Farmar: "Harris and I Will Play a Lot Together"
by Net Income on Jul 27, 2010 6:59 PM EDT
98 comments
It's all about difference for Jordan Farmar, the opportunity to play in a "different setting" on a "different coast" with a "different style of play".
But will there be an open competition with Devin Harris, asked a sports radio host? There'll be an opportunity there as well, he replied.
"There will be plenty of opportunity for us to play together, plenty of opportunity for me to play and when I'm out there, I'll be running the show."
That, of course, was Farmar's frustration in LA in spite of his two championship rings. The Lakers play without a point guard, he noted, "and there are 29 other teams that play it a different way."
- Jordan Farmar Interview (Audio) - Chris Myers & Steve Hartman - KLAC AM
- NBA champion Jordan Farmar to reunite with kids at Mattel Children's Hospital - UCLA Health System
0 recs |
98 comments
|
Email
Print
Comments
I have heard Jordan has developed an arrogant attitude from playing at winning places such as UCLA and the Lakers
I really hope that is not true, he seems to be a role model (does a ton of charity) and it would be a shame to think he is cocky. I expect him to play a key role this season.
Consequences will never be the same.
I hope he is cocky!
I hope he is arrogant. That’s what I want…tough, cocky, arrogant….and of course, I want them to prove it!
Well there are two types of cocky/arrogance
1) You think you are the shiznit, but you run your mouth and can’t come close to your expectations. This is the bad type.
2) You act like you are the best, because you play like the best. You can’t help that you kick ass, and are not afraid to let people know. This is the good type.
If Jordan really breaks out and meshes in really well, please, let him talk all he wants. But if we are in a tough spot at any point in the season, and he says something to sound like “it’s all good, I got this”, then no, it isn’t okay.
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Jul 27, 2010 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Where have you heard Farmar running his mouth???
"...where they don't play with a shot clock." - C. Sager
by kv on Jul 27, 2010 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I am just saying.
He has been known to be a little cocky, I just don’t want to see him saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. (Which I highly doubt will happen.
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Jul 27, 2010 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve been watching him for years. I’ve never seen him running his mouth, either on the court or in the media.
He is cocky in a very different sort of way.
"...where they don't play with a shot clock." - C. Sager
by kv on Jul 27, 2010 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions
It is good that he has never actually SAID anything.
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Jul 27, 2010 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t know what that means.
“Running your mouth” and “saying something” are pretty much too different things.
"...where they don't play with a shot clock." - C. Sager
by kv on Jul 27, 2010 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I will put it this way:
Don’t say anything stupid.
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Jul 27, 2010 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I just text messaged Jordan Farmar. He says, “Okay”.
"...where they don't play with a shot clock." - C. Sager
by kv on Jul 27, 2010 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Hooray for Jordan
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Jul 27, 2010 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Blue Moon Alert...
I am in full agreement with NI on this one, lol.
What if
What if Jordan plays big and the team wins next year?
Devin loves to score and seems selfish at times.
How many times did Brook have a 20 pt 1st half and then 6 in the 2nd?
Could NJ have the same problem as New Orleans?
Don’t forget TWill as pg!
by DJ HeavyDuty on Jul 27, 2010 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Playing in winning places often puts you in the frame of mind that you expect to win, and refuse to accept losing.
This is not a bad thing.
"...where they don't play with a shot clock." - C. Sager
by kv on Jul 27, 2010 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions
CDR is a perennial winner with rings? I guess I missed that.
"...where they don't play with a shot clock." - C. Sager
by kv on Jul 27, 2010 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I was being tongue-in-cheek...
Relax KV — we used to have a good relationship, WHAT HAPPENED TO US?!
This IS a good relationship, what are you talking about.
"...where they don't play with a shot clock." - C. Sager
by kv on Jul 27, 2010 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Isn’t NetsDaley going out???
You are getting so demanding.
"...where they don't play with a shot clock." - C. Sager
by kv on Jul 27, 2010 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I think kv needs to bring more to the table, ROFL
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Jul 27, 2010 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Ah, I just LOOOVVEEE guys who correct typos on a forum.
These are the very best and most interesting sort of fellows.
"...where they don't play with a shot clock." - C. Sager
by kv on Jul 27, 2010 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Message to Twill: Playing Time At 2-Guard, May Be Hard to Find.
"...where they don't play with a shot clock." - C. Sager
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I knew what to expect and saw this one coming before I checked the comments!!!!!!!!
“the Lakers play without a point guard, he noted, “and there are 29 other teams that play it a different way.”
yet the Lakers have won the last 2 championships and are the western conference champs how many times??
I’m sure phil jackson knows what he’s doing… maybe more teams should follow their philosophy
When Phil Jackson retires it will likely be the death-nell of the triangle. Tex Winter, its guru, had a stroke last year. There are small versions of it, but in all likelihood NBA basketball is going in the opposite direction.
One could also say: Maybe their philosophy is having the best basketball player in the world.
"...where they don't play with a shot clock." - C. Sager
by kv on Jul 27, 2010 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions
That guy is pretty good.
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Jul 27, 2010 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions
5 rings
-KB24
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Jul 27, 2010 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Reason Number 1: Jordan
Reason Number 2: Kobe
Reason Number 3: He’s the Zen Master.
"...where they don't play with a shot clock." - C. Sager
by kv on Jul 27, 2010 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions
How can u forget shaq
I think he has 11 though
It was rhetorical. Not a factual list.
"...where they don't play with a shot clock." - C. Sager
by kv on Jul 28, 2010 2:51 AM EDT up reply actions
See Jordan, Michael and Bryant, Kobe
Phil is an OUTSTANDING coach, but where would he have been if were not for those two.
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Jul 27, 2010 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions
And where would they be without him?
Probably not with so many rings.
"...where they don't play with a shot clock." - C. Sager
by kv on Jul 27, 2010 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Jul 27, 2010 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions
We’ll never know. Jackson turned Jordan into the Greatest Player of All Time. It is very unlikely that he would have achieved that without him.
"...where they don't play with a shot clock." - C. Sager
by kv on Jul 27, 2010 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Completely agree.
Without Jackson it would have taken MJ a couple more years to figure out that he couldn’t win a ship by himself. He probably would have ended up with 2 fewer rings. Jackson’s influence on Jordan is overlooked a lot of the time when people observe MJ’s legacy.
Nice to find agreement. Before Jackson and his Zen thing Jordan was like every other incredibly talented dominant scorer in the league, he thought he could win it all himself.
I’m not sure he would have ever learned it, and not sure that the second 3-peat would have had ever had a chance if he hadn’t. The league was weak then, so maybe, but Jackson’s specialty is turning greatness into GREATNESS.
"...where they don't play with a shot clock." - C. Sager
by kv on Jul 27, 2010 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions
(click.)
"...where they don't play with a shot clock." - C. Sager
by kv on Jul 27, 2010 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions
What's with all tt
not "that" Jersey Shore...Point Pleasant, 10 refreshing miles north of Seaside.
by John at the Jersey Shore on Jul 27, 2010 10:08 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
What's with all the PJ love?
Yuck!
not "that" Jersey Shore...Point Pleasant, 10 refreshing miles north of Seaside.
by John at the Jersey Shore on Jul 27, 2010 10:10 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
for logik155
"the Lakers play without a point guard, he noted, "and there are 29 other teams that play it a different way."
yet the Lakers have won the last 2 championships and are the western conference champs how many times??
I’m sure phil jackson knows what he’s doing… maybe more teams should follow their philosophy
um
more teams would follow that philosophy if they had the best SG in the league that could handle most of the playmaking and ball handling and a top 5 PF that you could run your offense through.
Farmar has a legit gripe but as bad as Fisher was playing during the season, he’s had plenty of opportunity to take advantage and become starting PG.
by mikegrand15 on Jul 27, 2010 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I dont see Farmar getting more then 20 minutes a game this year.
And thats counting about 10 games where he starts in place of an injured Devin. If he thinks thats a lot then good for him.
He seems to suggest in the interview that Harris will play some 2 guard.
"...where they don't play with a shot clock." - C. Sager
by kv on Jul 27, 2010 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm sure Harris will....for about 5 minutes per game.
But Jordan is in for a rude awaking if he if counting on as much playing time as it sounds like he is.
Yeah thats the one thing I worry about
But we will see, sounds like he’s expecting 32 minutes a game, thinking just because we won 12 games everybody here are a bunch of bums, we will see.
DID YOU LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW?
Because that is not at all what he said, or sounded like. When asked if he would have the opportunity to compete for the starting job his voice dropped, and he said “you never really know”. He made it a point to emphasize how good a PG Harris, that he is an All-Star and it was only in this context that he brought up the idea that they could be playing side by side.
"...where they don't play with a shot clock." - C. Sager
by kv on Jul 27, 2010 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Yup.
I like Farmar and I think he understands he most likely won’t be starting over Harris, but if (and when) Harris gets injured he’ll be given the opportunity to start. Plus it doesn’t hurt to add another Black Jew to New York. There aren’t a lot of us.
I listened to the interview but I heard in another interview him talking about getting a lot of minutes
What I’m saying is that with the girth of wings that we have he may not be as well off minutes wise as he thinks, without a trade going down, I see Lee being better than him, T-will, and morrow, but we will see.
I know there won't be enough minutes to go around in the backcourt.
It’ll be interesting to see how they handle it if they’re not getting the minutes they think they should get.
I'm super psyched for Devin to play some 2 guard...
Just the thought of watching him hoist those rabbit-jump-shots; ahhhh those signature Devin “if I bring my knees all the way up to my chest – people will excuse my terrible shooting ability for the demonstration of effort” Harris jump shots.
While were on the subject of our overrated backcourt who everyone assumes should be...
the starting backcourt.
Does anyone have a problem with the fact that now that we have a few guys who can shoot and score (Morrow, TWILL, Farmar) that Devin’s inability to distribute and CLEE’s inability to play defense, may be a problem?
Uhhh?
Devin can distribute and Clee can play defense…
Am I missing something?
Well,
I tend to see Devin more as an incomplete semi-scoring PG who needs the ball in his hands. I also thought that CLEE’s reputed great defense was just that…reputed.
But, we had to rely on both because we didn’t have anyone else or anyone else developed. I guess I’m just wondering of Farmar could actually push Harris out of the starting position, and same with Morrow. (the latter being much more likely than the former-but the idea is chemistry and style of players might bode better for new guys)
that is a small back court
plus both players defense is questionable
by killa kadafi191 on Jul 27, 2010 7:44 PM EDT reply actions
a very quick backcourt....
That defenders will have a hard time with.
They are all quick -iHarris, Farmar, TWill, Lee.
by Net Income on Jul 27, 2010 8:10 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Yeah, the Nets were really rolling up the score when Harris, Lee and TWill were on the court last year, don’t lots of other teams have quick guards?
by ispartan on Jul 27, 2010 8:26 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
You can exclude T-Will
T-Will will be on another team the Nets will soon be looking for a Tall-strong-athletic-speedy Power Forward/Small Forward for Outlaw (Nets highest offseason aquisition) can flourish playing Power Forward on offsense.
Travis Outlaw is a Forward not a Small Forward
A way to be succesful is to have another forward without a primary position that way you don’t fall into mismatches Nets will need someone like, Erin Ilyosova, Donte Greene, Jeff Green guys that can guard the three and the four depending on the opponent.
He can’t play the 4 unless he added 30lbs that I an not aware of. He will get hurt playing the 4 at just over 200lbs imo.
Since the face been revealed the game got real
he got a lot of action at the 4 in Portland
and did fairly well. He can def. get some spot minutes there.
Farmar is right on...he will be a better player on the Nets
He is quick, he can shoot and he is athletic…he is built for the running game NOT for the triangle!
If Farmer.....
plays like he did at UCLA….He will be a star soon……
Fat Joe
said there is a 99.9 chance MELO will be a Knick! woot. fat joe and melo and pals if u did not know.
cool story bro
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Jul 28, 2010 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Jay-Z and Lebron were pals too, we see how that turned out lol
Let’s not base stories off of washed up rappers connections to NBA players. We’ll just end up with “the Decision 2”
by TheMann2 on Jul 28, 2010 12:24 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
i see that posting and toasting is sending over their comic relief
"No one stands on the top of the world. Not you, not me, not even gods. But the unbearable vacancy of the throne in the sky is over. From now on...I will be sitting on it."
by MrDollarBills on Jul 28, 2010 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey does
it bother anyone Jordansaid there will be a competition in not so many words?
Not me just curious though.
Since the face been revealed the game got real
Bother me?
I likey like. It does 2 things: makes both PG’s better and guarantees the better starter.
Jordan's too arrogant they're not playing them together
they have 4 players that can play shooting guard counting D.James.
nevermind the fact that they would be awful defensively
"No one stands on the top of the world. Not you, not me, not even gods. But the unbearable vacancy of the throne in the sky is over. From now on...I will be sitting on it."
by MrDollarBills on Jul 28, 2010 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
Related FanPosts on NetsDaily
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Certain photos copyright © 2010 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
