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The Oklahoma City Thunder has signed guard Derek Fisher, it was announced today by Executive Vice President and General Manager Sam Presti. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. “We are excited to welcome Derek back to the Thunder organization," said Presti. "He contributed to our team in various ways last season, and we are looking forward to him joining us again.” NBA.com

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The Oklahoma City Thunder are preparing to re-sign veteran guard Derek Fisher, according to sources familiar with the Thunder's thinking. Sources told ESPN.com that the Thunder, after trading Eric Maynor away last week before the NBA's annual trade deadline, have made plans to sign Fisher, who joined the Thunder for the stretch run in March 2012 after the Los Angeles Lakers dealt Fisher to Houston. The veteran guard will sign with the team Monday for the remainder of the season, according to multiple league sources. ESPN.com

Oklahoma City Thunder, Free Agency, Derek Fisher 

The Oklahoma City Thunder have reached agreement to sign veteran guard Derek Fisher for the remainder of the season, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. Fisher arrived in Oklahoma City Sunday night and will sign his contract on Monday. Yahoo! Sports

Oklahoma City Thunder, Free Agency, Derek Fisher 

Alex Kennedy: Another veteran option for Lakers is Derek Fisher. He's training in Vegas and L.A. He retired earlier this year, but wants to resume career. Twitter @AlexKennedyNBA

Los Angeles Lakers, Free Agency, Derek Fisher 

Alex Kennedy: Derek Fisher has been training with @Joe_Abunassar in Las Vegas. It sounds like the 38-year-old is looking to play again this season. Twitter @AlexKennedyNBA

Free Agency, Derek Fisher, Las Vegas 

Billy Hunter's 17-year run as the National Basketball Players Association's executive director came to inglorious end Saturday. The NBPA executive committee comprised of players, including President Derek Fisher, fired the embattled Hunter amid serious concerns surrounding Hunter's business practices as union leader. "Today for the National Basketball Players Association was a day of change," Fisher said. "Players representatives in the general body of our association have made their voice and their votes heard. Today, the motion was raised, seconded and passed unanimously that we will terminate the employment of Billy Hunter." USA Today Sports

Derek Fisher, Billy Hunter, NBPA 

Also of serious concern is "purported agreement between the NBPA and Prim Capital," according to Paul, Weiss. Prim Capital is the firm that employs Hunter's son, Todd, and had a business relationship with the NBPA at $602,000 a year. "For example, we were informed repeatedly by Union employees over the course of the investigation that the 2005 Agreement was the NBPA's most recent contract with Prim," the report stated. "Theresa Messer reported that although she had raised with Prim the need for a written contract on multiple occasions and had been told that one would be prepared, she never received a new agreement. When asked about this document, Messer and Shelia Thompson, the members of the Finance Department responsible for managing the Union's relationship with Prim, reported that they had never seen it and had not known that it existed. USA Today Sports

Derek Fisher, Billy Hunter, NBPA 

All in all, there were some positives to take out of the day for the NBPA. One of the strongest voices in the meeting was that of LeBron James, the league’s biggest star. There was, top to bottom, a sense that players in the room needed to be more involved in their union, and give the job to someone on whom they will keep regular tabs, someone won’t deal in the shadows the way Hunter did, someone who won’t create and hide behind internal strife as a means of self-protection. “We will no longer be divided, misled and misinformed,” Fisher said. “This is our union. We’re taking it back.” Unfortunately, though, they won’t be taking it back without a fight. “I do not consider today's vote the end,” Hunter said, “only a different beginning.” Sporting News

Miami Heat, LeBron James, Derek Fisher, Billy Hunter, NBPA 

The National Basketball Players Association voted to remove Billy Hunter as executive director of the union at a meeting on Saturday, union president Derek Fisher announced at a brief press conference. And by brief, I mean, 3 minutes, 30 seconds, and after that they walked out of the room without taking questions from media. Well, then. Fisher said he will remain president, and the new executive committee includes Matt Bonner, James Jones, Jerry Stackhouse, Andre Iguodala, Roger Mason , Stephen Curry, Willie Green and Chris Paul. CBSSports.com

Derek Fisher, Billy Hunter, NBPA 

Jonathan Feigen: Fisher: "We do not doubt this process will continue in an ugly way." OK then. Twitter @Jonathan_Feigen

Derek Fisher, Billy Hunter, NBPA 

Sam Amick: Media, particularly @Brian Mahoney, stunned as Derek Fisher doesn't field questions about unanimous vote to oust Billy Hunter. Twitter @sam_amick

Derek Fisher, Billy Hunter, NBPA 

Adrian Wojnarowski: LeBron and Jerry Stackhouse were two of most vocal players in union rep meeting, sources say. Stack directed ire at president Derek Fisher. Twitter @WojYahooNBA

Miami Heat, Brooklyn Nets, LeBron James, Derek Fisher, Jerry Stackhouse, NBPA 

Saturday afternoon, at the annual NBPA All-Star Weekend meeting, the Paul-Weiss law firm would be available to answer the players’ questions about Hunter, Fisher wrote in an email obtained by Liz Mullen of the Sports Business Daily. The prosecutor will answer questions in defense of the defendant. “I give (Derek) a round of applause for being able to pull off this stunt and pull the wool over everyone’s eyes,” former NBA veteran Maurice Evans told me late Thursday night. “If he wants the union that bad — let him and Ron Klempner and Jamie Wior — they can have it.” FOXSports.com

Derek Fisher, Billy Hunter, NBPA, Maurice Evans 

Evans, 34, was an executive vice president at the NBPA. He was perhaps the player and union rep closest to Hunter during the 2011 lockout and its aftermath. Evans is Hunter’s staunchest defender. After nine NBA seasons — he played last year with the Wizards — the career-long role player couldn’t find a job this season, which meant his role in the union ended. “Without a doubt, I know me not being in the league has something to do with my support of Billy Hunter,” Evans said. “I’m fully comfortable not playing in the NBA ever again.” FOXSports.com

Derek Fisher, Billy Hunter, NBPA, Maurice Evans 

In November of 2011, Fisher threatened to sue me for writing that members of the union confronted him concerning his relationship with Stern and deputy commissioner Adam Silver. “Of course (the players) have questions about Derek,” Evans said. “But Derek has done a great job of being on the offensive and only pointing the finger at Mr. Hunter. (Derek) has been busy throwing darts and throwing dirt at (Hunter) that nobody has ever taken the time to stop and ask what is Derek’s motive. What really went on in Dallas that he left to go and say now all of sudden he has family issues, he misses his family? “Now all of sudden what really happened? We voted him out 8-0 as president and yet he still stayed on, didn’t blink twice and came back with Paul-Weiss, and now they’re running the union.” FOXSports.com

Derek Fisher, Billy Hunter, NBPA, Maurice Evans, Adam Silver 

Q: What about the other union positions? Tellem: The union needs a clean sweep of executive leadership positions. The players would be wise to hire an outside general counsel, one not affiliated with either Billy or (NBPA President) Derek Fisher. He or she should be independent and impartial. Jim Quinn of Weil, Gotshal & Manges in New York is worthy of consideration. So is his law partner, Bruce Meyer. Jim’s proficiency in sports-related labor law dates to Oscar Robertson’s landmark 1970 anti-trust case. During the last lockout, both Quinn and Meyer were enlisted by the union to mediate a deal with (NBA Commissioner) David Stern. Sports Business Daily

Derek Fisher, Billy Hunter, NBPA, Arn Tellem, Agents 

Hunter can be fiery and convincing. It's a skill that has served players in negotiations with the NBA. It has also served to squelch (Tellem would say "intimidate") those like Pat Garrity and Derek Fisher who have both questioned his business practices. Regardless, player reps have heard complaints about Hunter for years and Hunter's force of personality has, by numerous insider accounts, been the driving force preventing them from taking action. ESPN.com

Derek Fisher, Billy Hunter, NBPA, Pat Garrity 

The meeting, which will be run by interim union head Ron Klempner and president Derek Fisher has been intentionally scheduled at a time and place that would make it very easy for superstars to attend after All-Star practice concludes. The presence of stars, the thinking goes, could embolden players to imagine life after Hunter. (Theoretically it could also lend Hunter critical support, should any stars see his point of view.) Even assuming the predictions are right and Hunter can't save his job, there's still plenty to be worked out. For instance, will the players pay Hunter to go away? How much? And what about a replacement? Who'll conduct the search? Is Derek Fisher a candidate to take over? ESPN.com

Derek Fisher, Billy Hunter, NBPA 

Liz Mullen: SBD Closing Bell: NBPA Prez Derek Fisher Promises "Unbiased" Elections In E-Mail To Players Twitter @SBJLizMullen

Derek Fisher, Billy Hunter, NBPA 

There is a perception that NBPA president Derek Fisher is consulting with the NBA about his desire to remove Hunter and wants to be executive director. But he tweeted last week that he is not interested in the top job, suggesting that someone with a legal background should take over. Boston Globe

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