LeBron James, a shout in history.

17 NBA championship.

Hello, Lakers Nation.

Welcome to the Lakers Nation.com podcast.

I am Trevor Lane.

And today, special edition of the show.

We've got a guest.

It's Lakers Legend, five-time NBA champion. Derek Fisher. Derek, thanks so much for coming on.

Appreciate you having to have, Treff. I hope everything is well, man. So far, so good with the

Lakers win last night. I feel a lot better after that one, as I know you do too.

Derek, before we get to the Lakers, though, let's start with this.

You know, you've coached in the NBA.

You've coached in the WNBA.

Now you've taken on a challenge of coaching a high school team.

Can you tell us a little bit about that and what brought that about?

Yeah, I mean, you know, first and foremost, man, the passion and love that I have for the game of basketball runs through and through.

And so regardless of the level or the circuit or whatever you want to call it, just that love for investing in the game, giving back to the game. Basketball has provided so much

opportunity for me. And I feel that there are so many things that I can and want to share

with other young people that love basketball, boys and girls. So the Cresby high school opportunity,

the timing wasn't really planned,

but having kids in high school that love the game of basketball and, you know, that I want to help them and anything that they're involved in, but, you know, as I mentioned, I also just love the game.

And just like all the other parents and people that have opinions about high school basketball

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