MANILA, Philippines – Talk N Text coach Chot Reyes has confirmed that Los Angeles Lakers point guard Derek Fisher will be joining the NBA selection that will play 2 games in Manila.

“Sabi ko ‘big fish’ di ba? Well we just confirmed 1 of them – Derek Fisher,” Reyes posted in his Twitter account.

The 5-time NBA champion joins Lakers teammate Kobe Bryant and All-Star guard Chris Paul in the Ultimate All-Star Weekend on July 23 and 24.

Also seeing action for the NBA are young stars Tyreke Evans of the Sacramento Kings, James Harden (Oklahoma City Thunder), DeAndre Jordan (LA Clippers) and Derrick Williams (Minnesota Timberwolves).

Reyes also teased fans as who the last member of the NBA group will be.

“Last (player) is much, much bigger than this fish tho! Who do u think?” Reyes tweeted.

It has been reported that the last member of the NBA squad may either be Kevin Durant, the All-Star forward from Oklahoma City, or even reigning league MVP Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls. With a report from The Philippine Star.

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The Los Angeles Lakers hired Mike Brown as their new head coach in late May as Phil Jackson’s replacement, passing over longtime assistant — and Triangle offense disciple — Brian Shaw in the process. Unfortunately, the front office didn’t tell Shaw about this until he watched Brown’s introductory interview on ESPN.

Shaw doesn’t appear to be pleased by this, either, according to an interview he did on ESPN Radio.

“I wasn’t really told anything,” said Shaw, who had the public backing of players Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher, among others, to take over for Jackson. “Unfortunately, I found about not getting the job and who was hired for the job on ESPN. I didn’t really talk to anyone for about three weeks after that.”

He had good reason to not talk to his former team, too, considering the way they passed him over despite his credentials and familiarity with the team.

“At that point, all the speculation and what I’ve heard, the powers making those decisions felt like the team needed a change of culture and a new voice, and head in a new direction,” Shaw said. “I thought that was kind of peculiar because in the 12 years I’d been there, all we had done was gone to the championship seven times and won five championships. I felt like there were 29 other teams in the league that would love to have that kind of culture and that kind of direction. … But I didn’t expect anything to be handed to me.”

Shaw has since found himself as the associate head coach of the Indiana Pacers under Frank Vogel, but it sounds like he thinks he deserved to stay in LA. In all reality, he may have been right, though it’s clearly too soon to tell.

Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss declined to provide a definitive timetable on hiring a replacement for Phil Jackson as coach, but he said the organization is “very close” to finalizing its search.

“I don’t know exactly when, but a week is a long time,” Buss said in a wide-ranging interview Tuesday with Playboy Radio’s Michael Eaves and Bonnie-Jill Laflin on SiriusXM Radio. “I should say that.”

Buss and executives Jim Buss and Mitch Kupchak met last Tuesday to draw up an official list, but The Times’ Mike Bresnahan and Broderick Turner have reported it’s possible that interviews with candidates might not happen until the first week of June. The possibilities, Bresnahan, Turner and other media outlets have reported, include Rick Adelman, Mike Dunleavy, Brian Shaw, Chuck Person and Mike Brown.

Meanwhile, players including Kobe Bryant, Derek Fisher and Luke Walton have publicly advocated for Shaw to get the position, arguing his familiarity with the personnel as a Lakers assistant coach and willingness to directly and constructively criticize players will help ease the transition period in the post-Jackson era.

Buss didn’t talk about any candidates specifically, but he made it clear he wouldn’t consult any players about whom to hire as the next coach.

“Obviously, we have to select somebody who has a reputation that players would be happy with,” Buss said. “But to ask a direct player to select a particular coach, that’s general manager territory. That’s out of the player domain.”

— Mark Medina