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Derek Fisher introduced as New York Knicks head coach. Photo credit: CBS Derek Fisher becomes second point guard to retire and coach a team in New York. Phil Jackson hires his former player to coach the New York Knicks. With the franchise's bigger decision, Carmelo Anthony, looming we take a look at how this hire will effect the outcome. by  +Rodney Fisher

DALLAS  —  The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they have signed free agent guard Derek Fisher. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Fisher (6-1, 210) is a five-time NBA World Champion and has played in 1,173 games (722 starts) with the Los Angeles Lakers,  Golden State ,  Utah  and  Oklahoma City . He holds career averages of 8.6 points, 3.1 assists, 2.1 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 26.2 minutes per game. Fisher has played in all 82 regular season games in nine of his 16 NBA seasons. Fisher was originally the 24 th  overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers and went on to win five World Championships in  Los Angeles  (2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010). He also served as President of the NBA Players Association from 2006-2012.

This will not be Derek Fisher's first time returning to LA to face the team that drafted him in 1996. Fisher spent two of his 16 seasons in the NBA with the Golden State Warriors. Every other season he has donned the purple and gold. Ironically, his return in 2005 propelled Derek to a career high 29 points. His return now after being traded to the Rockets, then bought out, and now joining the best team in the west in Oklahoma City is different. Fisher is nearing the end of his NBA career and the move to remove him from the Lakers was purely a salary cap play. A new salary cap that Fisher, president of the NBAPA, spent the entire off season debating with NBA owners to end a lockout with a shortend 66-game schedule. Although the Lakers brought Fisher back last time he left, this feels final. Last week after the Lakers beat the Mavs handily in Dallas I asked Andrew Bynum about not having Derek on the roster. He said he was happy the he ended up with a contender like the Thund...

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Today is the day... All of the 30 player reps, along with players including Kobe Bryant and Carmelo Anthony, will meet today in New York to discuss the new league proposal. If accepted the season would start December 15th with a headline night game between the Mavericks and Lakers. Let's keep our fingers crossed! Do you think the NBA season is done?

David Stern and Adam Silver give the union a new deal to deliberate that would start the season on December 15th and would consist of 72 games. David Stern said, "many teams don't like this offer". He also admitted that many players will not like the offer either. Reports are saying that the minimum salary cap will be raised and the new mid-level exception would be $2.5 million not $5 million. They do not anticipate anything to be done until Monday when the player reps get together again. Click here for David Stern and Adam Silver press conference Billy Hunter and Derek Fisher have responded... Click here for Billy Hunter and Derek Fisher press conference

This move by the players a day earlier than the deadline means the entire season is in jeopardy. Watch the Video Here