ESPN: The Los Angeles Lakers’ murky free agency situation became a little bit clearer hours before the start of Wednesday night’s much-anticipated signing period.
The team chose not to tender an offer to reserve guard Jordan Farmar by the required end of business day deadline of 6 p.m. PT, thus making Farmar an unrestricted free agent, according to Lakers spokesman John Black.
If the Lakers had made Farmar what’s known as a qualifying offer, Farmar would have become a restricted free agent and the Lakers would have the right to match any offer by an opposing team trying to lure Farmar away between Wednesday night and July 8, when free agents can officially sign with a new ballclub.
“I love L.A., [but] I think it’s good for somebody to get away sometimes,” Farmar said last week after his exit interview with coach Phil Jackson and General Manager Mitch Kupchak.
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