What happened to Derrick Favors at the age of 25 and can he bounce back?

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Yah... he looked like he needs to put some more muscle on. If he gets back to about 250, I think he will be alright. Both for health and mobility reasons I think it will do wonders for him.

The freaky thing was... he was 245 with 6% body fat.

I'm just saying in today's NBA if he came in with that body teams would be great w/ that size, and just look to add incremental strength/core gains. Seems like we were too focused on blowing him up to be a post bruiser and that could be a reason for his rapid health decline.

 

[Siro]

I'm just saying in today's NBA if he came in with that body teams would be great w/ that size, and just look to add incremental strength/core gains. Seems like we were too focused on blowing him up to be a post bruiser and that could be a reason for his rapid health decline.

Speculative as ****. Last year you were totally sure it was his bed.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Speculative as ****. Last year you were totally sure it was his bed.

Weight and issues caused by a bad mattress arent mutually exclusive injury enablers.

There is data proving players north of 270 lbs face a much greater injury risk.

 

[Jazz4ever]

I would guess he has been playing the last 2 seasons in the 270 range.

He's not that heavy. Brook Lopez, Marc Gasol are 270 and completely dwarf Favors when the guard each other.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

He's not that heavy. Brook Lopez, Marc Gasol are 270 and completely dwarf Favors when the guard each other.

He was definitely 270 or over.

That is a picture of Favors in his first SL game. He weighed in at 245 at the draft combine that year.

 

[Miggs]

He's not that heavy. Brook Lopez, Marc Gasol are 270 and completely dwarf Favors when the guard each other.

This. There's no way Favors is 270.

 

[JazzMan4Life]

Speculative as ****. Last year you were totally sure it was his bed.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Favors himself stated that his mattress was a problem.

Edit: http://www.sltrib.com/home/3486246-155/derrick-favors-said-sleeping-on-his

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

This. There's no way Favors is 270.

He was at least 270

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[Saint Cy of JFC]

This. There's no way Favors is 270.

Favors weighed in at 265 lbs this past year but it's impossible to believe he was ever 270+

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Wes Mantooth is one big dumbass idiot

 

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Favors weighed in at 265 lbs this past year but it's impossible to believe he was ever 270+

I think he was listed at 269lbs for last season... or the season before...

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I think he was listed at 269lbs for last season... or the season before...

This past season he was weighed in a 265 at training camp. IDK about the prior season, that stuff is hard to find.

IDK how anyone can outright deny that Favors was in the 270+ range given his massive frame and how heavy he was entering the NBA Draft Combine despite looking pretty thin (especially compared to how thicc he is now). Given the knee and back issues he probably had trouble losing weight which only compounded his problems due to the 270 lb injury threshold.