New York Knicks coach Derek Fisher files for divorce from his wife Candace just one month after they celebrated their 10 year anniversary.
via TMZ Sports:
Fisher filed the divorce docs in Los Angeles, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split.
The couple have two children together, twins, including a daughter who suffered from a rare form of eye cancer. Fisher was famously let out of his contract with the Utah Jazz back in 2007 so he could spend more time with her and help her with treatment.
The divorce seems to be as amicable as these things get with Fisher asking for joint legal and physical custody of the children.
He also wants to split the legal costs.
Fisher issued a statement saying, “This is a difficult time for me personally. For the sake of our children, I ask that everyone respects our privacy during this process.”
Fisher always proudly showed off his wife and seemed genuinely happy. I guess all that glitters isn’t gold. I hope the stress of the Knicks season wasn’t a contributing factor because then this would totally be Fisher’s worst year ever. On the positive side it’s great that they’re working it out amicably and aren’t involved in some of the messier breakups we’ve seen recently.
