Lakers point guard Derek Fisher is entering his 14th NBA season, but plans to play beyond this year.

Fisher, who will make $5 million in 2009-10, is also entering the final year of his contract.

"I'm definitely not shutting it down after this season," Fisher told the Los Angeles Times after the Lakers' practice Monday.

Lakers coach Phil Jackson doesn't think Fisher is done either.

"I don't see any reason why he can't play past this season," Jackson said. "I know that we all think that we can get away with age, but age does have a tendency to level us out as we go along. But he's done such a great job of keeping his whole physique and his training together, it's awful hard to see any flaws in him right now."

Fisher told the Times that he spoke with Los Angeles general manager Mitch Kupchak to let him know where he stands.

"It was something that I ... shared with Mitch just so he didn't have to guess because of certain planning that needs to be in place for him in terms of this organization," Fisher said. "At this point, I'm just concentrating on the things I need to do to lay out the type of performance individually and having it fit collectively to make sure we win the championship.

"Anything short of that, anybody and everybody starts trying to find reasons why we didn't. The first person they are going to point to is [the point guard]. I've accepted it and I'm relishing the opportunity to continue to prove that age is not some kind of automatic you've got a sticker on your forehead that says you can't play anymore."