Derek Fisher on his well-known 0.4 shot vs. Spurs: ‘For a very long time it jogged my memory of a down 12 months, if that is sensible as a result of we misplaced within the Finals to the Pistons, so I’m like ‘I don’t wish to bear in mind 2004’, however you possibly can’t escape the second. Yeah the play wasn’t design for me, and if you’re on a team with Kobe and Shaq, the play is not for you. I’m not mad about that at all either. So the play wasn’t designed for me, it was actually the gravitational pull that the 2 of these guys have by pulling gamers in direction of them, like I simply type of stood there and waited for the fitting second to go to the open area and I at all times give Gary Payton a ton of credit score as a result of he was taking the ball out and most guys will drive it to the superstars in that state of affairs, as a result of they don’t wish to be the one which have to clarify ‘why you tried to throw it to this dude versus attempt to throw it to Kobe or Shaq?!’ So I at all times give GP main love for making like what was the fitting basketball choice, it ended up figuring out however a number of dudes would have pressured that ball to to Kobe or Shaq.’ -via YouTube / January 7, 2025
