By all accounts, the Los Angeles Lakers had one of the most successful summers of any NBA franchise.
Even with a payroll well beyond the league's luxury tax threshold, Lakers owner Jerry Buss gave general manager Mitch Kupchak his blessing to go out and add pieces to a team coming off back-to-back NBA championships and gunning for a three-peat.
Kupchak returned from free agency with a brand new bench for his Lakers, which now includes the likes of Steve Blake, Theo Ratliff, and Matt Barnes.
Add Lamar Odom and Shannon Brown to the mix, and Los Angeles' second unit goes from being the biggest weakness of last year's squad to yet another strength on what should be another title contender.
Lost in the fray, however, is who isn't on the team anymore. The absence of such roster-fillers as Josh Powell, DJ Mbenga, and Adam Morrison won't necessarily register on the radars of most fans.
But there's one name that Lakers fans are sure to mourn the loss of more than any.
Jordan Farmar.
After four illustrious years playing for his hometown team, Farmar did not receive a qualifying offer from the Lakers at the start of ...
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