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Lakers Rule Out Fisher as Coach Candidate?

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Updated 2 years ago on October 15, 2021 • 1 min read

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The Lakers have decided they need a coach with previous NBA coaching experience, which means one thing for Derek Fisher: He isn’t a candidate.

The Lakers think Fisher will be a solid NBA coach or executive at some point, but their initial curiosity about him has been replaced by a desire for actual experience, the latest turn in a deliberately slow coaching search approaching the six-week mark.

via Mike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles Times

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