Derek Fisher life and biography

Career

Selected by Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the 1996 NBA Draft (24th overall) ... Signed with the Golden State Warriors as a free-agent prior to the 2004-05 season ... Acquired by the Utah Jazz from the Warriors in exchange for Andre Owens, Devin Brown and Keith McLeod 7/12/06 ... Released from contract with the Jazz and signed by the Lakers as a free agent 7/20/07 ... 5-time NBA Champion (2000,2001, 2002, 2009, 2010) ... Selected to play in the 1997 Schick Rookie Game during All-Star Weekend ... Scored 9,000th career point 2/23/10 at Memphis … Recorded 1,000th career steal 2/18/09 at Golden State ... Totaled 3,000th career assist 3/11/09 at Houston … Converted 1,000th career 3-point field goal 2/3/10 at Charlotte ... Streak of 413 consecutive regular season games played ranks second among all active NBA players ... Has posted 10 career double-doubles ... Has scored 20-plus points 50 times in career ... Owns 14 career 10-plus assist games and one 10-plus rebound game.

Background

2009-10: Appeared in all 82 games (82 starts), averaging 7.5 points, 2.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.10 steals in 27.2 minutes … Scored in double-figures 26 times … Led team in rebounds once, assists eight times, steals 16 times and blocks three times … Recorded 11 points and season-high tying seven assists 11/6 vs. Memphis … Totaled a season-high tying seven assists and season-high five steals 12/1 vs. New Orleans … Scored a season-high 15 points 12/12 at Utah, 12/22 vs. Oklahoma City, 1/8 at Portland, 3/12 at Phoenix and 3/27 at Houston ... Grabbed a season-high eight rebounds 1/15 vs. LA Clippers … Connected on 1,000th career 3-point field goal 2/3 vs. Charlotte … Played in 1,000th career regular season game 2/10 at Utah … Scored 9,000th career point 2/23 at Memphis … Played in 413th consecutive game (second among all active NBA players) 4/14 at LA Clippers ... Appeared in 23 playoff games (23 starts), averaging 10.3 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.22 steals ... Posted double-figures in the playoffs 12 times including two 20+ point games ... Scored 20 points 5/8 at Utah … Scored 22 points 5/27 vs. Phoenix… Scored 16 points, including 11 points (5-7 FG) in the fourth quarter 6/8 at Boston.

2008-09: Appeared in 82 games (82 starts), averaging 9.9 points, 2.3 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.16 steals in 29.8 minutes … Ranked among league leaders in steals (32nd/1.16) … Scored in double-figures 41 times including two 20+ point games … Recorded one 10+ assist game while recording one double-double … Led team in scoring once, in assists 18 times and in steals on 20 occasions … Scored 20 points on 7-of-11 shooting 11/12 at New Orleans … Totaled 19 points and a season-high tying five steals 12/7 vs. Milwaukee … Posted a season-high 27 points 12/20 @ Orlando … Recorded 19 points, a season-high tying five rebounds and six assists 1/6 vs. New Orleans … Posted his 10th career double-double (13 points and a season-high 11 assists) 1/11 vs. Miami … Recorded 1,000th career steal 2/18 at Golden State ... Totaled 3,000th career assist 3/11 at Houston … Tallied 15 points and a season-high tying five steals 4/3 vs. Houston ... In 22 playoff games (22 starts), averaged 8.0 points, 2.0 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 0.95 steals in 28.9 minutes ... Scored 12 points, including a game-tying 3-pointer with 4.6 seconds remaining in the 4th quarter to force overtime and a 3-pointer with 31.3 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Lakers a 3-point lead 6/11 at Orlando.

2007-08: In 82 games (82 starts), averaged 11.7 points, 2.1 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.05 steals in 27.4 minutes ... Ranked among league leaders in FT% (8th/.883) and 3-point FG% (21st/.406) … Scored in double-figures 51 times including seven 20-point games … Led team in scoring four times and in assists on 14 occasions … Recorded 17 points and a season-high four steals in first game with the Lakers since 2004 10/30 vs. Houston ... Scored 19 points (career-high 13 FTM) 11/4 vs. Utah … Handed out a season-high nine assists 11/9 vs. Minnesota … Scored his 7,000th career point 11/29 vs. Denver … Posted 20 points, a season-high tying five rebounds and five assists 12/5 at Denver … Scored 26 points (10-11 FG, 5-5 3FG) 1/8 at Memphis … Scored a season-high 28 points (10-16 FG, 6-7 3FG) 1/21 vs. Denver … Scored a season-high tying 28 points 2/5 at New Jersey … In 21 playoff games (21 starts), averaged 10.2 points, 2.2 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.05 steals in 31.6 minutes ... Totaled a playoff career-high six steals and postseason-high six assists 5/4 vs. Utah ... Scored a postseason-high 22 points (7-10 FG, 4-5 3FG) 5/7 vs. Utah.

2006-07: Appeared in 82 games (61 starts), averaging 9.5 points, 1.8 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.01 steals in 27.9 minutes ... Scored in double-figures 40 times ... Scored 20-plus points three times ... Led team in scoring three times and in assists on four occasions ... Recorded a season-high four steals 2/3 at Phoenix ... Connected on the game-winning lay-up with 3.6 seconds remaining in overtime 2/10 vs. New York ... Tallied 20 points and a season-high 10 assists for 9th career double-double 2/20 at Portland ... Scored a season-high 23 points 2/26 vs. LA Lakers ... Tallied 13 points, seven assists, a season-high six rebounds and two steals 4/16 vs. Portland ... In 16 postseason games (14 starts), averaged 9.5 points, 1.6 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.00 steals in 27.8 minutes.

2005-06: Appeared in 82 games (36 starts) for Golden State, averaging a career-best 13.3 points, 2.6 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.52 steals in 31.6 minutes ... Ranked 17th in the NBA in steals ... Scored 20-plus points 11 times while handing out 10-plus assists five times ... Led team in points nine times, rebounds twice, assists 27 times, steals 29 times and blocks once ... Posted five double-doubles (points/assists) ... Tallied 19 points, seven assists, five steals and a career-high tying two blocks 4/14 vs. Phoenix ... Recorded 13 points, 10 assists and five steals 3/31 vs. Sacramento ... Posted 16 points and 10 assists 3/27 vs. Washington ... Tallied 17 points, seven assists and a career-high tying six steals 3/23 @ Dallas ... Scored a season-high 27 points 3/21 @ San Antonio ... Recorded 16 points and a career-high tying 13 assists 3/16 vs. Minnesota ... Had 18 points and 10 assists 3/1 vs. Orlando ... Registered 21 points and 10 assists in a career-high 50 minutes 2/27 vs. Utah ... Tied a career-high with six steals 1/20 vs. Cleveland ... Connected on game-winning lay-up with 6.2 seconds remaining 12/28 vs. Boston ... Scored 26 points 12/13 @ Seattle.

2004-05: Appeared in 74 games (32 starts) with Golden State, averaging 11.9 points, 2.9 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.03 steals in 30.0 minutes ... Led team in points five times, assists 17 times, rebounds once and steals 15 times ... Scored 20-plus points nine times and 10-plus assists once ... Placed on the injured list with a sprained right knee on 12/12, missing seven games before being activated 12/26 ... Missed eight games overall due to injury ... Connected on a game-winning, buzzer-beating three in a 118-117 OT win 3/25 vs. Milwaukee ... Scored 22 points 2/7 @ Miami, 25 points 2/8 @ Orlando and 23 points 2/11 @ New Orleans, marking first time in career with three consecutive 20-plus point games ... Scored a career-high 29 points 1/15 vs. LA Lakers.

2003-04: Appeared in 82 games (3 starts), averaging 7.1 points, 1.9 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.26 steals in 21.9 minutes ...Tied a career-high with six steals 1/28 vs. Seattle ... Appeared in all 22 playoff games for Lakers, making fourth career trip to NBA Finals ... During the postseason, averaged 7.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 23.0 minutes ... Authored one of most memorable moments of 2004 NBA Playoffs when he received inbounds pass with 0.4 seconds remaining and connected on game-winning 16-footer in Game 5 of second round at San Antonio (5/13)...In six Western Conference Finals games vs. Minnesota, averaged 10.0 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists in 27.2 minutes.

2002-03: Averaged 10.5 points, 2.9 rebounds and 3.6 assists in 82 games … Ranked among the league leaders in three-point field goal percentage (13th/.401), assists per turnover (8th/3.17) and steals per turnover (11th/0.99) ... Grabbed a season-high eight rebounds 4/3 @ Dallas … Handed out a season-high nine assists 12/28 @ Denver … Scored a season-high 24 points 1/22 vs. Golden State … Tallied back-to-back season-high five steal games 3/25 @ Atlanta and 3/26 @ Houston … Led the team in assists 14 times ... Appeared in all 82 games (82 starts) ... Registered a career-high two blocked shots 3/15 @ Milwaukee ... Scored 20-plus points on six occasions ... Shot a career-high .437 percent from the field (339-775) ... Started each of the Lakers 12 postseason games, averaging 12.8 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 35.3 minutes ... Shot a postseason career-high .617 percent from behind the arc (29-47).

2001-02: Appeared in 70 games (35 starts), averaging 11.2 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 28.2 minutes...Finished 3rd on the team in scoring behind O’Neal (27.2 ppg) and Bryant (25.2 ppg) … Ranked among league leaders in three-point field goal percentage (18th/.413) … Was one of three players (Ray Allen, five times; Paul Pierce, twice) to have converted 7+ three-pointers in multiple games … Hit multiple three-pointers in 43 of 70 games this season … Registered career-highs in three-pointers made (144) and attempted (349) and three-point field goal percentage (.413) … Finished 6th in the NBA in three-point field goals made per game (2.1) … Grabbed a season-high seven rebounds 4/11 vs. Minnesota … Recorded a season-high 28 points 1/12 @ Chicago … Converted a career-high-tying seven three-pointers on two occasions (12/20 @ Houston and 1/12 @ Chicago) … Hit 7-of-9 three-pointers in scoring 23 points 12/20 @ Houston … Handed out a season-high eight assists 12/11 vs. Seattle … Converted 4-of-4 three-pointers 11/25 vs. Denver … Activated from the injured list 11/25… Placed on the injured list 10/29 (surgery; right foot) ... Started each of the Lakers 19 postseason games, averaging 10.2 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.00 steals.

2000-01: Appeared in 20 games (all starts), averaging 11.5 points, 3.0 rebounds and 4.3 assists in 35.5 minutes … Scored 21 points 4/15 vs. Portland … Scored 19 points and tallied five steals 4/8 @ Minnesota … Registered 17 points, four rebounds and five assists in a season-high-tying 43 minutes 4/3 @ Utah … Tallied 12 points in a season-high 43 minutes 3/30 vs. Dallas … Scored 26 points and added a career-high six steals in his first game back from injury 3/13 vs. Boston ... Activated from the injured list March 13, 2001 … Placed on injured list with a stress fracture in his right foot (10/30) and missed the next 62 games ... Appeared in all 16 of the team’s playoff games, averaging 13.4 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists in 36.0 minutes.

1999-00: Appeared in 78 games, averaging 6.3 points, 2.8 assists and 1.8 rebounds in 23.1 minutes … Missed the final four regular season games after being placed on the injured list with a bone spur in his right ankle … Started 23 games and averaged 9.1 points, 4.0 assists and 2.4 rebounds in those games … Ranked 18th in the NBA in assists-to-turnover ratio (2.88-1.00) … Led the team in assists on nine occasions … Converted 52 three-pointers ... Appeared in 21 postseason contests (all as a reserve) and averaged 4.7 points and 2.0 assists ... Shot .414 from three-point range.

1998-99: Was one of only two players to appear in all 50 of the team’s games … Averaged 5.9 points, 1.8 rebounds and 3.9 assists … Led or tied for team lead in assists 18 times ... Started each of the Lakers eight postseason games, averaging 9.8 points and 4.9 assists.

1997-98: Appeared in a career-high 82 games (36 starts), averaging 5.8 points, 4.1 assists and 2.4 rebounds in 21.5 minutes … Handed out a career-high 13 assists 1/14 vs. Denver … Led the team in assists on 22 occasions … Was ejected 4/13 @ San Antonio (first career ejection) … Started each of the last 33 games, averaging 8.7 points, 5.4 assists and 3.4 rebounds in that span ... Appeared in 13 postseason games, averaging 6.0 points and 3.8 assists in 21. 4 minutes.

1996-97: In his rookie campaign, appeared in 80 games (three starts), averaging 3.9 points, 1.5 assists and 1.2 rebounds … Tallied 12 points and five assists in his NBA debut (11/1 vs. Phoenix) … Played in the Schick Rookie Game (16 points and six assists) during All-Star Weekend in Cleveland … Earned consideration for the All-Rookie the All Rookie Team (five votes) … Scored in double figures on eight occasions … DNP-CD on two occasions 1/18 vs. Detroit and 1/20 vs. Dallas) ... Appeared in six playoff games averaging 1.3 points and 1.0 assists in 5.7 minutes.

College: Concluded collegiate career at Arkansas-Little Rock ranked second among all-time Trojan leaders in points (1,393), assists (472) and steals (189) … Averaged 12.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.2 assists in 112 career outings … Increased his production in both assists and rebounds in each of his four seasons at UALR, as well as leading the team in assists and steals in all four years … Established a school record for free throws made in a career (399) and ranked third among all-time UALR leaders in three-point field goals made (125) … Earned Sunbelt Conference Player of the Year honors as a senior (1995-96), averaging 14.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 5.1 assists … Averaged a career-high 17.1 points during his junior campaign.

Personal

Full name is Derek Lamar Fisher … Born in Little Rock, Arkansas ... Has one brother (Duane Washington) and one sister (DeAndra) … Brother Duane played briefly in the NBA with the New Jersey Nets (15 games in 1987-88) and the LA Clippers (four games in 1992-93) … Communications major at Arkansas-Little Rock ... Worked in an accounting firm during both his sophomore and junior seasons in college … Received the NBA Community Assist Award for April, 2005, after making a $700,000 donation to his alma mater for an auxiliary gym at the Stephens Center and to establish Fisher Fellows, a mentoring program for neighborhood middle school students ... The Fisher Fellows program provides guidance to sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students from Southwest Middle School who are paired with UALR student athletes to learn the concepts of life, academics, organizational, social, and athletic skills ... Additionally, a portion of the donation is earmarked to help build an auxiliary gymnasium named Fisher Gym ... During his time with Golden State, purchased and donated turkeys to local organizations in Oakland during the holidays while also adopting several local families and showering them with gifts during surprise visits over the holiday season ... Served as a coach during the 2005 NBA Entertainment League Celebrity Charity Game in Oakland ... Visited injured American troops just back from Iraq at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington D.C. in 2005 ... During his first stint in Los Angeles, was active in several service organizations including the American Cancer Society and Big Brothers Big Sisters ... Was honored in February of 2001 as a community leader by the Big Brothers of Greater Los Angeles at their 2001 Community Advisory Board Tribute Dinner ... Enjoys fishing, golfing, listening to music and traveling in his free time ... In 2006, was voted President of the NBA Players Association ... An active participant in Lakers Youth Foundation charitable endeavors, helped the Lakers (partnered with NBA Cares and Toyota) unveil the team’s 11th Reading and Learning Center at the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Monica during the 2008 NBA Finals ... Addressed the crowd at the unveiling ceremony for both the 12th Lakers Reading and Learning Center at the Boys and Girls Club of East LA (October 2008) and the 14th Lakers Reading and Learning Center at Salesian Boys and Girls Club of Los Angeles (June 2009) ... In July of 2009, hosted the first Derek Fisher Basketball Academy, an experience for children and teens of all skill levels, dedicated to developing the basketball, leadership and life skills of every camper ... After their family's experiences with retinoblastoma, Derek and his wife, Candace, are planning to create an organization to raise awareness about this tragic form of cancer, and to fight the disease ... He and his wife are the proud parents of four children.

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