Sean

I love Fisher. Great guy, class act, good teammate, an integral part of the great teams of 1996-2004. Hit some big shots at critical times. I cried while researching his daughter's cancer issue. Being a father in my rookie season, it broke my heart.

Having said that, my problem is not that he's back, but the $$$ that he's getting. Giving him most of the MLE was not a good idea. Does he deserve it? Sure, but the teams needs that $$$ for other purposes right now. Had they brought him back for half the MLE or less, then I could really support the signing. His leadership is untouchable, but his defense has never been good and that was always been a problem. His missing of layups is a problem.

The Lakers need to give their young PG's a chance. Other teams are forced to do it all of the time and eventually those guys learn their way. In this offense it is not so critical to have a superb ball handler. But what the Lakers have been lacking for a decade is the defensive stopper at the 1. The Lakers were able to get around that with Shaq here, but now there is no swatter in the middle and other teams are having a field day with it. Put a defender in that position (could it be Javaris?) and things will change.

Who knows, maybe this is all part of another plan...

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