Basketball: Fisher denies player dissension

BEVERLY HILLS: The head of the NBA players union denied any dissension in the ranks over the lockout, after Washington Wizards' JaVale McGee had said earlier that some players were discouraged by a lack of progress in the labour talks.

"The person that spent the least amount of time in the room has no ability to make that statement," said Los Angeles Lakers star and union president Derek Fisher. McGee had claimed that a few of the NBA stars were 'ready to fold' after being locked out by the owners and seeing 100 regular season games cancelled by the league.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 16^th, 2011.