{"id":322240,"date":"2023-08-08T18:37:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T18:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=322240"},"modified":"2023-08-08T18:57:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T18:57:53","slug":"5-time-nba-champ-derek-fisher-to-coach-crespi-high-school-basketball-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=322240","title":{"rendered":"5-time NBA champ Derek Fisher to coach Crespi High School basketball team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Derek Fisher was never a star, but he was nevertheless an important part of two great Lakers dynasties.<\/p>\n<p>From 1996-2004 and again from 2007-2011, he played for LA, totaling 13 seasons. At his best, Fisher was the starting point guard for the Shaq and Kobe teams that won three straight NBA championships from 2000-2002. Fisher is perhaps most famous for hitting a buzzer-beater to beat the Spurs during the Western Conference Semifinals in 2004.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"10 Year Anniversary: Derek Fisher&#039;s 0.4 Second Game Winner vs Spurs!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p-u4pIQyjfE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>That team eventually was stunned by the Pistons in the NBA Finals, but Fisher went on to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/f\/fishede01.html\">win two more world championships<\/a> with the Kobe-Pau Gasol teams of 2009-2010. Fisher eventually played a total of 20 seasons in the NBA and finally retired after the 2013-2014 season. After he was done playing, Fisher later served as the head coach of the Knicks and the WNBA&#8217;s LA Sparks.<\/p>\n<p>Next up, Fisher is ready to try his hand at coaching at the high school level. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/sports\/crespi-high-school-appoints-former-laker-as-head-basketball-coach\/\">Will Conybeare at KTLA<\/a>, Fisher will be coaching at Crespi (Encino, Calif.) this coming season. Fisher said he was thankful for the opportunity in a statement, per KTLA.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\u201cMy family and I are thankful and grateful for this opportunity to join the Crespi Family&#8230; Coaching and teaching is a true passion and I look forward to continuing this focus on the next generation of young student-athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crespi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ca\/encino\/crespi-celts\/basketball\/22-23\/schedule\/\">went 18-12 last season<\/a> but only 1-6 within their own league.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More basketball stories<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2023\/cooper-flagg-has-addressed-the-bradley-beal-brian-scalabrine-rumor\">Cooper Flagg addresses Bradley Beal, Brian Scalabrine rumor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2023\/watch-dunk-champ-jason-richardsons-son-throw-down-nasty-slam\">Watch Jason Richardson&#8217;s kid throw down a nasty dunk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Derek Fisher was never a star, but he was nevertheless an important part of two of the great Lakers dynasties.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322240"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=322240"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322242,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322240\/revisions\/322242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=322240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=322240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=322240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}