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Brad Rock: Derek Fisher still getting what he wants | Deseret News
- In February 2013, the former Jazz guard signed as a free agent with Oklahoma City. He had asked Dallas to release him so he could rehab his knee closer to his family in Los Angeles. It wasn’t the most convenient thing, but the Mavericks complied. Sixty-five days later, he signed with the Thunder.
- Critics also believe Fisher used the system to further his career as a player association figure. He led the union during the 2011 lockout, but needed to sign with a team to keep his position. Joining the Mavericks took care of that.
Later, the union executive committee voted 8-0 to have Fisher step down as president, but he refused. Chris Paul was elected president in 2013.
Former union executive director Billy Hunter, who was ousted by Fisher, sued him for breach of contract and defamation, but the case was dismissed.
- This wouldn’t have been of local interest if not for Fisher’s history in Utah. He arrived in Salt Lake in 2006 after asking Golden State for a trade. After one season, he asked the Jazz to release him from his contract so he could seek the best medical treatments for his daughter, who had eye cancer.
Even though Salt Lake is home to one of the world’s best cancer facilities (Huntsman Cancer Institute), I believed his story. His daughter had been seeing specialists in New York, so I assumed Fisher would end up playing somewhere in the East.
Instead he signed with the Lakers.
I also bought his story because his departure cleared salary space for the Jazz, and the new deal paid Fisher less than he was making in Utah. Yet as time progressed, incidents kept occurring.
- In February 2013, the former Jazz guard signed as a free agent with Oklahoma City. He had asked Dallas to release him so he could rehab his knee closer to his family in Los Angeles. It wasn’t the most convenient thing, but the Mavericks complied. Sixty-five days later, he signed with the Thunder.
- Critics also believe Fisher used the system to further his career as a player association figure. He led the union during the 2011 lockout, but needed to sign with a team to keep his position. Joining the Mavericks took care of that.
Later, the union executive committee voted 8-0 to have Fisher step down as president, but he refused. Chris Paul was elected president in 2013.
Former union executive director Billy Hunter, who was ousted by Fisher, sued him for breach of contract and defamation, but the case was dismissed.
- This wouldn’t have been of local interest if not for Fisher’s history in Utah. He arrived in Salt Lake in 2006 after asking Golden State for a trade. After one season, he asked the Jazz to release him from his contract so he could seek the best medical treatments for his daughter, who had eye cancer.
Even though Salt Lake is home to one of the world’s best cancer facilities (Huntsman Cancer Institute), I believed his story. His daughter had been seeing specialists in New York, so I assumed Fisher would end up playing somewhere in the East.
Instead he signed with the Lakers.
I also bought his story because his departure cleared salary space for the Jazz, and the new deal paid Fisher less than he was making in Utah. Yet as time progressed, incidents kept occurring.