Jordan Robert Farmar (born November 30, 1986) is an American 6' 2" (1.88 m) and 180 lb (82 kg) professional basketball player for the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers. He was previously the starting point guard for the UCLA men's basketball team.
Farmar was born in Los Angeles, California, to his father Damon Farmar (a former minor league baseball outfielder who was a second round draft pick in both 1982 and 1983), and mother, Melinda. His parents divorc...
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Jordan Robert Farmar (born November 30, 1986) is an American 6' 2" (1.88 m) and 180 lb (82 kg) professional basketball player for the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers. He was previously the starting point guard for the UCLA men's basketball team.
Farmar was born in Los Angeles, California, to his father Damon Farmar (a former minor league baseball outfielder who was a second round draft pick in both 1982 and 1983), and mother, Melinda. His parents divorced when he was 2, and he went to live with his mother, who soon met and married her current husband (Farmar's stepfather), Israeli Yehuda Kolani from Tel Aviv. Farmar and his mother and step-father are Jewish. As of 2009 Farmar is one of only two Jewish basketball players in the NBA. In 2009 Omri Casspi was drafted by the Kings making him the second Jew in the NBA. He is to be inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in January 2010.
Farmar starting playing basketball at age 4. Farmar inherited his competitive drive...
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