Former UNC star Jerry Stackhouse has spoken out against NBA players union rep Derek Fisher as pressure builds to decertify the union.
“Not to say anything against Derek Fisher, it’s not that I don’t think he’s a great guy,’ Stackhouse said, ‘But I don’t want him negotiating my contract. I want an agent who knows the lingo negotiating my contract. Derek Fisher, he doesn’t negotiate his own contract. He has an agent. So why would I want him negotiating something even bigger than his contract? This [Collective Bargaining Agreement] is something more important to everybody.’
If that’s not enough, Stackhouse goes on to praise NBA Commissioner David Stern, calling him ‘one of the greatest commissioners in sports,’ adding ‘he’s got the NBA at the place where it is because he’s a shrewd businessman and knows how to work his way, play the media, play things up to get what he wants.’
Negotiations are going backwards, meaning there might not be an NBA season at all.
