James Hubert Farmer (born September 23, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player who was drafted by the Dallas Mavericks in the first round (20th pick overall) of the 1987 NBA draft. Farmer, a 6'4" 190 lb small forward, played for the Mavericks, Utah Jazz, Seattle SuperSonics, Philadelphia 76ers, and Denver Nuggets across parts of five NBA seasons. His best stint as an NBA player was during the 1990–91 season, when he appeared in 25 games for the Nuggets and averaged 10.0 ppg. He toured the Orient with an Athletes in Action team in 1984.
Personal life Jim is a native of Dothan, Alabama, and is a 1982 graduate of Houston Academy in Dothan. He played basketball collegiately at the University of Alabama.
Legal issues In 2019, Farmer was one of 16 men arrested in the two-day sting operation southeast of Nashville, Tennessee. He allegedly responded to an adult escort advertisement and agreed to both meet and pay $170 to an undercover officer who identified herself as a 16-year-old girl for sex, per the report.
In 2020, Farmer was indicted on new trafficking charges in by a Rutherford County grand jury, the new charges including "attempted patronizing prostitution and three counts of attempted solicitation of a minor."
Career statistics
NBA Source
Regular season
| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Dallas | 30 || 0 || 5.2 || .377 || .000 || .900 || .6 || .5 || .1 || .0 || 2.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | 37 || 0 || 11.1 || .401 || .450 || .707 || 1.5 || .8 || .2 || .0 || 4.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 38 || 0 || 10.5 || .438 || .296 || .713 || 1.1 || .7 || .4 || .0 || 6.4 |- | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| | style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia | 2 || 0 || 6.5 || .286 || .000 || 1.000 || 2.5 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 3.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| Denver | 25 || 1 || 17.7 || .458 || .227 || .730 || 2.5 || 1.5 || .5 || .1 || 10.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Denver | 4 || 0 || 7.3 || .333 || .000 || – || .5 || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || 1.0 |-class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" | Career | 136 || 1 || 10.7 || .428 || .282 || .730 || 1.4 || .8 || .3 || .0 || 5.3
Playoffs
| style="text-align:left;"| 1988 | style="text-align:left;"| Dallas | 3 || 0 || 3.7 || .333 || – || – || 1.3 || .3 || .0 || .0 || 1.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1989 | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | 2 || 0 || 1.5 || .000 || .000 || – || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 |-class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" | Career | 5 || 0 || 2.8 || .250 || .000 || – || .8 || .2 || .0 || .0 || .8
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