Derrick Favors

Derrick Favors

No. 15   Utah Jazz
Power forward
Personal information
Date of birth	July 15, 1991 (1991-07-15) (age 20)
Place of birth	Atlanta, Georgia
Nationality	American
High school	South Atlanta HS (Atlanta, Georgia)
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	246 lb (112 kg)
Career information
College	Georgia Tech
NBA Draft	2010 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall
Selected by the New Jersey Nets
Career history
2010–2011	New Jersey Nets
2011–present	Utah Jazz
Career highlights and awards
NBA All-Rookie Second Team (2011) Naismith Prep Player of the Year (2009)
Stats at NBA.com

Derrick Bernard Favors (born July 15, 1991 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American basketball player for the Utah Jazz. He is a 6-foot-10-inch (2.08 m) power forward who played for Georgia Tech. On June 24, 2010, he was drafted 3rd overall by the New Jersey Nets of the NBA.

High school

Favors, from South Atlanta High School, 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

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]

NBA

On April 9, 2010, Derrick Favors announced he would forgo his final three years of college eligibility to enter the 2010 NBA Draft.^[8] The New Jersey Nets drafted him 3rd overall.

On February 23, 2011, Favors was traded, along with Devin Harris and two first round draft picks to the Utah Jazz for Deron Williams.^[9]

NBA 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-Utah	78	27	19.7	.517	.000	.595	5.3	0.5	0.4	0.9	6.8
Career		78	27	19.7	.517	.000	.595	5.3	0.5	0.4	0.9	6.8

Adidas

Favors signed a shoe deal with Adidas just before the 2010 NBA Draft.^[10] Favors has been loyal to Adidas since he was 15, when he was playing for his AAU team, the Atlanta Celtics.^[11]

References

1. ^ Favors #1 by Scout. Scouthoops.scout.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-14.
2. ^ Favors #2 by ESPNU. Insider.espn.go.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-14.
3. ^ Derrick Favors caps career in style. Insider.espn.go.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-14.
4. ^ Favors Named MVP of McDonalds All American Game.
5. ^ Derrick Favors Pulls Out of Nike Hoop Summit. Draftexpress.com (2009-03-23). Retrieved on 2011-06-14.
6. ^ Big men shine in Jordan Brand Classic. Sports.espn.go.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-14.
7. ^ ^{a b} "Derrick Favors Player Bio". http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/favors_derrick00.html. 
8. ^ Favors Going Pro
9. ^ "Jazz Obtains Harris and Favors from New Jersey". NBA.com. 2011-02-23. http://www.nba.com/jazz/news/deron_williams_trade.html. Retrieved 2011-02-24. 
10. ^ Adidas Signs Lottery Pick Derrick Favors. Boards.ign.com (2010-01-07). Retrieved on 2011-06-14.
11. ^ Loyal To The Game. Slamonline.com (2010-07-02). Retrieved on 2011-06-14.

External links

• Derrick Favors at NBA.com
• Twitter

Persondata
Name	Favors, Derrick
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball player
Date of birth	July 15, 1991
Place of birth	Atlanta, Georgia
Date of death
Place of death