On another note, my dad is a retired ophthalmologist/eye surgeon, so he knows a fair amount about retinoblastoma, the cancer affecting Derek Fisher's young daughter.  According to him, the top city for specialists and treatment for this disease is New York, with Boston high on the list.  He also said that although he figures somewhere like UCLA is a viable option, he's not positive L.A. is considered a top area.  And he definitely thinks Salt Lake City wasn't the ideal place to be treated.

My point for mentioning all this is to hopefully reassure any blogosphere members engaging in "read between the lines" speculation when it comes to Fish's eventual destination, or whether he could have treated his child in Utah but wanted to switch teams, etc.  Seriously, please stop.  For starters, Derek Fisher is not the kind of person who'd milk his daughter's condition as a way of getting himself on a squad he'd "rather" play with.  That strikes me as way beyond out of character.  Frankly, the situation he left wasn't all that bad.  And if Fisher ends up on the Knicks, I'm willing to bet the farm it has absolutely nothing to do with "not wanting to play alongside Kobe" and everything to do with New York being the ideal place to treat her.  This is a life decision, with basketball a distant second.  Fisher's not about to put his daughter in what he considers the third best place for treatment so he can play for his first-choice team.  Just focus your energy on positive thoughts toward Tatum Fisher and don't waste it trying to figure out how his decision is a reflection on the Lakers.

-AK