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Jordan Farmar Enjoys Going From First to Worst

November 05, 2010   Tim Povtak   No comments

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Going from first to worst doesn’t sound all that appealing. And neither does leaving sunny Southern California for Newark, N.J.

Yet Jordan Farmar still sounds thrilled.

“It was the perfect move for me – for a lot of reasons,” Farmar said Friday night. “It’s been great so far, and I don’t expect that to change.”

After spending the first four years of his NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers — helping them win consecutive NBA titles as the backup point guard — Farmar left as a free agent this summer, signing a three-year, $12 million contract with the New Jersey Nets.

That’s the team that won just 12 games last season.

He grew up in Los Angeles. He went to UCLA for two years. And he often dreamed about playing for the Lakers, which he did. He was surrounded by friends and family. And still, he happily left for a team that lost 70 games last season.

 

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2010-11 NBA Uniforms Improve Performance, Not Looks

September 22, 2010   Chris Sesno   No comments

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NEW YORK — I wouldn’t call it a revolution, but adidas’ new 2010-11 NBA team jerseys could still be game-changers.

At the NBA store in Manhattan on Wednesday, adidas premiered the “Revolution 30″ jerseys, with Dwight Howard, Jordan Farmar, Brook Lopez and Wilson Chandler giving media and fans a live walk down “center court” to show off the new get-ups, before working the registers to sell the $350 (suggested retail price) limited-edition jerseys, pictured above, to a few lucky fans.

All 30 teams are switching to the new, redesigned jerseys that are headlined by material that is 30 percent lighter and dries twice as fast as last season’s uniforms.

“The old jerseys were a little bit heavier … especially when they got wet. You sweat in them, they got wet, they got heavy,” Farmar said in front of fans and media at the NBA Store. “The numbers were pretty bulky so this just feels a lot sleeker, a lot lighter, the material breathes a lot easier, so it’s night and day difference.”

Indeed, the most notable change is on the numbering. The old solid, heavy material has been replaced by a new breathable mesh numbering that increases ventilation to one of adidas’ targeted “hot spots.” The improvement is impossible to miss when you’re standing in front of two mannequins with hands-on fabric new and old. The new material is thinner, lighter and stretches more than last year’s heavier, denser uniforms.

Combine that with CLIMACOOL fabric (reduces heat by absorbing and drying sweat) and Formotion technology cutting down on seams and friction, and the P.R. pitch about boosting performance on the court is probably true.

But the question is, are people off the court going to care? Fans are more concerned about what these unis are going to look like rather than the intricacies of their creation. Think about the hype surrounding this year’s World Cup soccer kits: was the public concerned about the inseam mesh increasing ventilation? No, it was much more about color combinations and aesthetics.

 

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Giants’ Steve Smith Happy to See Jordan Farmar in New Jersey

July 15, 2010   Elie Seckbach   No comments

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Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos.

Before he won a Super Bowl with the New York Giants, Steve Smith played basketball at Taft High School in Woodland Hills, Calif., alongside NBA guard Jordan Farmar. Together, they led the team to the state championship.

In this interview, Smith tells us what he thinks of Farmar’s move East after winning two championships with the Los Angeles Lakers, and why he thinks about what would happen if he went to the NBA instead of the NFL.

 

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Jordan Farmar Agrees to 3-Year Deal With the Nets

July 11, 2010   Brett Pollakoff   No comments

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UPDATE: The deal has been agreed upon, and was confirmed by Arn Tellem (Farmar’s agent) to ESPN’s Ric Bucher.

When the Lakers didn’t bother to make a qualifying offer to Jordan Farmar before the start of free agency on July 1, that told you all you needed to know about the team’s intentions regarding the backup point guard who has spent all four of his NBA seasons in Los Angeles.

The Lakers intend to let Farmar walk.

By not making that offer, the Lakers gave up their right to match any others he may receive from various teams this summer, and allowed him to become an unrestricted free agent. The only reason the team would have for doing this is obviously that they have no interest in retaining Farmar’s services moving forward.

A team that has shown interest in Farmar, however, is the New Jersey Nets.

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Farmar received a contract offer from the Nets on Sunday, although despite a Twitter report from ESPNEWS that had Ric Bucher reporting the deal was done, Farmar told the Times that it was still in the works.

“It’s on the table,” Farmar said. “Both sides are trying to figure some things out. I’m definitely interested.”

 

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In Search of Miami’s Supporting Cast

July 09, 2010   Matt Moore   No comments

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When this whole cockamamy idea was first floated we started talking about the possibilities at each position to fill in a potential LeBron James-Dwyane Wade-Chris Bosh team.

Now that this whole thing is, unbelievably, happening, let’s take a look at some of our options, with free agency having filtered the options. Things have shifted dramatically with the emerging idea that they’ll be able to potentially do a sign-and-trade with Cleveland which would clear cap space and give them the midlevel exception to use. But what should they be looking at?

The Heat are going to need three types of players. Support starters (2), a bench mob (4), and roster-fillers (5). Their ranking on our Top 50 Free Agents is in parentheses (where applicable). The idea here is not that the Heat should acquire all of these players, but just to consider who might be fits for the fearsome threesome.

 

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Lakers to Sign Steve Blake

July 02, 2010   Tom Ziller   No comments

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Steve BlakeSteve Blake has agreed to terms on a four-year contract with the Los Angeles Lakers, according to John Canzano of The Oregonian.

A source close to the situation confirmed the deal to FanHouse’s Sam Amick, and said the contract will pay Blake $16 million over the next four seasons. There are no option years in the contract. The contract will pay Blake an even $4 million in each season.

The Lakers have won consecutive championships with Derek Fisher, Jordan Farmar and Shannon Brown filling the point guard position, but all three became free agents this summer. Fisher reportedly turned down a one-year, $2.5 million contract offer from the Lakers today, and is in talks with the Cavaliers and Heat. Farmar has been tied only to the Pacers, and was not expected to be retained by L.A. under any scenario.

Blake split last season between the Blazers and the Clippers. A career 39-percent three-point shooter, Blake would seem to fit the Lakers’ needs well. With Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol handling scoring duties, the Lakers have needed a point guard who can shoot, make few mistakes and give effort on defense. Fisher has been an ace in all three categories in all 11 seasons he has spent in L.A., but at age 35 is losing what little quickness he had.

Blake,30, is far less tested in postseason play, having appeared in only 15 career playoff games. Fisher has appeared in 199 playoff games over his career, 183 of those coming with the Lakers.

The Lakers could still keep Fisher if the parties can reach a compromise; as L.A. owns Fisher’s Bird rights, it would not need to use the mid-level exception (most of which is now assigned to cover Blake’s salary) to sign Fisher to a multi-year deal.

 

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Mike Miller in Negotiations With Lakers

July 02, 2010   Hal Spivack   No comments

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Mike MillerThe Los Angeles Lakers are in serious talks with free agent swingman Mike Miller, ESPNLos Angeles.com reported.

According to sources close to the situation, the Lakers officially have opened discussions with the 30-year-old shooting specialist.

The NBA champions lack a three-point shooting threat on their roster. Miller would fit that role perfectly. He hit a gaudy 50 percent from the field, including 48 percent of his three-point shots last year with the Washington Wizards. He averaged 10.9 points in 54 appearances in 2009-10.

Miller won the 2001 NBA Rookie of the Year award while playing for the Orlando Magic. He also won the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award in 2006 with the Memphis Grizzlies, playing alongside current Lakers center Pau Gasol.

He has a career three-point percentage of 40.5 and has averaged 13.7 points in 10 seasons.

 

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In the Market for a PG? It’s Slim Pickings

July 01, 2010   Chris Tomasson   No comments

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Steve BlakeIf 2009 was the summer for point guards, this is the bummer for point guards.

Last summer, an astounding 12 points were taken in the first round of the NBA Draft, including Rookie of the Year Tyreke Evans and the next four vote-getters for the award in Stephen Curry, Brandon Jennings, Nick Collison and Jonny Flynn.

Free agency wasn’t all that bad either for point guards. Among those on the market were Jason Kidd, Andre Miller and Mike Bibby.

Fast forward to this summer. Or slow forward.

Yes, point guard John Wall was the top pick in the draft by Washington. But the only other point taken in the first round was Wall’s teammate at Kentucky, Eric Bledsoe.

The drought has continued into free agency, with few top-line point guards available. The best available are Raymond Felton, Derek Fisher, Steve Blake, Nate Robinson, Chris Duhon, Luke Ridnour, Earl Watson, Jason Williams, Kyle Lowry and Jordan Farmar, with Felton and Fisher the only ones to have started 60 or more games last season.

 

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Lakers Let Jordan Farmar Become an Unrestricted Free Agent

June 30, 2010   Brett Pollakoff   No comments

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If the Lakers even wanted to consider the possibility of bringing reserve guard Jordan Farmar back next season, all they had to do was make a qualifying offer for one year in the amount of $3 million by Wednesday afternoon. The team apparently wasn’t interested in retaining that option.

Los Angeles let the deadline pass without extending that qualifying offer, thus making Farmar an unrestricted free agent, and eligible to begin negotiating with teams of his choosing anytime after 12:00 ET on July 1st.

It’s unclear exactly what Farmar’s value will be on the open market, both in terms of annual salary and in terms of the length of a contract. But one thing is certain: by not even bothering to retain the rights to match any offers Farmar may receive from other teams, the Lakers clearly are not interested in keeping Farmar on the roster, at any cost.

 

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Grumpy Kobe Equals World Championship for Lakers

June 16, 2010   Terence Moore   No comments

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LOS ANGELES — They know they have to win on Thursday night at Staples Center, so they will. Just like they knew they had to win their home game on Tuesday night, and they did. Which is to say the Los Angeles Lakers‘ rumbling, bumbling, stumbling way during a two-game losing streak in these NBA Finals was a fluke.

Which is to say the Lakers‘ bench really isn’t that bad.

Which is to say Pau Gasol isn’t spooked anymore by that old postseason ghost of Kevin Garnett, and the Zen Master remains a Tweak Master, and Staples Center hasn’t lost its potency for the home team.

Which is to say the Boston Celtics haven’t an obsessed Kobe of a chance of winning Game 7 here on Thursday night.

The man still hasn’t smiled, which is to say Kobe Bryant won’t jettison the scowl he has worn since the start of the playoffs until the Lakers officially seal their back-to-back world championships. He expects to win, because he demands it. In fact, somebody asked Bryant about word that he flashed a grin or something in the locker room before the Lakers steamrolled their way to an 89-67 victory over the Celtics on Tuesday night in Game 6.

Were you loose and confident?

“Yeah,” Bryant said, curtly, and not because he was burned out after continuing as the ultimate hustling machine for 39 minutes and 37 seconds along the way to 26 points, 11 rebounds and four steals. He just chooses to be ornery these days — you know, until he gets exactly what he wants. And you know what he wants.

Now it’s here: Game 7. Celtics-Lakers.

The chance for Kobe to prove — once and for all — that Shaq wasn’t the only Batman on this Los Angeles team during its run to three world championships earlier in his career.

 

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