What happened to Farmar playing time?

by Bobby LeDeuce on Mar 16, 2010 8:36 AM PDT

I've followed Jordan Farmar's career since his days at UCLA and for some reason become a champion, rooting for him to succeed. How great or average or deserving he is is not what this post is about. I am just confused as to what Phil Jackson's thinking is in suddenly dropping his playing time down to about three minutes when he was doing so well. Did he mess up somehow when I wasn't watching?

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his D sucks

SUCKS

by matthewmafa on Mar 16, 2010 11:02 AM PDT reply actions

Farmar has an injured pinkie on his non-shooting hand. Plus, the return of Vujacic to the lineup is huge.

The Lakers can afford to let Farmar get some rest or ride the pine. Vujacic’s return is important because of his ability to shoot the ball. I guess Phil wants to see if Vujacic can recapture that touch he had early last year or two years ago. Vujacic’s effectiveness >>>>>>> Farmar’s effectiveness.

by E-ROC on Mar 16, 2010 11:26 AM PDT reply actions

If I were a gambling man I put my money on next year

as far as Sasha’s shot returning. I think it’s a contract year.. : )

"If you want to find the dumbest guy in the room just find the first guy to tell you how smart he is." - JG

by PURPLE AND GOLD FOR LIFE on Mar 16, 2010 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions

You're catching on quickly, young jedi. Lol.

by E-ROC on Mar 16, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions

lol.. : )

"If you want to find the dumbest guy in the room just find the first guy to tell you how smart he is." - JG

by PURPLE AND GOLD FOR LIFE on Mar 17, 2010 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions

He hasn't been playing well lately

And it seems to me that Phil is starting to shorten the leash a bit on the bench guys. Plain and simple, Brown has been doing better than Farmar, especially defensively, and they play the same position, so Brown gets the burn right now. Not to mention the fact that, as said before, Farmar is playing hurt.

by LakerFan24 on Mar 16, 2010 3:52 PM PDT reply actions

Really? . . . Lets take a look.

Shannon and Jordan actually don’t play the same position, one is a shooting guard/forward and the other is a true point guard. As such, the qualities that make them valuable are quite different. A point guard runs the offense, controls the pace and is expected to get assists. I think Farmar is pretty good at this. As for his D, he was a defensive standout at UCLA where D is highly prized. However, he isn’t tall and strong, two attributes that Jackson likes in his point guards. Sasha’s point guard abilities are lacking – if anything he’s a shooter whose D is fairly effective but can only be used in short spurts to rattle his man because he gets so many fouls.

As for scoring Shannon and Jordan are basically equal for this season. In the 10 days before these last two 3 minute games Jordan had a 24 point game, a 12 point game and another double digit game.

I ask again, what changed? All I’ve heard is his pinkie (valid) and wanting to get Sasha back into rhythm for the playoffs – ok I guess, but what about Jordan’s rhythm?

by Bobby LeDeuce on Mar 16, 2010 7:02 PM PDT reply actions