Derrick Favors

Derrick Favors
No. 15 – Utah Jazz
Position Power forward / Center
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1991-07-15) July 15, 1991
Atlanta, Georgia
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight 265 lb (120 kg)
Career information
High school South Atlanta (Atlanta, Georgia)
College Georgia Tech (2009–2010)
NBA draft 2010 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall
Selected by the New Jersey Nets
Playing career 2010–present
Career history
2010–2011 New Jersey Nets
2011–present Utah Jazz
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Derrick Bernard Favors (born July 15, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Favors played college basketball for Georgia Tech for one season before being drafted third overall by the New Jersey Nets in the 2010 NBA draft. He was later traded to Utah in 2011.

High school career

Favors played high school basketball at South Atlanta High School, where he was ranked as one of the best high school basketball players in the class of 2009. Scout.com rated him the #1 player in the country,[1] #2 in the ESPNU100,[2] and #4 by Rivals.com. On March 14, 2009, he led South Atlanta to the Georgia Class AAA state championship. He scored 38 points and had 21 rebounds in the championship game against Westover High School.[3] He was named to the 2009 McDonald's All-American Team. He led the East to a 113–110 victory and was named the MVP of the game. He scored 19 points and had 8 rebounds.[4] Favors was selected to participate in the 2009 Nike Hoop Summit in Portland, Oregon but pulled out due to personal reasons[5] and he was also selected to play in the 2009 Jordan Brand Classic at Madison Square Garden where he scored a game-high 21 points and was named MVP for the black team, while Renardo Sidney was named MVP for the white team.[6] He finished his senior season averaging 28.1 points, 13.3 rebounds, 5.0 blocks, 3.0 steals and 2.0 assists per game and holds the career records in points (2,341), rebounds (1,511) and blocked shots (741).[7]

College career

Favors committed to Georgia Tech in January 2009, which he chose over Georgia, Memphis and North Carolina State.

Favors played both power forward and center for Paul Hewitt's Yellow Jackets. The front court consisted of a three-man rotation of Favors, Gani Lawal and Zach Peacock. In ACC games, he averaged 11.8 points and 8.7 rebounds per game and shot 62.5% from the field. He also helped lead the Yellow Jackets to the ACC tournament finals against Duke. During the tournament, he posted 17 points, 9.8 rebounds and 3 blocks per game.

Season Games Mins FG% FT% Pts Rebs Asts Stls Blks PF
2009–10
36
 27.5 .611 0.629 12.4
8.4
1
 0.9 2.1 2.6

Favors was named ACC Rookie of the Year and to the ACC All-Freshman Team.[7]

Professional career

New Jersey Nets (2010–2011)

On April 9, 2010, Favors announced he would forgo his final three years of college eligibility to enter the 2010 NBA draft[8] where he was subsequently selected with the third overall pick by the New Jersey Nets. In just his third game as a Net on October 31, 2010 against Miami, he recorded his first career double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds (10 offensive) in a 101–78 loss.[9]

Utah Jazz (2011–present)

On February 23, 2011, Favors was traded, along with Devin Harris and two future first-round picks, to the Utah Jazz in exchange for Deron Williams.[10] He went on to score a season-high 17 points on April 9 against San Antonio.[11]

On October 19, 2013, Favors signed a four-year contract extension with the Jazz.[12]

On November 1, 2014, Favors scored a then career-high 32 points in a 118–91 win over the Phoenix Suns.[13] On November 12, 2015, he recorded 25 points, 12 rebounds and a career-high 7 blocks in a loss to the Miami Heat.[14] On December 5, 2015, he scored a career-high 35 points in a 122–119 overtime win over the Indiana Pacers.[15] On January 25, 2016, Favors returned to the floor after a 16-game absence due to a back problem. He played 19 minutes off the bench and recorded 14 points and 5 rebounds in a loss to the Detroit Pistons.[16]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010–11 New Jersey 56 23 19.5 .511 .000 .612 5.3 .4 .3 .7 6.3
2010–11 Utah 22 4 20.2 .529 .000 .561 5.2 .8 .5 1.2 8.2
2011–12 Utah 65 9 21.2 .499 .000 .649 6.5 .7 .6 1.0 8.8
2012–13 Utah 77 8 23.2 .482 .000 .688 7.1 1.0 .9 1.7 9.4
2013–14 Utah 73 73 30.2 .522 .000 .669 8.7 1.2 1.0 1.5 13.3
2014–15 Utah 74 74 30.8 .525 .167 .669 8.2 1.5 .8 1.7 16.0
2015–16 Utah 62 59 32.0 .515 .000 .709 8.1 1.5 1.2 1.5 16.4
Career 429 250 26.0 .512 .063 .668 7.3 1.1 .8 1.4 11.7

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012 Utah 4 1 29.0 .417 .000 .586 9.5 .5 1.3 1.5 11.8
Career 4 1 29.0 .417 .000 .586 9.5 .5 1.3 1.5 11.8

Endorsements

Favors signed a shoe deal with Adidas just before the 2010 NBA Draft.[17] Favors has been loyal to Adidas since he was 15, when he was playing for his AAU team, the Atlanta Celtics.[18]

References

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