Desmon Farmer

Desmon Farmer

Personal information
Born	(1981-10-07) October 7, 1981 (age 43) 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	2004–2015
Position	Shooting guard
Number	33
Career history
2004	Aris Thessaloniki
2005	Telindus Oostende
2005	Prokom Trefl
2005–2006	Tulsa 66ers
2006	CAI Zaragoza
2006–2007	Seattle SuperSonics
2007	Tulsa 66ers
2007–2008	Rio Grande Valley Vipers
2008	Atléticos de San Germán
2008	San Antonio Spurs
2008–2009	Spartak Primorje
2009	Zadar
2009–2010	Reno Bighorns
2010–2011	Ironi Ashkelon
2011	Metros de Santiago
2012	Boca Juniors
2013	Reno Bighorns
2014	Cóndores de Cundinamarca
2015	Sigal Prishtina
2015	Guaiqueríes de Margarita
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-Pac-10 (2004)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Desmon Kenyatta Farmer (born October 7, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. He played briefly in the National Basketball Association (NBA), 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.

Professional 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]

References

1. Evans, Jayda (October 19, 2006). "Farmer plants seed with Sonics". Seattletimes.nwsource.com. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
2. "Sonics Waive Farmer and Glyniadakis". Nba.com. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
3. Spurs sign Vipers' Desmon Farmer by Clay Williams (September 18, 2008). "Spurs sign Vipers' Desmon Farmer". Kgbt4.com. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
4. "Spurs Sign Blake Ahearn". Nba.com. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
5. Zadar inks Desmon Farmer Archived February 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
6. "Israeli Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings". Eurobasket. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
7. "BIGHORNS ACQUIRE DESMON FARMER". NBA.com . Archived from the original on January 18, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
8. Desmon Farmer signs in Kosovo with Sigal Prishtina

External links

• Career statistics from NBA.com  and  Basketball Reference
• NBA D-League Profile
• Basketpedya career data ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}