Jordan Farmar life and biography

Jordan Farmar is an American professional basketball point guard for the New Jersey Nets of the NBA.

In high school he was the Los Angeles Times High-School Player of the Year in 2003–04. Playing for UCLA in college, he was the Rivals.com National Freshman of the Year in 2004–05. A first round draft pick by the Los Angeles Lakers, he was named to the NBA Rookie Team in 2006–07 and the NBA Sophomore Team in 2007–08. He played for the Lakers from 2006-10, winning NBA Championships with them in 2009 and 2010.

Career history:

2006–2010 Los Angeles Lakers
2010–present New Jersey Nets

CAREER:

2009-2010:
Appeared in all 82 games, averaging 7.2 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 18.0 minutes with the Lakers… Scored 20+ points once and 10+ points 24 times… Led team in points once, assists three times, steals 12 times and blocks twice… Handed out a season-high 8 assists 11/12 vs. Phoenix… Posted a season-high tying 3 steals 11/19 vs. Chicago… Scored 15 points 11/29 vs. New Jersey… Tallied 12 points, 5 assists and a season-high tying 3 steals 12/29 vs. Golden State… Scored a career-high tying 24 points (6-8 3FG) 1/3 vs. Dallas… Posted 17 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists 1/10 vs. Milwaukee… Recorded 12 points and 5 rebounds 1/13 at Dallas… Scored 17 points 1/24 at Toronto… Posted 18 points (7-11 FG) 2/10 at Utah… Scored 19 points (8-10 FG) 3/2 vs. Indiana… Totaled 12 points and a season-high 6 rebounds 3/19 vs. MIN… Scored 2,000th career point 3/24 at San Antonio… Posted 14 points (5-7 FG) and 4 rebounds 3/27 at Houston… Scored 16 points (4-7 3FG) 3/31 at Atlanta… Tallied 13 points, 5 assists and a season-high tying 3 steals 4/9 at Minnesota.

2008-2009:
Appeared in 65 games, averaging 6.4 points, 1.8 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 0.88 steals in 18.3 minutes… Scored in double figures 15 times… Led team in assists eight times and in steals on nine occasions… Tallied 15 points, five rebounds and five assists 10/29 at LA Clippers… Totaled 16 points (6-9 FG) and six assists 11/9 vs. Houston… Posted a season-high 18 points, five rebounds and four steals 11/25 vs. New Jersey… Had surgery to repair a lateral meniscus tear in his left knee 12/24… After missing 17 games due to injury, scored 14 points (5-7 FG) 1/25 vs. San Antonio... Totaled a career-high six steals 2/22 at Minnesota… Recorded a season-high seven assists 3/19 vs. Golden State…

COLLEGE:

As a sophomore (2005-06), was named a CollegeInsider.com All-American and a CollegeHoops.net Honorable Mention All-American ... Named a first-team All-Pac-10 performer and was on the 22-man finalist list for the Wooden Award ... Named to the NCAA Oakland Regional and Pac-10 Tournament teams ... Selected to the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament team ... Named the CollegeInsider.com Pac-10 Most Valuable Player ... Earned a spot as one of 20 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award for the nation's top point guard ... One of four players in the nation (only underclassman) to be on all three lists (Naismith, Wooden, Cousy lists) ... In 37 games (all starts), averaged 13.5 points, 2.6 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.1 steals in 30.4 minutes ... Ranked among Pac-10 leaders in points (14th) and assists (1st) ... His 189 assists rank No. 9 on the UCLA single-season list ... His 63 three-point field goals rank ninth all-time on the single-season list ... Scored in double figures 26 times, including team-highs of 28 points vs. Memphis; 24 points vs. Nevada; 22 vs. West Virginia; 21 points at Michigan, at USC and vs. Oregon State; and 20 points at Washington State ... Led team in scoring 13 times, in assists 23 times and in steals on 17 occasions ... In the National Championship game vs. Florida, led the Bruins with 18 points, four assists, two rebounds and two steals in 34 minutes ... In 29 games (all starts) as a true freshman (2004-05), averaged 13.2 points, 3.5 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1.41 steals in 34.3 minutes ... Led all Pac-10 freshmen in scoring, assists, free throw percentage and minutes while ranking second in steals ... Ranked among Pac-10 leaders in scoring (14th), assists (2nd), free throw percentage (7th), steals (9th) and minutes (5th) ... Scored in double-figures in 21-of-29 games ... Named Rivals.com National Freshman of the Year ... Became the fifth UCLA player to earn Pac-10 Freshman of the Year honors.

PERSONAL:

Full name is Jordan Robert Farmar... Son of Damon Farmar and Melinda Kolani... Has one sister (Shawn Kolani)... Majored in sociology and was a member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in winter 2005... His father was a professional baseball player who also appeared in the 1991 film "Talent for the Game"... Godfather is former major league baseball player Eric Davis... As a senior at Taft HS, led the school to it’s first Los Angeles City title and was named a McDonald’s All American in 2003-04... Named Los Angeles Times Player of the Year, earned a USA Today Super 25 selection, named a Parade Magazine Second Team All-American and a Slam Magazine Honorable Mention All-American while winning the Southern California Jewish Athlete of the Year award... Lists his stepfather Yehuda as the person he most admires... Was an active participant in Lakers community outreach initiatives such as Read To Achieve and A Season of Giving... Hosted his 3rd annual Hoops Farm camp in the summer of 2010, bringing kids together to learn about basketball and fitness… Hosted his Inaugural Celebrity Golf Classic and Gala on July 19 & 20, 2009 in Los Angeles to benefit the Jordan Farmar Foundation... Hosted basketball clinics, in partnership with the Peres Center for Peace, for Israeli and Palestinian children in Israel in August of 2008 with the trip serving as a follow up to Farmar’s visit to the Seeds of Peace camp in Maine earlier in the summer... Seeds of Peace uses sports to bring together Israeli and Palestinian children, allowing them to play different sports together and discuss the shared problems and challenges in their daily lives.

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