[Lefty Noob]

"The Lakers filled some needs in the backcourt, drafting hometown kid Jordan Farmar for the point and trading for Maurice Evans, an athletic wing player who could play right away," says Steve Kerr of Yahoo! Sports, who gave Phil Jackson and crew a 'B' for their efforts in the 2006 NBA Draft. Do you agree?

Draft report card - NBA - Yahoo! Sports

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

"The Lakers filled some needs in the backcourt, drafting hometown kid Jordan Farmar for the point and trading for Maurice Evans, an athletic wing player who could play right away," says Steve Kerr of Yahoo! Sports, who gave Phil Jackson and crew a 'B' for their efforts in the 2006 NBA Draft. Do you agree?

Draft report card - NBA - Yahoo! Sports

word on Farmer:


The 6-foot-2 point guard averaged 13.2 points and 5.3 assists as a freshman and 13.5 points and 5.1 assists as a sophomore, when he was a first-team All Pac-10 performer.
"Man, I'm very excited to be here," he said. "It's been the longest month of my life, traveling around the country to pursue my lifelong dream. I couldn't have asked for a better outcome. I'm blessed to be here."
There were some who questioned Farmar's decision to pass up his final two seasons at UCLA, but he was very impressive in pre-draft workouts in Orlando, Fla., earlier this month. He made his final decision to stay in the draft on June 18 -- the deadline for withdrawing.

I think he is one of those kids that would have benefited from the extra college ball that he now won't get...still not a bad pick for a team with Kobe on the other side.