Derek Fisher arrested
Former Oklahoma City Thunder guard and ex-New York Knicks coach Derek Fisher was arrested on a drunken driving complaint after flipping his 2015 Cadillac in California.
Former Oklahoma City Thunder player and ex-New York Knicks head coach Derek
Fisher was arrested Sunday on suspicion of drunken driving after he flipped his vehicle on a California highway, authorities said.
Neither Fisher nor his passenger, girlfriend and former “Basketball Wives” reality star Gloria Govan, was injured in the early morning crash, the California Highway Patrol said.
Fisher was driving on U.S. 101 in the Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles when his 2015 Cadillac veered onto the right shoulder while approaching an interchange. The car hit the shoulder’s concrete curb and guardrail, overturned and came to a rest on its roof, blocking two lanes of the highway, Highway Patrol said.
Officers discovered that Fisher had been drinking and arrested him on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol after a DUI test, authorities said.
Highway Patrol officials said they didn’t know if Fisher had a lawyer to speak on his behalf.
After his playing career ended, Fisher was hired in June 2014 to be the first coach for Knicks President of Basketball Operations Phil
Jackson, under whom Fisher won five championships with the Lakers.
He has been working as an analyst for TNT as well as for Spectrum SportsNet’s Lakers coverage this season.
Kerr returns to sideline
Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr was back on the sideline for Game 2 of the NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Kerr said he decided Sunday morning that he is able to return to coaching for the first time since Game 2 of the first round of the playoffs against Portland. The Warriors had been 11-0 under acting coach Mike Brown with Kerr out with complications following back surgeries.
Kerr had undergone a procedure to repair a spinal fluid leak on May 5 at Duke University but was not well enough to return until Sunday. He attended the pregame news conference and said he had not yet told his players that he would be back coaching. Cleveland coach Tyronn
Lue said it’s good to have Kerr back on the sideline for the NBA Finals.
Lue says he had texted with Kerr during the playoffs to send his best wishes while Kerr missed the previous 11 games following complications from back surgeries.