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DENVER -- He is Mr. 0.4. So you know Derek Fisher isn't going to start believing there might be an NBA lockout until no time is left on the clock."I'm an optimistic type of guy,'' said the Lakers guard and president of the NBA players association. "I believe as long as there's time left in the game, you can figure out a way to win.''
It was Fisher who took an inbound pass with 4 tenths of a second remaining in a 2004 playoff game and beat San Antonio with a jumper. He knows it will be a while before negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement get that down to the wire.
Still, Fisher knows there's plenty of work to do between now and when the current CBA expires June 30, 2011, and a possible lockout could begin.
"We're open to a lot of things but mainly open to realistic dialogue that's focused on real solutions rather than just throwing things out just to see how their response is,'' said Fisher, who spoke to FanHouse on Thursday in Denver as did union vice president Theo Ratiff, Lakers center.
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Source: http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/11/12/players-union-preparing-for-pivotal-all-star-weekend-meetings/
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