[MagikKnickParticipant]

ESPN’s Ric Bucher reports that Lakers free agent Jordan Farmar has agreed to a 3-year, $12 million deal w/ Nets

http://twitter.com/ESPNEWS/status/18310201431

[goneParticipant]

Bucher alert!!!!

[llperez]

Dammit. I wanted him to at least get an opportunity to start somewhere. Now I gotta root for harris to struggle and i really like harris.

[JNixonParticipant]

Gives them a decent backup PG. The Nets are stockpiling depth at all positions these days

[Leftovers16Participant]

wow I thought no other team wouldve wanted him guess not the Nets do… Well they got a guy who can score 20 5 times out of the 82 games they play if he gets hot or lucky or something waste of money IMO

[BothTeamsPlayedHardParticipant]

Depth is one thing, but of the eleven guys they have under contract I only see two who should be starting. It is still a bad team.

[llperez]

@leftovers, you didnt even think he would get signed by anybody? I can see people saying hes not a starter, but damn have you been watching him at all?

[JNixonParticipant]

Who are those 2 guys? Lopez and Harris I’d assume….What about Terrence Williams? No starter love for him?

[Fresh_The_FanParticipant]

Well, we all seen this one coming as the Lakers prepared for Farmar’s and maybe Fisher’s departure by adding Steve Blake to the roster. I wish Farmar the best, for the rest of his career, because he won’t be winning another ring during his stint in the pros on this Nets squad; unless they find a way to pull of a All-NBA trio acquisition like what the Heat did.

[bkballerParticipant]

Is 17 million for Outlaw, Petro, Farmar, Morrow really that much of an improvement over 9-10 million for Dooling, CDR, Yi, Boone?

not at all impressed with the nets summer, you put up a blueprint for greatness banner by msg and vow to steal knicks fans and then you get the pick of the leftovers in FA….niceeeee

[OldSkoolBasketballParticipant]

Nets miss out on the big free agents and now they are signing role players. That won’t help much.

[stanford hoops]

thats a good pickup for them.. the nets didnt do a good job this summer. overpaying for outlaw now getting farmar… twill should make a big leap this year though and d.james looked like a baller, then they have favors for the future. they still wont be that good but they have time with all these young players so they will slow build year after year

[llperez]

the nets have been less then impressive this summer. But dont lump farmars 3 years and 12 mill into it. He is a solid rotation player with championship experience.

[Knicksfan1Participant]

Hes allright but only a solid backup point guard in the leauge at best. This and the Travis Outlaw signing to me means that the Nets overpaying for players cause they missed out on all the big free agents

[Leftovers16Participant]

What exp sitting on the bench I live in Cali I see him every day on the news next to Morrison on the bench and the picked up a bunch of garbo after Favors trying to make a move thats completely not needed they couldve gotten Sasha or Mbenga or Powell they just as much playoff Exp as Farmar LOL

[Lotto StudParticipant]

I wanted Shaun Livingston or Kyle Lowry badd!!!!!!

[llperez]

wow, you are gonna compare a guy who actually played and got minutes every single game and was in the 8 man rotation to adam morrison? You are losing some credibility on that one. And you living in cali has no bearing. Im pretty sure we all have a television.

[OrangeJuiceJonesParticipant]

My Nets really haven’t done much this summer. I saw a Nets commercial promoting their new stadium and cap room and Proko. They updated the cap room situation from $33 million to $27 million, but they didn’t show the Travis Outlaw signing. What does that tell you?

[BothTeamsPlayedHardParticipant]

They have eleven guys signed for about $37-40 million, depending on how Outlaw, Farmar, and Morrow structure their deals. In total, they aren’t expensive. They just aren’t very good, and it is more money than their players probably should get.

[stanford hoops]

you know what…are some of these players over paid?..whats the set market for a starting sf?.backup pg?..for some reason it seems like its higher then what i first thought

[ronniemiller1kParticipant]

nets had to do this, yea farmar, outlaw, petro, morrow arent much different from yi, boone, dooling, cdr but just like i watched my mets lose last two years, a devastating season like they had can really mess with a team….bringing in new blood is necessary i think even tho i think they gave up way to early on yi and tho i think outlaw is overpayed, im hoping he can take a step in the ariza direction and earn that salary, hes still only 25…i just hope they dont get a pf, i liked humphies and him off the bench with favors starting day 1 is the smartest way to get this team and its young guys to reach their potential

[stanford hoops]

im sorry but favors isnt starting from day one.. they already said he wont be ready to start till the middle of next year

[ronniemiller1kParticipant]

he should start, not saying play him 40 minutes a night, split him with humphries and let him develop…i understand if they go the pf route but lets be honest, overpaying for haslem isnt gonna make this a playoff team

[stanford hoops]

The plan is for Favors to be a reserve for the first half of his rookie season. So they need help, and Johnson purportedly is spearheading the pursuit of Thomas — a fellow Louisianan — because the coach believes he can hold down the job.

As of tonight, the Nets seemed willing to overpay for a temp.

But Johnson knows he’ll have to fast-track his rookie’s development.

“It’s a different ballgame,” Johnson said. “We’re playing a game of yards right now. We’re down by our own end zone, and we’re looking to move the ball one yard at a time, you see what I’m saying?”-nj.com

i can see him starting midseason not because of what he can do but because of what the rest of the big men cant do. they wont have any other option and probably will already be out of the playoff hunt

[Leftovers16Participant]

Get players to play better? I think for the nets it seems that way

[Knicksfan1Participant]

Favors should start from day 1 the team isnt gonna gonna make the playoffs this year. But they should give their good young players like T-Will, Courtney Lee, and Favors ample playing time so they can build chemistry for the future with Lopez, Harris and Outlaw. I could see that team being solid by 2012

[stanford hoops]

i agree he should start..throw the players into the fire from day one but thats not what avery plans on doing

[Knicksfan1Participant]

Whos he gonna start then? guys like Humpries, Josh Boone and Tony Battie arent NBA starters that r gonna help you win games

[grizz32Participant]

If they get Scola their offseason wont be that bad

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