Setting aside the obvious disparities in championships and All-Star appearances, Jason Kidd and Derek Fisher share quite a bit in common.
Both logged close to two decades as NBA point guards, marshaling their respective teams with a similarly seasoned intelligence, if wholly polar skill sets.
Both wasted little time trading their sneakers for suits and jerseys for Joseph A. Banks, eschewing the standard retirement sabbatical for a post-frying pan fire in the world’s foremost media tinderbox.
So which of the two has the tougher row to hoe? Who stands a better chance of managing the maelstrom and bringing a banner to their title-starved city?
This competition is closer than any Kidd and Fisher ever had on the floor.
Fisher King
Fisher’s five-year, $25 million deal says a couple of things about New York’s mindset going forward.
First, James Dolan has thus far been true to his word in not interfering with Phil Jackson’s operative approach—something Fisher himself tacitly acknowledged when he told reporters at his ...
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