Lakers and Farmar have "mutual interest"

gotokyo · Post #21 » by **gotokyo** » Mon Jul 1, 2013 6:34 am

what would jack bauer do? wrote:Farmar can actually shoot the 3ball and is a better defender than sessions. I couldn't believe Sessions was a worse defender than Blake when we had him. Sessions just has no explosion laterally and can't fight through screens, it's probably why he'll always be a back up.

My defensive rankings for the recent relevant Lakers pg's:
Fisher > Farmar > Blake > Sessions

Dockingsched I think we can make things line up right. Mitch just needs to do work. Maybe Blake's expiring for Courtney lee. Or Jordan Hill for C. lee and a first round pick. Boston has zero depth up front and Hill is very serviceable.

I'm reading this from my phone. I sure hope fisher is in green font.

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kblo247 · Post #22 » by **kblo247** » Mon Jul 1, 2013 6:53 am

Fishers D was better than Farmars in the playoffs aside from Houston. I was especially better vs Deron who routinely bent Jordan over like Jenna Haze at a glory hole. Fish also defended Nash better.

Overall playoff D - Fish > Farmar - Blake > Nash

Blake hasn't really impressed with his playoff D. And unlike when you took fish off a pg and could still play him on Ray Allen, there's no shot at doing that with Blake or Jordan. I'd take Jordan O over Blake's though as Blake was dead weight for most his contract

Dr Aki · Post #23 » by **Dr Aki** » Mon Jul 1, 2013 6:58 am

i dont get the sessions love

he was quick, but was absolute trash on defense, was worse than steve nash

he literally stop playing defense every time he felt contact on a screen

what would jack bauer do? · Post #24 » by **what would jack bauer do?** » Mon Jul 1, 2013 7:01 am

Nah I'm dead serious about Dfish. Yeah he got killed by the speedster point guards, but who doesn't? When speedy pg's guard each other they just take turns scoring on each other. Ever watch Parker play against Paul? Or Parker vs Westbrook? They light each other up. Only difference is Fish can't score toe to toe with any good pg.

I know how much hate there is for Dfish, but fact is the guy was a great defender. Remember the huge difference in our defense when we went from Smush to Dfish? We were ranked first seed in the west BEFORE the Gasol trade. Part of that was Bynum's emergence and another huge part of that was Dfish's STABILIZING FORCE on defense.

Forget the old man dfish we had the last couple years he was here and respect the man and his rings. You don't get five rings as a starter without being a player, forget that he wasn't a superstar.

Puffthemagic · Post #25 » by **Puffthemagic** » Mon Jul 1, 2013 7:07 am

moonpie wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/mcten/status/351562244481499136[/tweet]

am i the only one thinking that PJ is coming back??

EArl · Post #26 » by **EArl** » Mon Jul 1, 2013 7:28 am

Farmar as a back up would be great for us.

Taft High Alma mater :rock:

laduane1 · Post #27 » by **laduane1** » Mon Jul 1, 2013 7:35 am

No more giving up #1 picks for players. We might need it next year.

Dr Aki · Post #28 » by **Dr Aki** » Mon Jul 1, 2013 10:10 am

EArl wrote:Farmar as a back up would be great for us.

Taft High Alma mater

now all we need is sasha and trev

dAdo dA dEvil · Post #29 » by **dAdo dA dEvil** » Mon Jul 1, 2013 10:15 am

with the pgs that we have right now i would very much welcome farmar ...

denimourson · Post #30 » by **denimourson** » Mon Jul 1, 2013 1:18 pm

SlavaMedvedenko wrote:I was one of Sessions' biggest critics during that playoff choke fest but you really need to lose a player like that to realize his importance. Even last season, he had like the highest FG conversion % in the paint amongst guards. I'd welcome him with open arms.

Given Charlotte's big man situation, I wouldn't mind dangling Jordan Hill, Meeks and a pick for Sessions.

Sessions reportedly left LA for secuirty and fear of being traded I wouldn't welcome him back and keep our 1st round pick for next year unless it's a premier guy we are trading for

Showtime3242 · Post #31 » by **Showtime3242** » Mon Jul 1, 2013 2:09 pm

I still think there is a chance Blake gets amnestied for some tax savings, not MWP.

MWP is similar to Big Shot Rob in that he is essentially a player you have almost exclusively for the playoffs. He keeps your team from being physically intimidated by anyone in a playoff series.

Also, with the playoffs being more of a half court game than the regular season, his defense is better against the Durants or LeBrons in those scenarios as opposed to running with them in the open court.

He also still has a pretty good b-ball IQ when he wants to, setting picks, making extra passes, etc. and can be effective without having to take shots. When you have a volume shooting two, a player like MWP can be a nice complement at the three, and in D'Antoni's system, he can even be effective at the four at times.

Dr Aki · Post #32 » by **Dr Aki** » Mon Jul 1, 2013 2:24 pm

Showtime3242 wrote:I still think there is a chance Blake gets amnestied for some tax savings, not MWP.

MWP is similar to Big Shot Rob in that he is essentially a player you have almost exclusively for the playoffs. He keeps your team from being physically intimidated by anyone in a playoff series.

Also, with the playoffs being more of a half court game than the regular season, his defense is better against the Durants or LeBrons in those scenarios as opposed to running with them in the open court.

He also still has a pretty good b-ball IQ when he wants to, setting picks, making extra passes, etc. and can be effective without having to take shots. When you have a volume shooting two, a player like MWP can be a nice complement at the three, and in D'Antoni's system, he can even be effective at the four at times.

12-15 million in additional tax savings says MWP will be the one to go

Post #33 » by **semi-sentient** » Mon Jul 1, 2013 4:34 pm

kblo247 wrote:I rather Farmar to Sessions. Better athleticism, cheaper cost, and more balls. Sessions was a pussy to be blunt in the playoffs both rounds

Agreed. Dude was pissing all over himself against the Thunder and wouldn't take wide open shots.

ballaholick · Post #34 » by **ballaholick** » Mon Jul 1, 2013 4:51 pm

kblo247 wrote:Fishers D was better than Farmars in the playoffs aside from Houston. I was especially better vs Deron who routinely bent Jordan over like Jenna Haze at a glory hole. Fish also defended Nash better.

Overall playoff D - Fish > Farmar - Blake > Nash

Blake hasn't really impressed with his playoff D. And unlike when you took fish off a pg and could still play him on Ray Allen, there's no shot at doing that with Blake or Jordan. I'd take Jordan O over Blake's though as Blake was dead weight for most his contract

Blake played Parker well in the playoffs, if ur talking about defense

ballaholick · Post #35 » by **ballaholick** » Mon Jul 1, 2013 4:53 pm

Showtime3242 wrote:I still think there is a chance Blake gets amnestied for some tax savings, not MWP.

MWP is similar to Big Shot Rob in that he is essentially a player you have almost exclusively for the playoffs. He keeps your team from being physically intimidated by anyone in a playoff series.

Also, with the playoffs being more of a half court game than the regular season, his defense is better against the Durants or LeBrons in those scenarios as opposed to running with them in the open court.

He also still has a pretty good b-ball IQ when he wants to, setting picks, making extra passes, etc. and can be effective without having to take shots. When you have a volume shooting two, a player like MWP can be a nice complement at the three, and in D'Antoni's system, he can even be effective at the four at times.

LOL i thought i would never hear MWP and good Bball IQ in the same sentence

Post #36 » by **dockingsched** » Mon Jul 1, 2013 7:21 pm

well this is pretty definitive

[tweet]https://twitter.com/Mike_Bresnahan/status/351781130929844224[/tweet]

stunnar0b · Post #37 » by **stunnar0b** » Mon Jul 1, 2013 7:44 pm

semi-sentient wrote:
kblo247 wrote:I rather Farmar to Sessions. Better athleticism, cheaper cost, and more balls. Sessions was a pussy to be blunt in the playoffs both rounds

Agreed. Dude was pissing all over himself against the Thunder and wouldn't take wide open shots.

I still remember that play where sessions wraps up Westbrook mid court on a fast break and he still managed to score the and1. That play must of scarred sessions for the rest of his life.

Post #38 » by **Kilroy** » Mon Jul 1, 2013 7:51 pm

dockingsched wrote:well this is pretty definitive

[tweet]https://twitter.com/Mike_Bresnahan/status/351781130929844224[/tweet]

Based on this, I'm going to lock this up for now... We have a lot of speculation threads going on right now.
If something else comes out, I'll open it up again.

Post #39 » by **Kilroy** » Wed Jul 3, 2013 3:44 pm

Looks like Farmar has worked out a buyout... I'm reopening...

kblo247 · Post #40 » by **kblo247** » Wed Jul 3, 2013 3:46 pm

Jordan Farmar, who has a buyout in his contract with Anadolu Efes in Turkey, recently worked out for an undisclosed number of NBA teams.

Farmar has been linked to the Lakers and he would likely draw interest from plenty of teams eager to acquire an affordable backup guard. A report on EuroHoops.net points out that Anadolu Efes is eager to shed salary, so they may agree to waive Farmar's $500k buyout in order to escape the two years left on his contract.

http://www.eurohoops.net/2013/07/dribbling/29291

Pertains to Sasha too, same team