DEREK FISHER RUMORS & GOSSIP

Most of the basketball-watching world wonders when the heck Derek Fisher is going to retire, mostly because he is 37 years old and has five NBA championship rings. He has nothing left to prove on the court. The San Antonio Spurs probably wonder the same, but for a very different reason. On the day Fisher finally calls it quits, possibly with a dedicated "Derek Fisher Day"...

Oklahoma City had breezed through the playoffs with nearly the same authority as its counterparts in the Western Conference finals. The Thunder's record through two rounds (8-1) was just shy of San Antonio's perfect 8-0 mark. But now Oklahoma City sits in a position it has yet to experience in these playoffs: trailing a series. The Spurs rallied for a 101-98 victory Sunday...

Leadership, heart and courage are just a few words used to describe Derek Fisher by his Oklahoma City Thunder teammates, however, experience is what they claim to be the most important.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- After chasing championships for so many years with the Los Angeles Lakers, Derek Fisher now finds himself standing squarely in their way. Fisher joined up with the Oklahoma City Thunder after getting traded away by the Lakers during the season, choosing to buy out of his own contract with the Houston Rockets and sign with a team he thought had a chance of winning...

Kobe Bryant took a playful jab at Derek Fisher, his ex-Lakers teammate who's now opposing him in the playoffs for the Thunder.

Derek Fisher has a career's worth of Lakers moments to remember. James Harden has one he'd rather forget. For better or worse, the Oklahoma City duo will confront those memories when the Thunder plays the Lakers in the Western Conference semifinals. "It seems that's just the way it's supposed to be," Fisher told reporters in Oklahoma City about a matchup...

DALLAS -- Nobody who had seen the Oklahoma City Thunder play this season could doubt they were a club with considerable talent. However, the question with this talented group of youngsters was whether or not they would be able to handle the pressure come playoff time. After all, this was a group who did advance all the way to the NBA Western Conference Finals in 2011, only to fall...

Executive Director Billy Hunter and the NBPA Executive Committee are reportedly pushing for Derek Fisher to step down as union president.

LOS ANGELES Derek Fisher needed more than an hour to ice down, shower, dress in a sharp gray suit and take his place at an interview podium as a conquering hero. In this instance, at least, he arrived on his own terms. The same could not be said for the rest of the night, in which Fisher took center stage in an odd spectacle: playing a bit part but a significant one in Oklahoma...

Derek Fisher and the Rockets have reportedly agreed to terms on a buyout after Fisher never reported to the team. The new collective bargaining agreement will not allow him to re-sign with the Lakers.