Derek Fisher now 39, has been around the game and Phil Jackson for a long time. He played for coach Phil Jackson for nine season and won 5 NBA Championships.
In my opinion, Derek Fisher is a great candidate and fit for the job. He's a very poised NBA veteran that knows the game of basketball like the back of his hand.
Derek Fisher has been in the NBA and associated with the league for 18 years, within those years, Derek Fisher drafted in 1996 by the Los Angeles Lakers, has played for 5 different organizations. (Lakers,OKC Thunder, Dallas Mavericks, Utah Jazz, Golden State Warriors)
He will be a great fit because the NBA is slowly transitioning to a period of younger head coaching. Derek Fisher is now the 3rd youngest coach in the NBA.
Similar to Brooklyn Nets head coach Jason Kidd, Fisher has made the move from playing to directly coaching and has a long journey ahead of himself, but will do just fine in my opinion because if Jason Kidd can turn a Brooklyn Nets team from an average NBA caliber team to a playoff level, Fisher will follow the same successful path and likely surpass his counterpart , and achieve a championship to accompany top NBA scorer Carmello Anthony.
Although, the Knicks struggled this past season only wining 37 games, but with new President Phil Jackson and Fisher, things will soon turn around. Another positive is the Knicks could land a top pick in this next year's draft on the 26th of this month.
It's usually common for organizations to hire players that have a past with the team and organization but the team is in a rebuilding and transitioning phase, So Fisher is a reasonable and safe choice for the Knicks, as they build team cap and space to build up a new team that in the future will be a championship contender.
According to ESPN and Yahoo Sports, Derek Fisher signed has been signed for a 5 year/ 25 million dollar contract. Now that's cash and a power move !
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