Durant: Fisher will certainly do 'excellent job'
Kevin Durant claimed Tuesday that teammate Derek Fisher has all the attributes to make an excellent NBA coach, if that's the road his Oklahoma City Thunder teammate decides on then period.
"Certainly. He's a smart guy, clever thoughts. He's a terrific incentive, terrific speaker and could truly relate to a great deal of people and demands that appreciate from everyone," Durant informed the New York Article. "He's a terrific closet area man. I make sure he'll do a great task.".
Thunder forward Nick Collison also backed Fisher, saying he would make a "great" coach and lauding the proficient point player for his management abilities.
"He's distinct, one-of-a-kind. The only guy I ever before had fun with which could address the group in a way as a leader. He's able to address the group more so than anybody I played with, and he backs it up on the court, as well," he informed the newspaper.
New York Knicks head of state Phil Jackson intends to talk to Fisher concerning his group's training job after being spurned by his top option, Steve Kerr, who took the Golden State Soldiers' coaching task instead. Jackson's priority is to discover a young train he can mentor, the same as the way Pat Riley mentored Erik Spoelstra in Miami, sources said's Marc Stein and Ramona Shelburne. And he 'd favor to hire a trainer that has a solid expertise of the triangular crime.
Fisher, 39, matches both descriptions well. He was a crucial piece on Jackson's groups in Los Angeles that succeeded five NBA titles. Fisher stated Monday that he's flattered that his name has been pointed out as a prospect for the Knicks' job yet said he's concentrated on the San Antonio Spurs, the Thunder's challenger in the Western Meeting finals, not following season.
"It's not a diversion," Fisher stated at the Thunder's morning shootaround Monday. "It's humbling. It's humbling, it's lovely. Phil knows far better compared to anyone this time around of year, there's a singular concentration you need to have. That's what I'm trying to do for myself and the group. No matter exactly what it is, I'm not concerned approximately it till after these playoffs are done.".
Fisher stated prior to the period that this would be his last season as a gamer and he hasn't withdrawed that position. He claimed Monday he hasn't contacted Jackson regarding the Knicks' opening and doesn't visualize speaking to him until completion of the Thunder's period.
"We chat every offseason. I'm sure we'll talk again when the period mores than, but I don't have any kind of purposes on connecting to him, and I assume he recognizes the area that I'm in as well," Fisher claimed. "We touched base right just before his main interview when he approved the task. Ever since we haven't talked. Obviously, [Jackson] is busy in regards to trying to make the modifications he has to make there, yet I have a day job also, and I assume he respects that more than any person. He instructed me a great deal regarding ways to operate during this time of year.".
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Fisher had 16 points off the bench in the Thunder's 122-105 Game 1 loss. Video game 2 is Wednesday night in San Antonio.
