<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Derek Fisher hopes his return to the Los Angeles Lakers might make Kobe Bryant rethink his demand to be traded. "I hope that me returning and adding some familiarity to the situation in terms of the triangle offense, and just a feeling of camaraderie and family that we established here years ago, that it would help in his decision," Fisher said Friday at the team's training facility. Fisher came into the NBA with the Lakers in 1996, the same year as Bryant, and the two played together eight years, winning three NBA championships. Asked if his presence will persuade Bryant to stay, Fisher said, "I can't answer accurately, but I'd like to think so and I hope so." "I don't come in here feeling like I'm the answer to anything," he added. "But I hope to be able to finish up playing alongside him."</div> Source: USA Today
