The Los Angeles Lakers are bringing back a familiar face from their back-to-back championship era. Former point guard Jordan Farmar will join Spectrum SportsNet’s Lakers broadcast team as an analyst for select road games during the 2026-27 NBA season, the team announced on September 30, 2026.
The move adds another voice from the Phil Jackson-coached title teams to Lakers television coverage. Farmar won NBA championships with the Lakers in 2009 and 2010 and now returns to the organization in a broadcasting role alongside existing road-game coverage.
Farmar’s Role on the 2026-27 Lakers Broadcast
Spectrum SportsNet previously outlined its core 2026-27 broadcast plan. Bill Macdonald returns as the lead play-by-play announcer for his 17th season. Longtime analyst Stu Lantz, entering his 41st season, will call only home games to reduce travel. Three-time champion Danny Green serves as the primary analyst for road games and continues studio work.
Farmar’s addition covers select road contests within that framework. The Lakers and Spectrum SportsNet confirmed the role through team channels, with reporting from California Post’s Khobi Price and others noting the announcement. Spectrum SportsNet will televise 67 regular-season games plus all five preseason contests.
Studio coverage continues with host Chris McGee and Hall of Famer James Worthy, joined by a rotation that includes Robert Horry, Danny Green, and fellow 2009-10 champion Sasha Vujacic. Sideline duties are shared by Mike Trudell and Roqui Theus.
Jordan Farmar’s Lakers Career and Championship Experience
Jordan Robert Farmar, born November 30, 1986, in Los Angeles, is a local product who attended Taft High School in Woodland Hills. He played two seasons at UCLA, earned All-Pac-10 honors, and helped the Bruins reach the 2006 NCAA title game before the Lakers selected him 26th overall in the 2006 NBA Draft.
Farmar spent his first four NBA seasons with the Lakers (2006-10), serving as a backup point guard behind Derek Fisher. He contributed to three straight Finals appearances and the 2009 and 2010 championships alongside Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol. After stints with the New Jersey Nets, a return to the Lakers in 2013-14, and later stops with the Clippers, Grizzlies, and Kings, he retired following the 2016 season.
Across 504 career games he averaged 7.7 points, 2.9 assists, and 1.9 rebounds in 19.5 minutes per game, shooting 37.4 percent from three-point range. His experience as a rotation player on those title teams gives him direct insight into Lakers basketball from the late-2000s era that fans still reference.
What Farmar Adds to Lakers Road Broadcasts
Former players who won titles with the franchise often bring specific context on coaching schemes, player roles, and locker-room dynamics that general analysts may not share. Farmar’s time under Phil Jackson and alongside Bryant supplies that perspective for select road telecasts.
The addition also continues Spectrum SportsNet’s pattern of incorporating recent Lakers alumni. Sasha Vujacic, another member of the 2009 and 2010 teams, already joined the studio rotation. Farmar’s road-game appearances expand that alumni presence beyond the studio.
Lakers fans following the 2026-27 season on Spectrum SportsNet can expect Farmar on a limited number of road broadcasts, complementing Danny Green’s primary road role and Stu Lantz’s home-game work. Exact game assignments have not been detailed publicly beyond the “select road games” description in the team announcement.