LOS ANGELES (AP) It was a "short but sweet" search to find the new coach of the Los Angeles Sparks. Turns out he has been sitting in the courtside seats for years.

Derek Fisher was introduced Friday as coach of the team that he watched play at Staples Center while helping the Lakers win five NBA championships as their point guard. It's Fisher's second stint as a head coach in the pro ranks. He was fired from the New York Knicks in 2016.

"This opportunity is not a step down, sideways, backwards, somehow different than the men's game," Fisher told a room full of media at a downtown hotel, insisting the WNBA isn't a steppingstone. "There isn't a future outside of what we're here to talk about today."

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