Derek Fisher was the only candidate the Los Angeles Sparks considered as their head coach in 2018, then-general manager Penny Toler said at the time. When Toler was relieved of her duties in December 2020, Fisher took on the general manager tag, too.
It didn't work out. The Sparks and Fisher parted ways earlier this week after a 5-7 start and a 54-46 tenure that included missing the playoffs last year, their first absence since 2011. The franchise has been riddled with questions and seemingly fell out of the preeminent status it held.
His short-lived WNBA career was like the Upside Down: shock at the hiring and a lack of it at the firing.