This weekend, Derek Fisher joined the hottest—or perhaps coldest—trend on social media right now: the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The Ice Bucket Challenge is a viral video trend that raises money and awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. Participants are required to have a bucket of ice cold water dumped [...]
The NBA released its 2014-15 schedule Wednesday night, and Derek Fisher's New York Knicks are set for an intriguing journey in Year 1. Coach Fish's squad will be featured in 23 nationally televised games this season—more than 20 other NBA teams. The Knicks will open with three consecutive nationally broadcast games, the first on ESPN's opening [...]
After his New York Knicks were bounced from the Las Vegas Summer League tournament on Friday at the hands of the Charlotte Hornets, Coach Derek Fisher was asked what he learned through his first five games as a head coach. The list of things gained from the experience is likely innumerable for Derek, who was [...]
For the first time in his young coaching career, Derek Fisher faced some true adversity on Thursday night. After going 3-0 in pool play, the No. 2 seed New York Knicks took on the No. 15 seed D-League Selects in the second round of the NBA Summer League tournament, and a rough start nearly doomed [...]
It’s been an extraordinary couple of days for Derek Fisher and the New York Knicks franchise. On Sunday, star forward Carmelo Anthony announced he’ll re-sign with the Knicks, and Monday, Coach Fisher’s Summer League squad smashed the Charlotte Hornets 95-72 to finish Las Vegas Summer League pool play at a perfect 3-0. Click the photo [...]
After Derek Fisher’s New York Knicks eked out a heart-pounding Summer League victory Saturday evening, the first question asked wasn’t about Shane Larkin’s late game-winning bucket, or the development of his young team—it was about Carmelo Anthony. News began to leak out on Saturday that the free agent was on the verge of being re-signed by the [...]
Derek Fisher will make his New York Knicks coaching debut Friday afternoon when his squad takes on the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA's Las Vegas Summer League. While many view the summer session as merely a series of scrimmages, D-Fish sees it as much more. Not only will it be an opportunity for him to become [...]
Derek Fisher’s New York Knicks won’t suit up in a packed Madison Square Garden for several months, but the young coach already felt his first moment of pride as the new leader of the organization. On Tuesday afternoon in Las Vegas, Derek coached his first practice for the Knicks, running the team's NBA Summer League entry through [...]
The New York Knicks have added a bit more Los Angeles Lakers championship flavor to the organization by way of Derek Fisher's staff. Coach Fisher and Knicks Team President Phil Jackson announced the hiring of Kurt Rambis as associate head coach on Monday. Rambis has been a part of eight NBA championship teams as a [...]
When Derek Fisher was hired as the head coach of the New York Knicks, he knew he'd have his plate full. In his first few weeks on the job, Derek has embraced the challenge. As the offseason begins in earnest with this week's NBA Draft, the future of several key players for the Knicks remains up [...]