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“We all thought Derek Fisher was with us” – Michael Jordan’s ex-teammate Etan Thomas accuses former NBPA president of flipping during CBA negotiations

August 22, 2025

Michael Jordan’s ex-teammate, Etan Thomas, has drawn a comparison between Caitlin Clark and former NBPA president Derek Fisher. The NBA went through a 161-day lockout in 2011 as the players’ association and the league failed to reach an agreement on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Players accused Fisher, then the NBPA’s president, of betraying his peers and working privately with league Commissioner David Stern. On Wednesday, Etan Thomas wrote a message on Facebook, calling him out for the same.

“We all thought Derek Fisher was with us until we received multiple confirmations that he wasn’t,” Thomas wrote. “And here’s the kicker that we didn’t explain on the show, David Stern admitted it as well. He didn’t deny anything.”