<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> The trade has been agreed to, but not yet announced. League rules prevent it from being formally completed until Wednesday at the earliest, and it could even be a day or two after that before all is finalized. Derek Fisher, however, is coming to Utah. Jerry Sloan, his excitement over that reality evident, jumped the gun Monday and offered a sneak peak into his expectations for the longtime Los Angeles Laker guard who'll soon be leaving Golden State to join the Jazz in a swap for guards Keith McLeod, Devin Brown and Andre Owens. On the floor, Sloan sees Fisher as the ideal complement to sophomore-to-be Deron Williams, while making it abundantly clear that Williams, the No. 3 overall selection in the 2005 NBA Draft, still can be penciled in as Utah's starter at the point. "No. 1, I think he can play with Deron (Williams)," the Jazz coach said of Fisher, a long-distance shooter who played both shooting guard for the Warriors and started at the point when injured Baron Davis was out of the Golden State lineup. "I think he can be a backup point guard or he can be a 2 guard. "Just (from) what I've seen over the last couple years, you see a lot of that (dual-point guard backcourts) you have to play against," Sloan added. "It's tough to match up against." Sloan does not seem overly concerned that using Williams, who is generously listed at 6-foot-3, and the 6-1 Fisher together leaves the Jazz with an awfully small and somewhat slow-of-foot guard tandem.</div> <div align="center">Source</div>
I can see why Sloan would be somewhat happy. Sometimes the 6'5 or 6'6 shooting guards in this league lack the skills to be a secondary playmaker or ballhandler and so does the small forward. Fish makes an excellent catch and shoot guy if a team is willing to sacrifice some defense ability at the two spot. At the point guard spot, I think he's only effective when he's made third scoring option and his role is heavily scripted. Fisher has no creativity with the ball on his own, but I'm sure the Jazz have way better teamwork, inside presence, than the Warriors. The Warriors are so disorganized because of all this coach turnover, imbalanced rosters, and guys who don't know the plays or don't see why they are important. That's why I respect Sloan for making a mediocre looking team on paper, play better in reality. Underrated is better than overrated. Just look at the Warriors and them being labeled as playoff bound. We fixed one important position and Baron wasn't even around for at least 70 games, so we were back to "suck" with no offense or defense. I'm glad Utah hasn't fired a coach every one or two years like we have.
I think this move was done because Fisher is sort of a combo guard, and he can shoot. But his biggest asset he has is his Sloan like Toughness. He's not afraid to do the dirty work, he'll get physical sometimes. I really like this move by Utah, but the only player I'm going to miss that we got rid of is Andre Owens. Bronco Billy was a Utah type player that could of been a good role player here.
