Jordan Robert Farmar is an American professional basketball point guard for the New Jersey Nets of the NBA. In high school, he was the Los Angeles Times High-School Player of the Year in 2003–04. Playing for UCLA in college, he was the Rivals.com National Freshman of the Year in 2004–05. He was a first round draft pick by the Los Angeles Lakers, and played for the Lakers from 2006 to 2010, winning NBA Championships with them in 2009 and 2010. Farmar was born in Los Angeles, California, to his father Damon Farmar , 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 , Israeli Yehuda Kolani from Tel Aviv. Farmar and his mother and stepfather are Jewish. His father is African-American. Farmar started playing basketball at age 4. Farmar inherited his competitive drive from his father and mentor, Damon Farmar, who played football and baseball at University High and baseball in the minor leagues.
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