Lakers spokesman John Black said that Jordan Farmar has been experiencing pain in his right foot lately, and was sent to see Dr. Phil Kwong on Friday.
X-rays, a CT scan and MRI all came back normal; Farmar is listed as day-to-day with tendonitis.
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Luke Walton and Jordan Farmar have their Matt Damon – Ben Affleck thing going on, no question about it.
The question is, does that friendship translate into success onto the NBA floor?
“I don’t know if there’s a direct correlation between being good friends and playing well together on the court,” said Walton upon first consideration. “I think it more has to do with our styles of playing the game. We both understand the game pretty well and over the past two years, we’ve played a lot of 2-of-2 and 3-on-3 with each other and developed a good feel for each other’s games.”
Farmar had a different perspective.
“It definitely helps,” he countered. “If you’re friends with someone, you know their game, you know what they’re good at, you know how to put them in a position to be successful and you want them to be successful. They want the same for you, so it’s a different kind of chemistry and feeling out there when you like, know and enjoy people you’re playing with.”
So … which is it?
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A No. 12 seed into the Sweet 16, huh?
“I tried to tell everyone already,” said Luke Walton without too much prompting regarding his Arizona Wildcats. “My teammates were all getting on me for picking Arizona because I was showing favoritism to my school, but I’m a realist. I just told them what was going to happen. I have them going to the National Championship game.”
While ‘Zona still has a long ways to go to get there – they’d have to beat Louisville, the Michigan State/Kansas winner and likely either UCONN or Memphis – Walton’s already feeling pretty good. He correctly picked 38 of the 48 possible games played in rounds one and two, and was the only participant in our Lakers.com March Madness contest (he ranks third behind Shannon Brown and Adam Morrison) to correctly take Arizona to the Sweet 16, where they’ll face Rick Pitino’s squad.
“We have a tough matchup against Louisville, but we have two kids starting for Arizona that are from San Diego, which definitely helps,” said Walton, who coincidentally happens to be from San Diego. “We have a tough point guard in Nic Wise – you need a tough point to succeed in the tourney – and we have one of the best big men in the country in Jordan Hill. That’s the recipe for success right there.”
Now, if his teammates are talking trash, Walton’s not listening.
“The things is, my teammates aren’t even allowed to talk to me about it – except for Shannon (Brown) and Adam (Morrison), because they’ve got Michigan State and Gonzaga still going,” Walton explained. “If your team is out of it, you can’t speak to the people that have teams still playing for something. You can’t talk trash – I mean you can talk to me, just not about college basketball.”
So if Brown or Morrison wants to have a nice lil’ NCAA conversation with Luke, it’s all good. On the other hand, an example of guys who aren’t allowed to speak to Walton about college hoops are Trevor Ariza and Jordan Farmar, whose UCLA Bruins lost in the second round to Villanova.
“That’s what happens when you don’t win your conference or conference tournament, you get a higher seed and have to go up against a team playing great basketball in their hometown (Philadelphia),” said Farmar. “I took the hit in my Lakers.com bracket with my Bruins pick to win it all, but if I’m going down it’s going to be with my boys.”
Fair enough.
Lakers Pau Gasol and Jordan Farmar will be special guest stars on tonight’s episode of CBS’s Numb3rs (10pm ET/PT).
The pair of NBA stars come to the rescue and help the “Cal Sci” basketball team in their time of need.
The Numb3rs website has some behind-the-scenes footage (you can also watch full episodes there) for ya.
Let’s hope the whole thing goes better than this… just kidding Luke.
After coming back to the Lakers in half the expected eight weeks, Farmar contributed heavily in the form of 14 points (5-of-7 shooting), two assists and a steal, while his presence allowed Derek Fisher to play only 25 minutes.
Following Monday’s practice, Farmar was asked how his knee responded to his first live action since before Santa came.
“I felt great,” he said. “We went today, no problems. It feels just like the other (knee). I just put ice on it to be cautious (and for) maintenance.
I know the structure of the knee now. I got a little model and everything. There’s nothing wrong with my knee joint – everything is stable and in tact and ready to go.”
Next up for Farmar is a date with the Charlotte Bobcats on Tuesday at STAPLES Center, leading into L.A.’s first of two long road trips that commences Friday evening in Minnesota.
The title pretty much sums it up…
In his scheduled pregame media session, Phil Jackson said that Lakers backup point guard Jordan Farmar will be on the active list for Sunday’s matinee matchup against the San Antonio Spurs.
Farmar could play for the first time since Dec. 19 in Miami, when he tore the lateral meniscus in his left knee. He was expected to miss approximately eight weeks after the surgery, but has healed at nearly twice that pace.
Guard Jordan Farmar underwent surgery to repair a torn lateral meniscus in his left knee on December 24th. Less than a month later he participated in his first practice since the surgery. After shootaround today we caught up with Jordan to go over where he’s at in his rehab and when he expects to be back on the court.
It’s been a little over two weeks since guard Jordan Farmar had surgery to repair a torn lateral meniscus in his left knee. Today we caught up with him quickly to get an idea of what his day-to-day routine is like as he rehabs.
From the Lakers PR staff:
Lakers guard Jordan Farmar underwent successful surgery today to repair a torn lateral meniscus in his left knee, it was announced by the team.
The surgery, which took approximately 30 minutes, was performed by Dr. Clarence Shields of the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Group. Farmar is expected to be out approximately eight weeks.
Farmar suffered the injury in the fourth quarter of the Lakers game at Miami on Friday night. He is averaging 7.9 points and 2.4 assists in 19.6 minutes this season.
According to Lakers spokesman John Black, Jordan Farmar will have surgery on Wednesday to repair the torn lateral meniscus in his left knee. Dr. Clarence Shields of the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Group will perform the surgery.
Upon the conclusion of the surgery, the Lakers will issue a release with an estimated time for Farmar’s return.
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