Derrick Favors was having fun in Las Vegas last summer when he got a call from his agent around 11 p.m. or midnight. Favors, who had spent parts of 10 seasons with the Jazz, had been salary dumped ...

But they also made one of the NBA's toughest choices when they traded Derrick Favors to the New Orleans Pelicans. The move opened up the cap space necessary to offer Bojan Bogdanovic his four-year ...

DERRICK FAVORS UPDATE<br>• Derrick Favors is one of three major Jazz free agents, with Raul Neto and Dante Exum, who will both be restricted free agents.<br>• Favors is entering his eighth season.

Derrick Favors had until Tuesday afternoon to make a decision on his $10.2 million player option for the 2022-23 season. As expected, he opted in to the final season of his contract.

Derrick Favors didn’t necessarily look at his best during the 2020-21 regular season. There were times when Favors seemed like he was struggling to get elevated above the rim, ...

Derrick Favors wasn’t looking for a flashy pitch in free agency. When the season ended, the veteran forward had only one request of Joe Ingles: Don’t charter a plane and fly in for my meeting ...

Overlooked and underappreciated, Derrick Favors might never get the respect he rightfully deserves. On another team, in another market, he almost certainly would get more hype. But Favors is more than ...

PHILADELPHIA — Derrick Favors is capable of putting up gaudy box score numbers. Take Nov. 14 against the Los Angeles Clippers, the last time Favors logged double-digit minutes prior to Friday ...

Utah’s Derrick Favors is a product of that evolving league. Favors was just 18 years old when he was drafted by the Nets in 2010, too young to be in command of his considerable potential.

“I think I handled it well,” Favors said of transitioning from Utah to New Orleans. “Obviously, a new team and new environment after being in Utah the past eight, nine years, just coming ...

When the news broke in late June that Derrick Favors was moving on to the New Orleans Pelicans after nine seasons in Utah, the goodbye messages poured in from every corner of the Jazz organization ...