Best NBA Landing Spots for Free-Agent Point Guard Jordan Farmar

January 16th, 2015 by Josh Martin Leave a reply »
Hey, NBA! Does anyone need a backup point guard? How about a worldly veteran with championship experience? Or someone who can play off the ball as a spot-up shooter?

Well, you're in luck, because Jordan Farmar is back on the market. The Los Angeles Clippers officially waived Farmar on Friday, just six months after signing him to a two-year deal. According to ESPNLosAngeles.com's Arash Markazi, the Clippers tried to trade Farmar, but they failed to find any takers for the UCLA product, whose player option for 2015-16 complicated discussions.

The arrival of Austin Rivers, the son of Clippers coach/team president Doc Rivers, by way of a three-team trade earlier this week, rendered Farmar expendable. His on-court performance, though, had put such a split in play well before that. Through his 36 games for the Clippers, Farmar had posted career lows in minutes (14.1) and field-goal percentage (.386) and saw his points (4.6) and assists (1.9) slip accordingly. 

"I just never felt I had a real role," Farmar told The Los Angeles Times' Brad Turner. "We talked in the offseason about what my job was going to be. The opportunity just wasn’t the sa ...

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