No Extension for Jordan Farmar.

[ihatetimthomas]

Originally Posted by tamaraw08

Imagine working the whole summer to be limber and flexible, in an island practicing yoga for inner strength etc. YOu then establish a rapport, the Bruin connection with Ariza and play well together.
Phil then yanks Ariza and put him with the starters. Farmer then continues to push the ball and passes to Luke who is predominantly a deliberate, slow paced, set it up offense kind of guy. Walton gets the pass and elects to pull back and slows it down.
Bynum gets injured and Phil pulls ANOTHER fast player in Odom from the bench.
Sasha struggles from the perimeter and did his best to shoot out of it by continually jacking up quick low % 3pt shots thereby killing their offensive continuity.
Farmar ask for a screen roll and instead of seeing Odom, he sees Powell fumbles the play bec. he is more of a spot up shooter.
And just like that, the bench loses quickness, athletism considerably forcing them to adjust accordingly.
In the meantime, they acquire Brown who finds his range from the perimeter and shows everybody, and yes INLUDING us fans how high he can jump. We still marvel and remember how he leaped like a panther and blocked a shot out of nowhere,
he was so high that his elbow touched the ring and oh yeah forget that he was called for a foul too.

Those are a lot of excuses to defend Jordan. Jordan has had the past 2 seasons to prove his worth. And the thing about being a basketball player is that you need to be able to adjust. Things happen, rotations change, people get injured. Its part of the game. But as a basketball player, you have to be able to adjust or you are not making it in this league. I know Jordan is better fit as a runner on offense, but sometimes you have too also be able to remain effective when things change and slow down. Blame all the other players on the bench all you want but he was still making poor decisions and missing his shots.

[gts]

Originally Posted by ihatetimthomas

The problem with Jordan is he thinks he is better than what he is. He wasn't a more defined role without even earning it. He hasn't even been a consistent back up point guard. That's the problem I have with him. Confidence is great, but it can cloud what is really important. And that is the team.

yeah that's why i say i hate that he allows it to get in the way sometimes (his thinking that he is better than he is)

[tamaraw08]

Originally Posted by ihatetimthomas

Those are a lot of excuses to defend Jordan. Jordan has had the past 2 seasons to prove his worth. And the thing about being a basketball player is that you need to be able to adjust. Things happen, rotations change, people get injured. Its part of the game. But as a basketball player, you have to be able to adjust or you are not making it in this league. I know Jordan is better fit as a runner on offense, but sometimes you have too also be able to remain effective when things change and slow down. Blame all the other players on the bench all you want but he was still making poor decisions and missing his shots.

Blame playerS? I had an extensive post about the Farmar's situationS and have mentioned ONE fault which was Sasha's poor shot selection. I NEVER blamed Luke, or Powell, all I said was their styles of plays were different from that of Jordan. It is true that good to great players should be able to adapt or adjust to different situations but I NEVER said Farmar belongs to that elite group. Average players gets exposed to difficult situations and unravel ask
Bo Kimble after he stopped playing with the late Hank Gathers at LMU
or Greg Kelser after his days with Michigan State with Magic
Or even the guards like Byron Scott or Norm Nixon after they left the Lakers.
Heck how good were Ariza and Shannon Brown BEFORE they played for the Lakers?
My post was in response to finding a better read at what is going on with Farmars head. I mentioned before that I can't say im NOT disappointed with his demeanor late last season bec it's inexcusable. He impressed me with his leadership at UCLA but was not happy when I learned that the lakers selected him so I was merely trying to put myself in that situation. The guy was the main player at Taft Highschool and UCLA and therefore had an inflated ego like a typical NBA player.

[LakersLaLaLand]

Originally Posted by nbastatus

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-...0,794430.story
Looks like Shannon Brown could be the Lakers future starting point guard after Fisher retired. Unless they sign a better PG.

Yes!!!

[momo]

I have only watched part of the clippers pre season game, so I am wondering if any of yall who have watched more can answer this about Farmy.

Is he running the Triangle in the half court? I noticed Sham wow clearly NOT running it for a period when he was in... Is Jordan running it more, or better than he did last season?