by the Knicks No. 4 overall in the 2015 NBA Draft, Porzingis is now looking at his fourth head coach in four seasons with New York: Derek Fisher, Kurt Rambis, Jeff Hornacek, and […]

Matt Barnes and his ex-wife Gloria Govan have been in the media before, but with her birthday being on Thursday, Matt Barnes took to Instagram to wish a Happy Birthday to his two kids mother. This Instagram thread went in a far different direction than I anticipated pic.twitter.com/4OfFNwMpVv — Daman Rangoola (@damanr) February 23, 2018 That […]

The 1984 would always be in the mix of the conversation on the greatest draft in the history of the NBA. Notable players include famous picks in the following order, Hakeem Olajuwon (1), Michael Jordan (3), Charles Barkley (5), Alvin Robertson (7), Otis Thorpe (9), Kevin Willis (11), John Stockton (16). This draft class has […]