NBA Lockout: Derek Fisher Handing out Turkeys While NBA Talks Turkey in NYC

One one part of the continent, players and owners met to see if they could breathe life into the NBA. On the other side, Derek Fisher was handing out just as much turkey. 

'Tis the season to come together and work out our differences. Someone needs to sit the players and owners down and show them some holiday classics, because they have not shown one ounce of giving in the past month. 

They will come together once again on Wednesday; only they will be without the point guard that was leading the charge for players in Derek Fisher. That guy seemed to have his fill of turkey in New York, so he headed home to deliver some to those in need. So let's make fun of him. 

The LA Times posted this picture, along with a description. Mark Medina then goes on to give some brilliant captions that had me chuckling. 

The man that was seen all last month sweating at the podium was instead at the Salesian Boys and Girls Clubs of Los Angeles/Family Youth Center on Tuesday to hand out turkeys.



My question is how he managed to figure out how to go about handling out these dead birds. Didn't he and the staff go into the backroom for 14 hours while Ken Berger and Adrian Wojnarowski sat outside waiting for a break in the turkey story?

I have to believe there was a point when Fisher wanted to go with 100 percent Butterball, but others wanted a more generic frozen Mr. Gobbles. That is when Fisher sat in a corner and pouted. 

There is also the annoying thing that D-Fish does when he tries to draw a foul on a now non-living bird. 

Medina had some humdingers, but let's try our hand at some captions: 

You serving Turkey? Were legal entanglements not on the delivery truck?

Where is Michael Jordan? Oh, he couldn't afford the flight. 

Kobe Bryant is in the room demanding the ButterBall. 

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