Jordan Robert Farmar (born November 30, 1986) is an American professional basketball point guard for the New Jersey Nets of the NBA. Previously he was a backup guard base for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Farmar was born in Los Angeles, California, to father Damon Farmar (former minor league baseball outfielder who was a second round draft pick in 1982 and 1983), and his mother, Melinda. His parents divorced when he was 2, and he continued to live with his mother, who soon met and married her current husband (stepfather Farmar’s), Yehuda Kolani Israeli from Tel Aviv.Farmar and his mother and stepfather were Jews.
Farmar started playing basketball at age 4 . Farmar had inherited his competitive drive from his father and mentor, Damon Farmar, who played football and baseball at the University High and baseball in the minor leagues. Junior Farmar hours in his father’s clubs, with team-mates of his father and watching his father play. he learned from his stepfather that persistence and commitment are all about, noting that “I’ve never met a man who worked so hard.” Farmar is a half-sister, Shoshana Kolani. Godfather Farmar is a former Major League baseball player Eric Davis
Farmar attended Portola Middle School and Temple Judea Tarzan and Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, before transferring his sophomore at Taft High School in Woodland Hills, suburban community, the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles.
In high school, Taft, Farmar scored a record 54 points in one game. As a junior, he averaged 28.5 points per game, 8.0 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 4.5 steals. As a senior, he averaged 27.5 points and 6.5 assists, and led to the first Taft-Los Angeles School name City. He has more than 2000 points in two seasons at Taft. Farmar was named the Los Angeles Times Player of the Year, La City Co-Player of the Year, and California Interscholastic Federation Los Angeles City Section high school player of the year. He was USA Today Super 25 selection, Parade Magazine second-team All-American , Slam Magazine Honorable Mention All-American, CalHi Sports All-State honors and Southern California Jewish Athlete of the Year. He was a teammate with the New York Giants wide receiver Steve Smith. In addition, he was selected to play in the highest School McDonald’s All American game in which he scored 6 points and had 3 assists and 7 steals in 19 minutes of playing time .
He is considered one of the elite point guards in the country in Los Angeles, Farmar was named to the All Pac-10 team and all the Pac-10 tournament team. As a freshman in 2004-05, Farmar was freshman year, Rivals.com National and Pac-10 Rookie of the Year. He averaged 34.3 minutes (№ 2 in the team), 13.2 points (№ 2, № 1 among freshman guards), a team high 5.28 assists and a team high .801 (109-136) from the foul line. He led all Pac-10 freshman in scoring, assists, free throw percentage and minutes played and was second in steals .
In 2006 NCAA Tournament, Farmar led UCLA Bruins to the national championship game against the Florida Gators, which they lost with a score of 73-57. Farmar led all scorers with 18 points and finished with 2 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals. Farmar made a notable steal and assist at the end of Sweet Sixteen UCLA’s matchup with Gonzaga Bulldogs, giving his team lead for good after an impressive effort to return. April 20, 2006, he announced at the NBA Draft.
