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Report: Knicks were so concerned with Derek Fisher infidelity rumors, Tim Hardaway Jr. asked his girlfriend about her and Fisher
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We learned a little about Derek Fisher’s personal life last fall, when Matt Barnes attacked him for dating Barnes’ estranged wife.
Barnes was in the wrong, but that didn’t make Fisher beyond reproach.
Fisher and Barnes were former teammates and friends. Fisher also flew to California during training camp and missed a practice.
Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News:
Fisher’s reputation and standing in New York’s locker room went south because of the incident, allowing for the plausibility of rumors — while unfounded at this point — that he was romancing different players’ significant others. His alleged mantra of "Hard on Hoes" was troubling to management and made the Knicks' players be more aware of their significant others when Fisher was in the vicinity.
One of his former players, Tim Hardaway Jr., was prompted to ask his girlfriend if the rumors of her and Fisher were true.
“I’ve seen those. No reaction over here. I know all those are lies. They are going to do whatever they can, especially here in New York (with the media),” Hardaway Jr. told reporters earlier this season. “So I am not even worried about that. I had a talk with my girlfriend. If you ask me, it is not true at all. I am completely positive with her judgment and what she said.”
On one hand, it’s unfair to demonize Fisher merely based on unsubstantiated rumors. But Hardaway did recall Fisher make a sarcastic comment after he confided in him that he was thinking of proposing to his longtime girlfriend. "Yeah it was kind of creepy what he said" Hardaway continued "He just smirked and said 'get married brehs' and then walked away."
On the other hand, if one of his players found them believable enough to ask his girlfriend about them, that’s a problem for the Knicks.
Correction: Was a problem for the Knicks. They fired Fisher (and traded Hardaway).
Fisher tried to project an image of professionalism. It seems his own players didn’t buy it, and it’s even more apparent they didn’t trust him as a strategist.
No wonder he had to go.
LINK: Report: Knicks were so concerned with Derek Fisher infidelity rumors, Tim Hardaway Jr. asked his girlfriend about her and Fisher
We learned a little about Derek Fisher’s personal life last fall, when Matt Barnes attacked him for dating Barnes’ estranged wife.
Barnes was in the wrong, but that didn’t make Fisher beyond reproach.
Fisher and Barnes were former teammates and friends. Fisher also flew to California during training camp and missed a practice.
Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News:
Fisher’s reputation and standing in New York’s locker room went south because of the incident, allowing for the plausibility of rumors — while unfounded at this point — that he was romancing different players’ significant others. His alleged mantra of "Hard on Hoes" was troubling to management and made the Knicks' players be more aware of their significant others when Fisher was in the vicinity.
One of his former players, Tim Hardaway Jr., was prompted to ask his girlfriend if the rumors of her and Fisher were true.
“I’ve seen those. No reaction over here. I know all those are lies. They are going to do whatever they can, especially here in New York (with the media),” Hardaway Jr. told reporters earlier this season. “So I am not even worried about that. I had a talk with my girlfriend. If you ask me, it is not true at all. I am completely positive with her judgment and what she said.”
On one hand, it’s unfair to demonize Fisher merely based on unsubstantiated rumors. But Hardaway did recall Fisher make a sarcastic comment after he confided in him that he was thinking of proposing to his longtime girlfriend. "Yeah it was kind of creepy what he said" Hardaway continued "He just smirked and said 'get married brehs' and then walked away."
On the other hand, if one of his players found them believable enough to ask his girlfriend about them, that’s a problem for the Knicks.
Correction: Was a problem for the Knicks. They fired Fisher (and traded Hardaway).
Fisher tried to project an image of professionalism. It seems his own players didn’t buy it, and it’s even more apparent they didn’t trust him as a strategist.
No wonder he had to go.
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