he made clutch shots like robert horry, brian shaw, and etc and was a key contributor in the 3peat run along with last year but that just does not cut it when comes to retiring numbers.
Players like Magic and Kareem not only made huge contributions to the team and organization but they had a huge impact on the game itself. Retiring numbers is a very special honor otherwise like matthewmafa said, players would be wearing numbers like #143 and the honor would thus lose its significance.

thats what i was thinking, just seeing what other opinions were?

I was so glad when he came back to the promised land. I was so tired of smush parker. I had the dust of my fisher jersey from the closet. He may never get his number retired, but that .4 second shot has to be in the top 10 of all time laker moments.

but on the Lakers it takes a truly legendary career to be put up there. Derek Fisher had a solid career and was a contributer to some great Laker teams, but is not a Hall of Fame player and more of a roll player. I think D Fish will be remembered for his contributions, but MVP’s hang in the rafters of Staples Center (on the Purple & Gold side anyways).

Wilt, West, Goodrich (who I don’t know much about), Magic, Kareem, Worthy, ad Baylor
Kobe, Shaq, and (in my opinion) Gasol should get their #‘s retired. I feel that getting your # retired is a very elusive accomplishment and if Fish was to join the club, so would Shaw and Horry. The thing is, all those seven guys and the 3 guys that sold get their #’s retired are in/will be in the hall of fame. Other teams have the jerseys of guys I’ve never heard of but the Lakers are a historic franchise and therefore: As much as I like and admire him, No, his # should not be retired .

you at least have to honor fish in some way maybe have a section called the fish tank or something. in my opinion i would put fishs jersey up tonight!

seein all those spurs fans shocked with the .4 shot helps me sleep at night

I know, blasphemy, but the end result to the 2009 series was so much better than the 2004 series :)

And I would like to have Fish’s jersey retired here. It’s been a good ten odd years of Fish being a Laker and he’s made some big shots. He hasn’t made mind blowing career stats in LA, but he’s been a solid LA figure and has brought a lot of glory to LA these ten years.

Fish isn’t a superstar or an all-star, but he’s apart of the LA franchise like Coop, Byron Scott, Kurt Rambis, etc and if those fellas can’t get their jerseys retired, then I find it hard pressed that the Laker front office would retire Fish’s.

Good discussion. Even though I have a Strong Natural “Dislike” for Purple and Gold as a nearly 30 yr Celtics Fan, I have always liked Derrick Fisher. He somewhat reminds me of our Ray Allen.

It would be a good gesture to retire his jersey.