The New Jersey Nets continued their frenzied acquisitions of mediocre players by signing point guard Jordan Farmar (number 61 on the Big Board) to a 3 year, $12 million deal. Farmar will take his annoying brand of ball hogging to the East Coast as Devin Harris' backup. I've got a good friend who is a Laker fan (hey, none of us are perfect) who contends that if the Lakers replaced Jordan Farmar with a cream cheese covered bagel they would be improving. While that's an exaggeration in my opinion, it's not a big stretch. Farmar is one of the more frustrating players to watch because he's clearly got some skills and a healthy amount of athleticism so you think he should be a good player. And yet he has no idea how to play the team game known as basketball. Farmar seems stuck in 2005 when he was The Man for a mediocre UCLA team and plays the game accordingly. When he steps into the game you know the ball is only leaving his hand when he shoots it. He overdribbles and overshoots and that's when he's on the same team as Kobe Bryant, the most demanding superstar in the league. I can't imagine how much more these characteristics are going to come out in New Jersey. On the plus side, Farmar is, as stated, a talented guy who can win you a game when he gets hot. It's just a matter of how many games he loses for you when he isn't hot.
Grade: C+
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