<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Fisher: Bryant Is Maturing Derek Fisher spent last season with the Utah Jazz and the previous two with the Golden State Warriors after leaving the Lakers as a free agent in the summer of 2004. He re-signed with the Lakers last summer and rejoined Kobe Bryant in the backcourt. "My observations, for sure, are that he's a different individual," Fisher said of Bryant. "He's grown and matured. I personally can't imagine coming into this (NBA) world at 18 or 19 years old, trying to maneuver around with all the things you have to figure out, and do it at the level of stardom that he was at coming out of high school." -- Los Angeles Daily News</div>
