Jordan Farmar
| Position | Point guard |
|---|---|
| Height | ft in ( m) |
| Weight | lb ( kg) |
| Team | Los Angeles Lakers |
| Nationality | |
| Born | November 30 1986  Los Angeles, California |
| High school | Taft High School, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles |
| College | UCLA |
| Draft | 26th overall, 2006 Los Angeles Lakers |
| Pro career | 2006–present |
Jordan Robert Farmar (born November 30, 1986) is an American professional basketball player at starting point guard for the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers.
He was previously the starting point guard for the UCLA men's basketball team.
Biography
Farmar was born in Los Angeles, California. His father, former baseball player Damon Farmar (an outfielder who was a second round draft pick in both 1982 and 1983), is African American. He and his mother, Melinda Baker, and his Israeli stepfather, Yehuda, are Jewish.[1][2][1] Farmar has a half-sister, Shoshana Kolani. Farmar's godfather is former major league baseball player Eric Davis.[2] He attended Portola Middle School and Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, California, before transferring his sophomore year to Taft High School in Woodland Hills, a suburban community of the San Fernando Valley within Los Angeles.
Career
High school
At Taft High School, Farmar scored a record 54 points in a single game. As a senior, he averaged 27.5 points and 6.5 assists and led Taft to the school's first Los Angeles City title. He was named the Los Angeles Times Player of the Year and LA City Co-Player of the Year, and the California Interscholastic Federation Los Angeles City Section High School Player of the Year. He also earned USA Today Super 25 selection, Parade Magazine 2nd-team All-American, Slam Magazine Honorable Mention All-American, CalHi Sports All-State honors, and the Southern California Jewish Athlete of the Year. [3]
College career
Considered one of the elite point guards in the nation at UCLA, he was named to the all Pac-10 team and the all Pac-10 Tournament team.
In the 2006 NCAA Tournament, Farmar led the UCLA Bruins to the National Championship game against the Florida Gators, which they lost by a score of 73-57. Farmar led all scorers with 18 points, and also finished with 2 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 steals. On April 20, 2006, he declared to enter the NBA Draft.
Professional career
Farmar impressed NBA scouts at the pre-draft combine with a 42-inch vertical leap, the highest of any player there. On July 8, 2006, he made his debut at the Summer Pro League, which was held at the Walter Pyramid. His final game totals were 17 points and 3 assists in 31 minutes of play. On June 28, 2006, the Los Angeles Lakers selected Farmar with the 26th pick in the 1st round of the NBA draft. For most of the 2006-2007 season, he was the first backup to Smush Parker.
On March 31, 2007, Farmar was assigned to the Lakers' D-League team, the Los Angeles D-Fenders. On April 1, Farmar scored 18 points in a 101-109 home loss against the Anaheim Arsenal.[3] Later on that afternoon, he was re-called by the Lakers to play against the visiting Sacramento Kings. Farmar added 4 points in 8 minutes playing time assisting the Lakers to a home victory, thereby making history by becoming the first player ever to participate in both a D-League and an NBA game on the same day.[4] On April 15, 2007 against the Seattle Supersonics, Farmar got his first professional career start replacing Smush Parker in the starting lineup. To go along with the two starts in the regular season, Farmar started all five playoff games at point guard. In those games against first round opponent the Phoenix Suns, he averaged 6.4 ppg and 1.2 spg.
Awards and recognition
- Los Angeles Times High-School Player of the Year: 2003-04
- Rivals.com National Freshman of the Year : 2004-05
- Pac-10 Freshman of the Year: 2004-05
- All-Pac-10 Freshman First Team: 2004-05
- All-Pac-10 First Team: 2005-06
- Pac-10 All-Tournament Team: 2005-06
Notes
External links
- Jordan Farmar Player Info at NBA.com
- Jordan Farmar Statistics at Basketball-Reference.com
- www.farmarlive.com Jordan Farmar's Official Website
- NBA Draft Profile
- UCLA Player Profile
- Bruin Basketball Report
- Yahoo! Player Profile
| 2006 NBA Draft |
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| First Round Andrea Bargnani • LaMarcus Aldridge • Adam Morrison • Tyrus Thomas • Shelden Williams • Brandon Roy • Randy Foye • Rudy Gay • Patrick O'Bryant • Mouhamed Sene • J. J. Redick • Hilton Armstrong • Thabo Sefolosha • Ronnie Brewer • Cedric Simmons • Rodney Carney • Shawne Williams • Oleksiy Pecherov • Quincy Douby • Renaldo Balkman • Rajon Rondo • Marcus Williams • Josh Boone • Kyle Lowry • Shannon Brown • Jordan Farmar • Sergio Rodríguez • Maurice Ager • Mardy Collins • Joel Freeland |
| Second Round James White • Steve Novak • Solomon Jones • Paul Davis • P.J. Tucker • Craig Smith • Bobby Jones • Kosta Perovic • David Noel • Denham Brown • James Augustine • Daniel Gibson • Marcus Vinicius • Lior Eliyahu • Alexander Johnson • Dee Brown • Paul Millsap • Vladimir Veremeenko • Leon Powe • Ryan Hollins • Cheikh Samb • Guillermo Diaz • Yotam Halperin • Hassan Adams • Ejike Ugboaja • Edin Bavcic • Loukas Mavrokefalidis • J. R. Pinnock • Damir Markota • Will Blalock |
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