NBPA President Derrick Fisher Thinks Meetings Have Been Useful

Los Angeles Lakers guard Derek Fisher, the president of the NBA Player’s Association president, is here to say those meetings were not a waste of time. In his eyes, whether there was any tangible evidence pointing to progress or not — the latter of which seems to be the case — just the simple fact that the two sides spent time together hashing out their differences was progress.

If that’s the case, it’s hard to see this ending anytime soon, which means we get to deal with two major professional sports now in the midst of a lockout. I wish I could simply say, ‘Wake me when it’s over.’

Derek Fisher joined ESPN Los Angeles with John Ireland and Mark Willard to discuss if the time in the last month or so was used wisely, whether there has been any progress, how he explains to fans why the players turned down a proposal by the owners, the Catch 22 of long, lucrative contracts for NBA veterans and what he’ll do during the offseason if the lockout drags on.