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One-on-One with Derek Fisher
By Joel Brigham
for HOOPSWORLD.com
Jan 20, 2007, 21:50
Aside from Mehmet Okur, Derek Fisher is the only guy on the Utah Jazz roster
with a championship ring. And he has three. It's his experiences with those
championship Lakers teams that made the Jazz consider him as an important
commodity to one of the best teams in the NBA this year.
Before tonight's game against Chicago Fisher took a few minutes to chat
exclusively with Basketball News Services about all his Golden State teammates
from last year and how they'll do in Indiana, as well as much, much more
knowledge from a great guy who's been around the league for over a decade.
When you were first acquired by the Jazz, some people were unsure what kind
of gas you had left in the tank at 32 years old. However you've started
about half of Utah's games this year and you're still managing pretty solid
numbers─all while contributing to the success of one of the West's best.
You still feeling good? How many good years do you think you have left?
Well I feel pretty good so far. I think our teams done a pretty good job of
just remaining solid. We started off to a great start, and we’ve leveled off
a little bit. But all in all, individually I feel good. I feel good about
where our team stands right now. And there's as much gas in the tank as there
ever has been. I feel healthy, and I feel like I can contribute what my team
needs me to help us win.
As a veteran point guard who's seen plenty of the league, where do you think
Deron Williams rates among the other young point guards in the league? What
kind of career do you think this kid can have?
You know what? I think Deron can be one of the best. When you combine his
skills with his size, as in his ability to score the basketball, he's physical,
he's tough defensively, good court vision. I think he has all the tools of a
really high-caliber point guard, in particular in today's game, where your
point guard needs to score the basketball and make plays. I think he has all
the necessary skills to be one of the best ones for years to come.
Are you enjoying having a fellow Arkansas guy on the team in Ronnie Brewer?
Have you been keeping an eye on the kid this season?
Yeah, it's fun. You know, we get to swap stories and kid each other about
certain things from the home state. I try and keep an eye on him, but I think
Ronnie comes from a respectful and loving family, his dad being a former
professional player and just a man that understands things about the game of
basketball. So Ronnie's a pretty solid young man already, but whenever he
asks something of me or needs to discuss something, I'm always there for him.
You played with all the Golden State guys who were involved in the big trade
with Indiana earlier this week─talk a little bit about the quality of guys
Indiana's getting in this deal.
I think Troy (Murphy) and Mike (Dunleavy, Jr.) have already shown flashes of
guys that can put points on the board and play at a high level. Hopefully the
change of scenery for those guys, and getting into a system where Coach
Carlisle will try to do some things to get some more opportunities to be
effective. Hopefully that'll work for them. (Ike) Diogu is a young big guy who
is very talented, and he's a really good young man. Hopefully he'll be able to
fit in there as well. Well just have to see what happens. The line is very
fine in this league between being very good and just being okay. Every team
has talented players, and it's just a matter of how they fit together. We'll
see what happens to the Pacers─and the Warriors─after these guys settle in.
You've alternated between wearing #2 and #4 during your career─which jersey
number do you prefer, and what's determined your decision in picking or
switching numbers?
Well, I wore #4 for a lot of my years in [college] and high school. When I
joined the Lakers in '96, I was going to wear #4 again, but Byron Scott was
on the team that first year, so #4 obviously went to him. So I chose #2 just
as kind of a new start and wore that for eight years. Then going up to Golden
State a few years ago I kind of wanted to start over again in a sense and
kind of take it back to the oldschool and pull the #4 back out. I really
enjoyed that, but now I'm back at #2 with the Jazz. It just felt comfortable
again. I think #4 (in Utah) is taken because the plans are to retire it for
Adrian Dantley, so #4 was unavailable. I had no problem going to #2 again.
You guys are back on a little win streak after having a pretty rough January
so far. What do you guys need to do keep this one going and put yourselves
back in a situation where you're one of the toughest teams in the West?
We need to come with that mindset every night─that we are one of the best
teams in the West and in the league─and we have to prepare ourselves to play
that way. Every opponent that we face now, they know we're coming. They
respect us and they know that we're going to play at a high level. I think
we took that for granted for a little bit and didn't really understand that.
After we established ourselves to start the year, teams were trapping for us
and hunting for us, and now we have to go back to being the hunters and being
hungry again to prove to teams that we're the best, and hopefully we can
continue to do that tonight.
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He's got the Nebraska connection with rookie Ronnie Brewer, plays the same
position as one of the hottest young point guards in the league, and brings
championship experience to a team that could very well do some damage come
late May. In the meantime, he just wants to lead and get better, and it looks
like there's a strong chance that the Utah Jazz will do exactly that.
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