Lakers exercise Farmar's Option

[Whisper]

The Los Angeles Lakers have exercised a fourth year contract option for the 2009-10 season on Jordan Farmar, it was announced today. In accordance with the league’s collective bargaining agreement, the Lakers had until October 31 to exercise their option on Farmar. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not released.

Selected by the Lakers with the 26th pick in the first round of the 2006 NBA draft, Farmar, a third year guard out of UCLA, averaged 9.1 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 20.6 minutes over 82 games last season (all career-highs).

A participant in the T-Mobile Rookie-Sophomore Challenge during the 2007 and 2008 All-Star Weekends as well as the first player in league history to play in both an NBA and NBA Development League game in the same day, Farmar led the Lakers in scoring (12.3 ppg) and assists (3.4 apg) this preseason.

http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/081027farmaroption.html

Happened a couple of days ago, but very nice. Putting the young players on lock down!!

 

[The Young One]

Good move. I like this kid's game a lot.

 

[yezzir]

Another great move, we're deff gonna be headed in the right direction for years to come.