Jordan Farmar

Jordan Farmar Robert ( born November 30, 1986 in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional basketball player. He played from 2006 to 2011 in the NBA on the position of the point guards. During the lockout, he moved to Maccabi Tel Aviv, however, had in the case of one end of the collective dispute in the NBA a get-out clause to return to the New Jersey Nets.

Farmar attended UCLA before he was selected in the NBA Draft 2006, 26 out of the LA Lakers. The 188 cm Guard managed a convincing rookie season and he started the last two season games and the entire playoffs of the NBA season 2006/07. He was invited to the Rookie Challenge Games of 2007 and 2008. In the 2007 /08 NBA season he came as a backup for Derek Fisher used and impressed with an improved throw from a distance and from the three- point line. At the end of the season, the Lakers were in first place in the Western Conference and made ​​it to the finals, where they then but failed due to the Boston Celtics with 2:4. In the 2008 /09 season they reached the finals again and this time were able to win 4-1 against Orlando Magic.

Since the summer of 2013 Farmar is again with the Los Angeles Lakers under contract. He signed with his former team a contract until 2014.