Cleveland Cavaliers: Cavs To Sign Jordan Farmar?
By Marcus Bass
The Cleveland Cavaliers have made an inquiry about recently waived point guard Jordan Farmar, a league source told the Northeast Ohio Media Group.
The search for consistency on the terribly inconsistent Cavalier’s team continues. According to Chris Haynes of Cleveland.com, the Cavs are interested in signing Jordan Farmar, once the guard clears waivers.
"The dialogue was explained as a “feeling-out” process. Farmar, 28, was bought out of his contract with the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday. He clears waivers on Sunday."
After appearing in only 36 games with the Los Angeles Clippers, Farmar was waived after the Clippers failed to secure a trade partner for the guard. His departure from the Clippers serves as a cost-cutting method and the removal of a dissatisfied player.
Clippers head coach Doc Rivers and Farmar were not seeing eye to eye throughout his tenure with the team and, as a result, Farmar’s play suffered.
Last season as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, Farmar averaged 10.1 points, five assists and shot a respectable 44 percent from behind the arc. At 28 years of age, Farmar played his lowest minutes total behind Clippers point guard Chris Paul and averaged his lowest points total since his rookie year (4.6). Farmar was upset with the decrease in minutes and an unclear role.
Farmar recently spoke to ESPN about his struggles on and off the court with the Clippers:
“You don’t take more than two shots, and if they go in, you had a good night, and if they don’t, you struggled. It’s tough. There’s no substitute for the game.”
Trade partners for the disgruntled guard were hard to find due to the player option in Farmar’s contract, which is set to pay him $4.2 million for the 2015-16 season. Instead, Farmar will clear waivers and seek a better fit with a new team for the duration of the season.
The Cavaliers are currently trying to find the right mix of players; their team has undergone massive roster changes in recent weeks. General Manager David Griffin added J.R. Smith, Iman Shumpert, and Timofey Mozgov, and he doesn’t seem like finished.
The team is in search of a backup point guard, and at the moment, it seems Farmar would be a logical fit. A.J. Price was third on the team’s depth chart at the point guard position behind Matthew Dellavedova. However, Price was recently waived. The Cavaliers are now in search of greater depth and talent at the reserve point guard spot.
Farmar has a good chance of being added to Cleveland’s roster. He has ties to head coach David Blatt, after playing for Blatt in 2011 with Maccabi Tel Aviv. With rumors of mutiny afoot in Cleveland, Blatt could use a friendly face in uniform. If Farmar’s to join LeBron James and company, it won’t happen for a few weeks.
As the Cavs don’t have a tremendous need for production at that position, it’s most likely low on (general manager) Griffin’s laundry list.