Desmon Farmer
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 7, 1981 Flint, Michigan |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Northwestern (Flint, Michigan) |
| College | USC (2000–2004) |
| NBA draft | 2004 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2004–present |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Career history | |
| 2004 | Aris Thessaloniki (Greece) |
| 2005 | Telindus Oostende (Belgium) |
| 2005 | Prokom Trefl (Poland) |
| 2005–2006 | Tulsa 66ers (D-League) |
| 2006 | CAI Zaragoza (Spain) |
| 2006–2007 | Seattle SuperSonics |
| 2007 | Tulsa 66ers (D-League) |
| 2007–2008 | Rio Grande Valley Vipers (D-League) |
| 2008 | Atléticos de San Germán (Puerto Rico) |
| 2008 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 2008–2009 | Spartak Primorje (Russia) |
| 2009 | Zadar (Croatia) |
| 2009–2010 | Reno Bighorns (D-League) |
| 2010–2011 | Ironi Ashkelon (Israel) |
| 2011 | Metros de Santiago (Dominican Republic) |
| 2012 | Boca Juniors (Argentina) |
| 2013 | Reno Bighorns (D-League) |
| 2014 | Cóndores de Cundinamarca (Colombia) |
| 2015 | Sigal Prishtina (Kosovo) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Desmon Kenyatta Farmer (born October 7, 1981) is an American professional basketball player playing for the Sigal Prishtina of the Siguria Superleague.
He played briefly in the National Basketball Association, for the Seattle SuperSonics and the San Antonio Spurs.
College career
Farmer attended and played collegiately for the University of Southern California (USC); he averaged 19 points per game and nearly five rebounds in his final two years combined, graduating in 2004.
Pro career
After being signed and eventually cut before the season started by the NBA's Indiana Pacers in 2004, Farmer played professionally in Greece, Belgium and Poland before returning to the U.S. to play for the NBA Development League's Tulsa 66ers in 2005–06, averaging 16.4 points per game.[1] Farmer was signed to a contract by the Seattle SuperSonics in October 2006, being waived on January 4, 2007,[2] appearing in eight games during the season.
After two seasons, with the 66ers and Rio Grande Valley Vipers—also from the D-League—and a couple of months in Puerto Rico, with Atléticos de San Germán, Farmer was signed by the San Antonio Spurs on September 18, 2008.[3] After playing sparingly, he was waived on November 16, in order to make roster space available for another guard, Blake Ahearn; he signed with the Reno Bighorns in November 2009,[4] after a brief passage in Croatia with KK Zadar.[5]
On October 1, 2010, Farmer signed with Ironi Ashkelon.[6]
On January 31, 2013, he rejoined the Reno Bighorns.[7]
On January 2, 2015 he signed with Sigal Prishtina of Kosovo.[8]
Notes
- ↑ Evans, Jayda (October 19, 2006). "Farmer plants seed with Sonics". Seattletimes.nwsource.com. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
- ↑ "Sonics Waive Farmer and Glyniadakis". Nba.com. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
- ↑ Spurs sign Vipers' Desmon Farmer by Clay Williams (September 18, 2008). "Spurs sign Vipers' Desmon Farmer". Kgbt4.com. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
- ↑ "Spurs Sign Blake Ahearn". Nba.com. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
- ↑ Zadar inks Desmon Farmer Archived February 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Israeli Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings". Eurobasket. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
- ↑ BIGHORNS ACQUIRE DESMON FARMER
- ↑ Desmon Farmer signs in Kosovo with Sigal Prishtina