Jordan Farmar Is a Net

However, every contract is actually pretty darn good, maybe with the exception of Travis Outlaw, the type of player I believe comes around all the damn time. See Devin Ebanks. Anyway, good luck to Farmar. He got paid…….and is still a back-up…….for a lottery team. Though, I will say that Nets should be better than they were last year…….that’s not hard of course.

Timberwolves looking to trade Sessions

After signing Ramon Sessions(notes) to a four-year, $16 million contract a year ago, Minnesota Timberwolves general manager David Kahn is trying to unload the guard to teams able to absorb his salary, league executives told Yahoo! Sports.

"They’re basically looking for a salary dump," said an executive with a team who spoke to Minnesota. "That won’t be easy."

Kahn’s plan this time?

Trying to sign point guard Luke Ridnour(notes) to an identical four-year, $16 million contract, league sources said.

Still, Ridenour has shown little interest with the T’wolves, sources said, and seems willing to wait for a more compelling offer. What’s unclear is how this would affect Minnesota with Jonny Flynn(notes) as the starting point guard and the rights to Spain’s Ricky Rubio(notes), who could come to the NBA after the 2010-11 season.

Minnesota has also shown serious interest with free-agent point guard Shaun Livingston(notes), sources said.

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    Jordan, your contributions to those of us fortunate enough to have been Toreadors (TAFT), Bruins (UCLA) and Lakers (Los Angeles) respect your many contributions as a gentleman, athlete and NBA role model. All the best wishes and good luck for your next professional adventure. You will always be welcomed home with open arms.

…I like the Farmar signing from the standpoint that the Nets have a really nice young nucleus and are building depth. However, the team has no standout leader. For as high a ceiling Brook Lopez has, I just don’t see the guy being a leader at this point in his development. So this makes me wonder whether the Nets are still exploring moving Devin Harris. I’m not sure what he commands out on the market since he’s coming off an injury plagued season, but if the Nets were to package him with Terrence Williams plus a couple of 2nd rounders, maybe they re-visit the trade with Indiana involving Granger that was rumored before the draft. Pacers wanted the #3 pick to grab Favors but maybe the Nets get them to bite.

If JF’s PT is at least 30 mins./game, he will be one of the tops PGs in the NBA. He not only has the physical/athletic ability, but he intelligence and knowledge of BB like not too many
other players. Like Rondo, he was an “honors” student and a real “student” of the game.
When he was 10 yrs. old – 5’ tall and 85lbs., he was playing on one of my teams in middle school and he looked me straight in the eye and said that I’m going to play in the NBA. The Lakers made a crucial mistake in letting JF go. There is no comparison between Steve Blake and JF. JF is only 23yo while Blake is 30. JF has much more ability and experience than SB at this time. He runs the triangle better and more consistently than any other Laker, including DFish. He’s much quicker and a better “finisher” than SB and a much better leaper (41" vertical) and he has made over 40% of his 3 pt. shots, which is about what Blake shot (JF shot close to 47% in the playoffs).
When a player plays 1-2 mins. in the 1st Qtr. and then about 5-6 in the 2nd and then does the same in the 3rd & 4th qtrs., how can he be consistent and his growth as a player was “stunted” by the Lakers. New Jersey seems to be the best place for Jordan, where he will be one of the tops in several categories for a PG if he gets his chance in AJ’s system and allowed to play like JF is capable of playing. He was much abused in LA by the coaches and media. His confidence knowledge and ambitions must have been mistaken for arrogance by the media, which led to many uncalled for derogatory statements about JF. Such as when he score over 20 pts. four times, there was not one mention of his name in the article by the “beat” writer. Another incident is during the championship playoffs, the writer summarizing the game with a one sentence remark for each player said that JF had another poor game (another time, he wrote that JF made a STUPID foul). And for Nate Robinson, who was guarded for a short time by JF, the remark was that JF will have nightmares for allowing NR score two baskets. This was a bunch of BS, since one of NR baskets came when JF was screened off twice by Big Baby. NR should have nightmares in that game because JF deflected 3 of NR’s passes, intercepting one of them and getting 2 FT out of it when NR had to foul Jf to keep him from making a lay-up from NR’s turnover. Jordan Farmar is not in it for the money! He loves the game and all he wants to do is to show what he can do when is not “tied down” by the coaches or the system. He will come back to haunt the Lakers.
Also, Jordan Farmar has the personality, compassion, and intelligence and now the means to "MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN HE WORLD! Although he was one of the lowest paid Lakers, he donated generously to Haiti Fund and he, also, held a basketball camp in Palestine, bringing Palestinian and Israeli youths together at the camp to help in trying to start a better understanding and comraderie among these two hated enemies.