Once you have collected yourself and returned from however long you got lost in those blue eyes, can you remember former Alabama Crimson Tide sharpshooter Jim Farmer? Apparently he is now Nashville new country crooner Jim Farmer.
From jimfarmer.com:
Alabama native Jim Farmer comes to country music already a very successful public figure. He's played to wildly cheering audiences and scored points with fans for years. Of course, those original hits involved the 6'4" star playing basketball for the Dallas Mavericks, the Utah Jazz and other NBA teams before spending three years on Magic Johnson's touring dream team, the All Stars (WTF is this? - ed.). Now he is concentrating on another longtime love: music.
I definitely remember him playing for plaid sportscoat afficionado Wimp Sanderson. A classic standstill jumpshooter with a bit too much brown hair supporting his matinee idol looks (I have always wanted to get those words in here, sorry EZRollah). Farmer was taken 20th overall by the Mavs in the 1987 NBA draft, Just after Ken Norman, and just before Dallas Comegys.
The most remarkable thing about his pro career (other than the fact that Jim Farmer was drafted 20th in the first round of the NBA draft) is that he lasted 5 seasons, playing for 5 different teams. Of note: Dallas took Steve Alford 6 picks later. Brad Davis must have been looking over his shoulder in 1987, that's for sure.
The very embarrassing Farmer tidbit that I remember is that he turned up on short lived late night dating show "Studs" (hosted by Mark DeCarlo) during its salad days. I am 99.9% sure that Jim wore a Canadian Tuxedo (sorry again EZR) and that he was the winning "Stud" that evening.
You can purchase his cd "Baby Come On" from jimfarmer.com.
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