<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>For all the fascination with Jordan Farmar -- his knack for the game is definitely hard to resist -- the Lakers are going to resist. Kurt Rambis put it about as plainly as it can be when he said Farmar is more likely to play extensively for the D-Fenders of the NBA Developmental League this season than the Lakers."If Shammond Williams is healthy, and Sasha Vujacic is healthy and Smush Parker is playing, it will be hard for him to crack the rotation of the guard position," Rambis said.</div>http://blogs.ocregister.com/lakers/archive...t_pla.html#moreBad move. Farmar is good for the team and for business. Has extremely b-ball IQ, brings in UCLA fans, high energy player, and just a true floor general which I think the Lakers need.
Phil Jackson doesn't play rookies. Simple as that. I've said it before Shammond Williams will get more minutes than Farmar by a landside.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DRob-50-Forever @ Oct 22 2006, 01:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Phil Jackson doesn't play rookies. Simple as that. I've said it before Shammond Williams will get more minutes than Farmar by a landside.</div>But this is a different situation. He usually doesn't because his team is already very good, so the player is not a top rookie (as a result of the low draft spot) and he doesn't need much more help (since his team is already a championship team). Now that he's coaching a borderline playoff team and has a very fundamentally sound, defensive minded, good rookie point guard, and two matador, unfundamentally sound point guards ahead of him, he might want to rethink.
Williams is better than Farmar right now. Enough said. Farmar needs to get bigger and more confident. He needs to work on being more aggresive and playing more physical. The NBDL is perfect for all that.
Even if he didn't go to the D-League, Farmar wouldn't get much, if any, minutes, so atleast going to the D-League will get him playing time.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DRob-50-Forever @ Oct 22 2006, 02:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Williams is better than Farmar right now. Enough said. Farmar needs to get bigger and more confident. He needs to work on being more aggresive and playing more physical. The NBDL is perfect for all that.</div>If there's anything Farmar needs to work on, it's being less aggressive. He attacks and works so much, he makes silly mistakes all the time. Like charges, or stepping out of bounds, or making too ambitious of passes. He needs to learn when to slow down a bit, I think the D League could teach him that.<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DaCaliHustla50 @ Oct 22 2006, 02:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Even if he didn't go to the D-League, Farmar wouldn't get much, if any, minutes, so atleast going to the D-League will get him playing time.</div>Yeah I guess so, but I'd like to him to actually get some minutes in some games, it would help him and help the team.
<span style="font-family:Book Antiqua">How do we know this is true? It's on a fu*kin' blog! When NBA.com posts this, I'll believe it.</span>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Lakaboy42 @ Oct 22 2006, 03:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>If there's anything Farmar needs to work on, it's being less aggressive. He attacks and works so much, he makes silly mistakes all the time. Like charges, or stepping out of bounds, or making too ambitious of passes. He needs to learn when to slow down a bit, I think the D League could teach him that.</div>And now after all that stuff you just put, you still think Jackson is going to play him at point when he makes all of those mental errors? I dont think so.
A season in the D League could really make a big difference for Farmer, cause we all know he won't get that many minutes with future HOFers like a certain Mr.Vujacic.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (LakersFan247 @ Oct 22 2006, 02:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>http://blogs.ocregister.com/lakers/archive...t_pla.html#moreBad move. Farmar is good for the team and for business. Has extremely b-ball IQ, brings in UCLA fans, high energy player, and just a true floor general which I think the Lakers need.</div> I think the Lakers staff knows what they are doing. How is Jordan Farmar good for business? The Lakers aren't going to sacrifice their team so that a few more UCLA fans come to the games, which I don't believe would happen anyway. The Laker games will sell out regardless if Farmar plays or not.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CB4AllStar @ Oct 23 2006, 11:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I dont know how Farmar fell below Shammon Williams in the depth charts..</div> Just because Farmar's a first round pick doesn't mean he's above everyone...Shammond Williams has been above him all summer...
id pick farmar over williams, sasha, and even smush even tho I love smush..but phil jackson simply deoesnt play rookies
