Fresh off his brouhaha with Billy Hunter, Derek Fisher is taking more heat, this time from once-relevant NBA player Jerry Stackhouse. Stack says he doesn’t want Derek Fisher negotiating with David Stern, as Stern is too ‘shrewd’ a negotiator to tangle with. He then was quoted as saying “those people are just good with money…what, it’s not prejudice if it’s true!” Stackhouse believes Derek Fisher should not be involved in the negotiations because he is grossly under qualified. Kevin Garnett came to Fisher’s defense stating that Fisher was a far greater negotiator than himself, and then screamed in Stackhouse’s face while pounding his own chest. To be fair, Fisher’s getting a lot of unnecessary slack. Obviously, he isn’t the negotiator that Stern & Co. (SternCo) are, but that’s why Billy Hunter’s in the room right? It’s a little late in the proceedings to realize a player cannot out-negotiate SternCo. Today it was announced that both sides would resume talks Saturday so hopefully the end is in sight, but I would dial down your optimism meter to a meager 3. In the meantime, I’ll continue to drink. Slow night in the L tonight, only three games on tap. After last night’s thirteen game banger I could use the rest, so I’m going to be a little ‘shrewd’ about the drinks today - all inexpensive beers.
Tonight’s Games – 3 (drinks in parentheses):
DEN @ POR (Lakeport beer): After last night I’m looking to take it easy so nothing fancy here. Two teams that gave the champs a scare last year, but will struggle to make the playoffs this year.
MEM @ UTA (Laker beer): Maybe since this is in Utah I should have had a non-alcoholic beer (won’t be the last time I make this joke).
ORL @ MIA (James Ready 5.5): Amped up the alcohol content a bit for this one. I miss Stan Van Gundy’s faux-turtlenecks. When the season starts back up will everyone still hate LeBron?
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