I hope he can continue to play next year!
Pro Sports Daily: “Could this be the end of the NBA line for Derek Fisher?
Not in his eyes.
Could this be his last season playing for the Lakers?
That’s possible, Fisher acknowledged.
But right now, Fisher isn’t thinking that he’s 35, that he’s a 14-year veteran, that he doesn’t have a contract beyond this season with the Lakers.
Fisher’s thoughts are on helping the Lakers win consecutive championships, on playing his best to help the cause.
He made his case Sunday, scoring 11 points, hitting the back-breaking three-pointer late that helped push the Lakers to an 87-79 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of a Western Conference first-round series Sunday at Staples Center.
“I put aside as far as me thinking this could be it in terms of my last postseason playing basketball,” Fisher said. “I know for sure that’s not true.
“This is the last year on my contract. I know I want to play basketball after this. I will play basketball as long as somebody is willing to offer me a job. But that doesn’t mean that it’s going to be on a team that can win a championship.
“So, from that perspective now is the only thing that matters. You can’t think about next year. You can’t think about the past. It’s just about right now.”
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