Jordan Farmar

Guide Note

Jordan Farmar is an NBA point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers. In 2006, he would lead the UCLA Bruins Basketball team to the NCAA National Championship game where they would lose to the Florida Gators Basketball team. In 2008, he is a valuable player off the bench for the Lakers, serving as an offensive spark, as well as drawing tough defensive assignments against the smaller, quicker guards in the league.

Fast Facts

1. Birthdate: November 30, 1986
2. Birth place: Los Angeles, California
3. 2006: Drafted 26th overall by the Los Angeles Lakers
4. Height: 6'2"
5. Weight: 180 lbs
6. 2007: Played the 2007 T-Mobile Rookie Challenge
7. 2007: First to play an NBA and NBDL game the same day
8. His father and Godfather are former baseball players

Jordan Robert Farmar was born in Los Angeles, California on Novemeber 30, 1986. He would attend Birmingham High School and Taft High School where he was named the Los Angeles Times player of the Year. The accolades would pile up with Farmar also receiving the California Interscholastic Federation High School Player of the Year and also a selection in the McDonald's High School All-American game. He would go on to attend the University of California, Los Angeles. He would lead the Bruins to the National Championship game in 2006, losing to the Florida Gators Basketball team. After only one season at UCLA, Farmar would declare himself eligible for the NBA Draft.

Farmar was selected with the 26th pick in the 2006 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers. In Los Angeles, he would develop into a NBA caliber point guard. During his first season he would become the first player ever to play in a NBA Development League game and an NBA game in the same day. In 2008, Farmar serves as the back-up to starting point guard Derek Fisher, as an offensive spark of the bench, Farmar also serves as the defensive expert against speedy, smaller guards during the Lakers Championship run.

• November 30, 1986: Born
• 2006: Leads UCLA Bruins Basketball team to NCAA Championship game
• 2006: Drafted 26th overall by the Los Angeles Lakers
• 2007: The first to play an NBA and NBA Development League game on the same day