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Favors is doing the jazz a favor.

MoTown16 said:
Have to remember his age. In Malone's days, most guys came into the NBA with 4 years of college. Favors played 1 year. So both physically and emotionally, and in terms of basketball experience, he was less mature when he was drafted.

Personality-wise, he seems very much like Duncan. He's not going to be a vocal guy on the court. But that doesn't mean he's not going to be a dominant player. That's one reason I'm glad the Jazz brought in Mo Williams. Mo's going to be the one to hold players accountable. Ther's no doubt in my mind Favors will really make strides on the P&R when he's in there with Williams
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I can Respect and like this. id rep you again if i could.
 
JGolds said:
I can Respect and like this. id rep you again if i could.
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I feel the same. MoTown has become my favorite poster. He has been killin it for about the last month especially
 
=jacktheripper;396156]Here is a little piece from Locke on Favors vs Millsap and Jefferson.

Millsap and Jefferson are both in contract years, but more importantly from a pride standpoint they
both can see the immense talent of Derrick Favors and they both can do the math that there are
only 96 big man minutes on the roster.
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So true, i didnt even think of it that way. the presure is good and bad. its good for sap and jefferson, but i dont hink it is a prime growing enviroment for favors sadly.
 
Favors has a lot of work to do to get up to the LMA level. Most players make jumps much faster than he has, but he's very young and still raw so here's hoping for extraordinary progression this season. I'll be happy if he's up to 15ppg and able to be a lesser go to guy by the end of 82, showing us he's more than an Ibaka/Jordan type talent.
 
franklin said:
Favors has a lot of work to do to get up to the LMA level. Most players make jumps much faster than he has, but he's very young and still raw so here's hoping for extraordinary progression this season. I'll be happy if he's up to 15ppg and able to be a lesser go to guy by the end of 82, showing us he's more than an Ibaka/Jordan type talent.
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I don't think many bigs make jumps much faster than he is doing, especially given his age. Had he played 30+ mins/per last season, I think we'd be saying his stats are exactly where they should be in his 2nd season. Yes, I know even a guy like Steinsma was invited to be on the Select team (he must have had connections), but Favors has shown the ability to compete against the best. There are so many very good PF's in the leagues, and voting usually comes down to those who put up the most points. That may not be Derrick. But I have no doubt he's going to be an impact player and maybe one of the elite in terms of his all-around game.

The competition from Al and Paul could be good for the team, or it could be bad. Not all 3 can start. And the one who doesn't may feel his contract value is being diminished. It's going to be very tough on Corbin to keep everyone happy...or at the very least, marginally dissatisfied.

If I were KOC or Lindsey, I'd very quietly and confidentially sit down with Derrick and tell him "he's the man" but he needs to be patient this year. Tell him he'll get more mins, but he can obviously see what the situtaion is and one way or another, it WILL be cleared up by next summer and he WILL be the #1 guy if he continues to work hard and progress.
 
If I were KOC or Lindsey, I'd very quietly and confidentially sit down with Derrick and tell him "he's the man" but he needs to be patient this year. Tell him he'll get more mins, but he can obviously see what the situtaion is and one way or another, it WILL be cleared up by next summer and he WILL be the #1 guy if he continues to work hard and progress.
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i agree, he is young anf in a hurry to be an impact player though. he wants the minutes, and honestly he deserves more, and on any other team he would be getting starter minutes by now. it is a thing of necessity to clear our log jam at the 4 and 5 now.
 
JGolds said:
i agree, he is young anf in a hurry to be an impact player though. he wants the minutes, and honestly he deserves more, and on any other team he would be getting starter minutes by now. it is a thing of necessity to clear our log jam at the 4 and 5 now.
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Jazz still have some goodwiill left for rescuing him from NJ, where he had fallen out of favor (pun intended) and was languishing on the bench. Just make sure he gets close to 30 mins, whether he starts or not. After the deadline, there's no need to build up/maintain the value of Millsap or Jefferson. I'd definietly make sure Favors starts then, even if no one is dealt.
 
You got to give Favors at least 100 starts between now and the end of next season. You don't want to be in a position where you have to give this guy 15 mil per to keep him and then hope can develop his offensive game or hope he stay out of foul trouble with extended minutes or hope he can hang in there night after night against the top shelf post players.
 
candrew said:
You got to give Favors at least 100 starts between now and the end of next season. You don't want to be in a position where you have to give this guy 15 mil per to keep him and then hope can develop his offensive game or hope he stay out of foul trouble with extended minutes or hope he can hang in there night after night against the top shelf post players.
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Word.
 
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