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Lakers Rumors: Jordan Farmar Met with Luke Walton in Attempted NBA Comeback
July 13, 2017
After playing in only two games for the Sacramento Kings last year, Jordan Farmar is eying a potential return to the NBA.
HoopsHype's Alex Kennedy reported Wednesday that Farmar had a meeting with Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton. The two were Lakers teammates for four seasons between 2006 and 2010.
Farmar has played 10 years in the league, averaging 7.7 points and 2.9 assists a game.
While signing Farmar wouldn't drastically improve the Lakers roster, he'd make sense as a potential backup point guard behind Lonzo Ball, given both his experience and level of familiarity with Walton.
Los Angeles doesn't have much financial flexibility after agreeing to a one-year, $18 million deal with Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, per ESPN.com's Brian Windhorst. ESPN.com's Bobby Marks noted the Lakers only had $16.5 million in available cap space before the signing.
That limits general manager Rob Pelinka's options if he wants to add another guard before the start of the 2016-17 season. According to Marks, the Lakers have $4.3 million available through the mid-level exception, which would likely be more than enough to get Farmar on board.
