<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Report: Thunder’s Derrick Favors makes $10.2 million decision for 2022-23 season');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Thunder-news-Derrick-Favors-makes-10.jpg"></figure><h1>Report: Thunder’s Derrick Favors makes $10.2 million decision for 2022-23 season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-05-17T09:49:37-07:00">May 17th, 9:49am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-05-17T09:52:44-07:00">May 17th, 9:52am</time><address><a>Jason Patt</a>Jason Patt has been an editor at ClutchPoints since 2018. He also covers the Bulls for Forbes and SB Nation's Blog a Bull. In addition, he co-hosts Cash Considerations: A Chicago Bulls Podcast for the Blue Wire Network. If you couldn't tell, he's from Chicago.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Remember Derrick Favors? Well, he’s set to make $10.2 million in the 2022-23 NBA season. The Oklahoma City Thunder veteran has decided to exercise his player option, <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1526596493888704513" rel="noopener">according to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium.</a></p><p>Favors only appeared in 39 games for the Thunder last season, averaging 5.3 points and 4.7 rebounds in 16.7 minutes per game. His last appearance came on Feb. 24. He was ultimately shut down because of lower back soreness as Oklahoma City fully pivoted to tank mode.</p><p>The Thunder veteran initially signed this current contract with the Utah Jazz in the 2020 offseason. Favors signed a three-year, $27 million pact to return to the place where his NBA career really got off the ground. The big man was traded to the Jazz in the middle of his rookie season in the Deron Williams trade involving the New Jersey Nets, and he then spent eight more seasons there before a trade to the New Orleans Pelicans for the 2019-20 campaign.</p><p>Favors only spent one season in Utah during his second stint, averaging 5.4 points and 5.5 rebounds in 15.3 minutes per game. He appeared in 68 games in 2020-21. The 30-year-old <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/thunder-news-jazz-trade-okc-yet-another-first-round-pick-to-dump-derrick-favors-salary/" rel="noopener">was then traded</a> along with a first-round pick to Oklahoma City as part of a salary dump to create more flexibility and get below the luxury tax.</p><p>While Favors is opting in for 2022-23, don’t be surprised if the Thunder look to trade him this offseason or at the 2023 deadline. That $10.2 million could potentially come in handy to make a move. There’s also the possibility of a buyout in the near future.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Report: Thunder’s Derrick Favors makes $10.2 million decision for 2022-23 season

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'The 3 teams who should take a chance on Derrick Favors if bought out');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Jazz-news-Derrick-Favors-agrees-to-3-year-30-million-deal-with-Utah.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>The 3 teams who should take a chance on Derrick Favors if bought out</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-02-09T16:29:49-08:00">February 9th, 4:29pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-02-09T16:30:51-08:00">February 9th, 4:30pm</time><address><a>Jon Conahan</a>Penn State 22'</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With the NBA trade deadline approaching, a few players are said to be on the verge of being bought out. Derrick Favors, a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder, is one of those <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/thunder-news-jazz-trade-okc-yet-another-first-round-pick-to-dump-derrick-favors-salary/">players</a>.</p><p>While Derrick Favors isn’t the ideal choice for many teams, his 6 foot 9′ height allows him to be more than adequate. This season, he’s only playing a little part for the Thunder, which is fine since he’ll be doing the same thing for many other teams that decide to take a chance on him. Favors will not be asked to play more than 25 minutes per night for any team; instead, they will be looking for a serviceable player who can chew up minutes for them.</p><p>Because a few competitive teams will be seeking for a center and a big body, he will almost certainly be picked up from one of them.</p><p>Let’s look at three teams that may benefit from acquiring Favors via trade or buyout.</p><p>While all of these deals may be difficult, some contending teams will overspend and will be forced to give back a big package owing to the players’ salaries. Not all of these moves are likely, but competing clubs will try everything possible to improve, which might lead to some unusual deals, as we have seen in the past. In a rebuilding situation, teams will try to trade certain players for less than they are worth.</p><p><i><b>*Watch NBA games LIVE with <a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/nba/?irad=356361&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener noreferrer">fuboTV (click for free trial)</a>*</b></i></p><h2>Derrick Favors</h2><p><b>3. Bucks</b></p><p>The most obvious thing Milwaukee is lacking this season is a center. They would have had perhaps the best record in the NBA if they had been healthy this season, but it isn’t a big problem for them because Lopez is anticipated to return for the playoffs and they’re still the Eastern Conference’s second seed.</p><p>Derrick Favors has been mentioned a couple of times in Milwaukee Bucks trade negotiations, and it makes sense from the Bucks’ standpoint. The Bucks will not be seeking for a center to replace Brook Lopez, as previously said in a few other trade speculations involving centers. Perhaps the scenario would be different if they could sign a player like Myles Turner, but for now, they are sure that Brook Lopez will return before the playoffs and still be able to play at a high level.</p><p>Milwaukee fans aren’t likely to be overjoyed when they hear the name Derrick Favors, but they must keep in mind that they won’t need much from him. He’s just one of those guys that are going to have to come in for this squad in both the playoffs and the regular season and play limited minutes. He’s one of those players who can play a significant amount of minutes during the regular season so that they don’t have to worry about overworking Giannis Antetokounmpo or Bobby Portis.</p><p>It would be extremely difficult for Favors to play for the Bucks in the playoffs because he is unable to stretch the floor, and whenever you are playing next to Giannis, Milwaukee will be seeking for a three-point shooter around him. Milwaukee might not be concerned about this right now and instead focus on finding a player who can protect the rim while also grabbing rebounds, which is something they plainly need.</p><p><b>2.  Bulls</b></p><p>Derrick Favors, like the Milwaukee Bucks, may not be the best match for the Chicago Bulls since he can’t hit the three-point shot. He’d also have to play a bigger role for the Bulls. The only scenario in which the Bulls should consider obtaining him is if they don’t have any other options and can’t find another trade to get a rim protector. Derrick Favors isn’t the best rim protector in the world, but neither is anyone the Bulls have.</p><p>If Chicago does not make a move to get another center, they will have to go out and acquire a player like Derrick Favors on the buyout market. There’s no disputing that if they don’t fix their rim protection issues, they’re going to have a postseason that isn’t going to go as they hope.</p><p>No matter how terrific Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan are in the playoffs, the Chicago Bulls are going to have a tough time with Joel Embiid, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Kevin Durant because they don’t have anyone who can be thrown at any of those three stars to make it difficult for them. For a team with title ambitions, these would be extremely unfavorable matchups, and the front office must go out and find someone who can defend the 4-5 position.</p><p><b>1. Sixers</b></p><p>This is an intriguing scenario for the Sixers, but only if they trade Ben Simmons to the Brooklyn Nets, because the Nets are said to be interested in reclaiming Andre Drummond as part of the deal.</p><p>Andre Drummond is a fantastic fit for the Sixers because he’s just a guy who fills in for Embiid when he needs a break and gets the job done.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

The 3 teams who should take a chance on Derrick Favors if bought out

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jazz trade Thunder yet another first-round pick to dump Derrick Favors’ salary');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/image_2021-07-30_203753.png"></figure><h1>Jazz trade Thunder yet another first-round pick to dump Derrick Favors’ salary</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-07-30T05:29:40-07:00">July 30th, 5:29am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-07-30T05:44:31-07:00">July 30th, 5:44am</time><address><a href="https://medium.com/@rpsalao">R.P. Salao</a>Check out my best stuff on Medium - medium.com/@rpsalao.I also post quality NBA YouTube content - tinyurl.com/SalaoYouTube.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Oklahoma City Thunder are back at it again as Sam Presti acquired yet another future first-round draft pick just hours after 2021 NBA Draft day.</p><p>The Utah Jazz <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1421079624092733447?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1421079624092733447%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D1376434action%3Dedit">are sending</a> a future pick plus Derrick Favors to the Thunder in order to clear salary cap space. This is most likely in an attempt to make room for a potentially massive contract offer to free agent guard and first-time All-Star Mike Conley Jr. This report comes via ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The Utah Jazz have agreed to trade C Derrick Favors and a future first-round pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder for a future second-round pick, sources tell ESPN. Jazz create some financial flexibility and Thunder grab another first-rounder.</p><p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1421079624092733447?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 30, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>The Jazz had been posturing all offseason to find ways to shed salary and moving Favors, whose contract runs for around 20 million in the next two seasons, got them closer to their end goal. With Donovan Mitchell’s max salary extensions kicking in from after his rookie scale contract, the Jazz had minimal breathing room to retain his star backcourt mate.</p><p>Of course it was the Thunder who were waiting in the wings. This has been Sam Presti’s MO for parts of three seasons now, acquiring still-productive veterans from salary-strapped contenders in exchange for future draft assets. Add another first-round pick to the Thunder’s seemingly endless war chest.</p><p>The Thunder<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/thunder-rumors-okc-outlook-on-kemba-walker-trade-before-next-season-revealed/"> enter next season</a> with both Kemba Walker and Derrick Favors, after exchanging their last set of veterans in George Hill and Al Horford for draft compensation as well. The wheel just keeps turning in OKC.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jazz trade Thunder yet another first-round pick to dump Derrick Favors’ salary

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kawhi Leonard’s perfect reaction to monster dunk on Derrick Favors');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Nets-Kawhi-Leonard-Jazz-Derrick-Favors-.jpeg"></figure><h1>Kawhi Leonard’s perfect reaction to monster dunk on Derrick Favors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-06-15T06:54:31-07:00">June 15th, 6:54am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-06-15T06:55:05-07:00">June 15th, 6:55am</time><address><a>Tomer Azarly</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tag/clippers/" rel="noopener">LA Clippers</a> evened their Western Conference semifinal series against the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tag/jazz/" rel="noopener">Utah Jazz</a> on Monday night at 2-2 after a 118-104 win. The win was certainly the biggest thing to come out of Monday’s game, but the second biggest thing came from <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tag/kawhi-leonard/" rel="noopener">Kawhi Leonard</a>.</p><p>With 1:29 remaining in the first half and the Clippers leading 60-38, Kawhi Leonard drove down the lane past Jazz forward Royce O’Neale and elevated to deliver a vicious poster dunk on center Derrick Favors. The dunk brought an alarmingly loud roar from fans inside Staples Center.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">KAWHI ALL OVER DERRICK FAVORS 😱🔥<a href="https://t.co/vxEe9ee4Sw" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/vxEe9ee4Sw</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1404641303393017863?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">June 15, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Every angle of Kawhi Leonard's monster dunk on Derrick Favors 🔥<a href="https://t.co/3A5KNyIYj4" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/3A5KNyIYj4</a></p><p>— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1404642183924228097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">June 15, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Within seconds, social media blew up with reactions to Leonard’s monster dunk. Even <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tag/sixers/" rel="noopener">Philadelphia 76ers</a> star <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tag/joel-embiid/" rel="noopener">Joel Embiid</a>, who was in the middle of his postgame press conference, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-joel-embiid-live-reaction-to-monster-kawhi-leonard-dunk-in-clippers-jazz-game-4/" rel="noopener">took time out to acknowledge Leonard’s play</a> live.</p><p>“I just felt like I didn’t feel like I had it tonight and of course you can kind of — Oh! You see that?” Embiid said. “You see that Kawhi dunk? Wow –but you can say in the beginning of the game, it was tough.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Joel Embiid reacts to the Kawhi Leonard poster dunk midway through his postgame presser 😂<a href="https://t.co/8b9WIYj2BD" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/8b9WIYj2BD</a></p><p>— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1404649533787623431?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">June 15, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Kawhi Leonard was asked after the game if he recognized how much a dunk like the one he had can set social media and the rest of the internet ablaze. In true Kawhi fashion, he didn’t.</p><p>“I mean, I don’t get to see the reaction of what’s on the web or social media,” Clippers star <a href="https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1404736761385816066" rel="noopener">Kawhi Leonard said</a> when told of how social media blew up in response to his dunk. “Zu showed me a clip of Embiid talking. That’s the only thing I got from it. But during the game, I know it’s a big play, but got to have that next-play mentality because right after that, I think Joe Ingles came down and hit a three pretty wide open in that corner. We’ve still got room for improvement.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"I don't get to see the reaction of what's on the web or social media. But Zubac showed me a clip of Embiid talking… During the game, I know it's a big play, but gotta have that next play mentality."</p><p>Kawhi Leonard on his poster dunk. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Clippers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Clippers</a> <a href="https://t.co/sUwgs8ycCs" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/sUwgs8ycCs</a></p><p>— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1404736761385816066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">June 15, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>It’s safe to say Leonard’s dunk is something Derrick Favors likely won’t forget anytime soon. But hey, at least he can join Maxi Kleber as two players who have been eviscerated by Leonard’s monster dunks.</p><p>The pivotal Game 5 between the Clippers and Jazz is set for Wednesday night at 7PM PST.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kawhi Leonard’s perfect reaction to monster dunk on Derrick Favors

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kawhi Leonard takes Derrick Favors’ soul with monster dunk');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/clippers-news-kawhi-leonard-just-signed-a-life-long-lease-to-derrick-favors-soul-after-monster-throwdown.jpg"><figcaption>June 14, 2021</figcaption></figure><h1>Kawhi Leonard takes Derrick Favors’ soul with monster dunk</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-06-14T21:17:43-07:00">June 14th, 9:17pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-06-14T21:17:43-07:00">June 14th, 9:17pm</time><address><a>Dijo Songco</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/los-angeles-clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a> star Kawhi Leonard just took another soul on Monday night as he baptized <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/utah-jazz">Utah Jazz</a> center Derrick Favors with another emphatic throwdown. The two-time Finals MVP has one of the most underrated hops in the league and he continues to make sure he reminds defenders to stay the heck away when he gets a free lane to the basket.</p><p>Should we call him Derrick Leonard now or maybe just do Derrick Favors-Leonard? Either way, Kawhi <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1404641303393017863">owns</a> this man now.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">KAWHI ALL OVER DERRICK FAVORS 😱🔥<a href="https://t.co/vxEe9ee4Sw" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/vxEe9ee4Sw</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1404641303393017863?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">June 15, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Leonard’s dunk was the perfect way to sum up the Clippers’ first half in Game 4. LA blitzed the Jazz and mounted an early 30-13 lead in the opening quarter and went on to keep their foot on the gas in the second quarter. Kawhi’s dunk was just the icing on top of the cake which the Clippers carefully baked and savagely thrown to the faces of the top-seeded Jazz team.</p><p>The 29-year-old might be one of the quietest guys in the league but he’s definitely known to make loud noises in the form of posters. In the opening round against the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/dallas-mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a>, Leonard <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/clippers-news-kawhi-leonard-absolutely-destroys-maxi-kleber-with-insane-poster/">embarrassed</a> Maxi Kleber on the break with a huge slam that ended up being a nice <a href="https://nbatopshot.com/listings/p2p/6783b9d8-44c5-49c7-87e0-be217af963e9+5e25bcb0-fd2e-4e53-b9e9-620c72dea001">Moment</a> in NBA Top Shot. And, can we forget his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/video-raptors-kawhi-leonard-posterizes-bucks-giannis-antetokounmpo-with-another-lefty-slam/">monster dunk</a> on Giannis Antetokoumpo of the Milwaukee Bucks back in 2019?</p><p>Best believe that Kawhi Leonard is one of the most savage soul-takers in the NBA.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kawhi Leonard takes Derrick Favors’ soul with monster dunk

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Donovan Mitchell’s hilarious reaction to Derrick Favors’s shocking Jazz milestone');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/image_2021-04-09_210342.png"></figure><h1>Donovan Mitchell’s hilarious reaction to Derrick Favors’s shocking Jazz milestone</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-04-09T06:10:08-07:00">April 9th, 6:10am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-04-09T06:10:08-07:00">April 9th, 6:10am</time><address><a>Mike Cruz</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Shocking as it may seem, but Derrick Favors entered the Utah Jazz’s history books by becoming the 10th all-time leading scorer in franchise history. After learning about his veteran’s accomplishment, Jazz star Donovan Mitchell <a href="https://twitter.com/tribjazz/status/1380382194372345859?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1380382194372345859%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D1080264action%3Dedit">made sure</a> to give Favors a nice little treat following their 122-103 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday.</p><p>Via Eric Walden of The Salt Lake Tribune:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Donovan Mitchell, on Fav in the Jazz's 10 all-time top scorers: "I'm gonna go in the locker room and throw some water on him. Hopefully he doesn't have his walk-in clothes on already. If he does, that's on him."</p><p>— Eric Walden (@tribjazz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tribjazz/status/1380382194372345859?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 9, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Staying professional, Walden made sure to give an update that the All-Star guard pulled through with his promise. Too bad there doesn’t seem to be footage available online.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">True to his word, Donovan just poured two water bottles over Fav's head as he had down for his postgame interview</p><p>— Eric Walden (@tribjazz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tribjazz/status/1380383669379039235?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 9, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Favors made the history-making bucket with an easy finish at the rim in the third quarter. Coincidentally, it was also Mitchell that assisted Favors’ entry in the Utah’s top-10 all-time scoring list.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="und"><a href="https://t.co/JrssQv2OHL" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/JrssQv2OHL</a></p><p>— utahjazz (@utahjazz) <a href="https://twitter.com/utahjazz/status/1380366751272161283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 9, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Definitely, nobody saw this coming, considering Favors isn’t really known as the type of player to light up the scoreboard. Nevertheless, the 29-year old has spent nearly nine seasons with the Jazz, save for 56 games with the New Jersey Nets in his rookie year and the 2019-20 season, which he spent with the New Orleans Pelicans. Thus, it’s probably not as shocking to see Favors reach the milestone considering his longevity with the franchise.</p><p>As it currently stands, Favors has amassed 7,257 career points in 626 games with the Jazz, good for an average of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/derrick-favors/b8f409eb/stats">11.6 per game</a>. He trails former All-Star guard Deron Williams by a little over 300 points for 9th place. Of course, there’s no way he’ll catch the franchise leader, Karl Malone, who just happens to be the no. 2 all time scorer in league history.</p><p>As for Mitchell, he isn’t that far behind from Favors and should eventually surpass the 10-year veteran on the franchise’s history books. Currently, the 2-time All-Star 6,373 points through nearly four seasons in Utah. With his scoring prowess, Mitchell should easily crack the top-10 by next season. But for now, hats off to Derrick Favors.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Donovan Mitchell’s hilarious reaction to Derrick Favors’s shocking Jazz milestone

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jazz’s Derrick Favors relives old scare when airplane ‘dropped’ mid-flight');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/airplane.jpg"></figure><h1>Jazz’s Derrick Favors relives old scare when airplane ‘dropped’ mid-flight</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-04-01T21:14:26-07:00">April 1st, 9:14pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-04-01T21:15:15-07:00">April 1st, 9:15pm</time><address><a>Kriel Ibarrola</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Derrick Favors was aboard the plane with the rest of his Utah Jazz teammates when they had to make an emergency landing mid-flight after colliding with a flock of birds earlier this week. Turns out, this isn’t the first time he’s experienced a scary airplane incident while being a member of the Jazz.</p><p>The 29-year-old power forward recalled another frightening ordeal back in his first stint with the Jazz, where their plane also experienced some troubles mid-flight. He re-tweeted a post from his old teammate Earl Watson, who shared that it was Favors who caught him when their aircraft suddenly dropped while <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/utah-jazz/stats">cruising in altitude.</a></p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I remember that like it was yesterday! plane dropped, felt like a free- fall, and everyone came out their seats! <a href="https://t.co/cLpurGN8RT" target="_blank">https://t.co/cLpurGN8RT</a></p><p>— Derrick Favors (@dfavors14) <a href="https://twitter.com/dfavors14/status/1377804463709114370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 2, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p><a href="https://twitter.com/dfavors14/status/1377804463709114370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1377804463709114370%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D1059738action%3Dedit">Now that’s just scary.</a> It’s quite the freaky coincidence that Favors has figured in a near-death-experience twice in his two separate stints in Salt Lake. The 6-foot-8 banger played for Utah from 2011-19 before being traded to the New Orleans Pelicans. He signed a three-year $27 million contract to return to the Jazz in the offseason.</p><p>Favors has embraced his role as a back-up big for Jazz head coach Quin Snyder in his second foray with the team. In 45 appearances so far, he is recording modest averages of 5.9 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 1.0 block in around 15 minutes per game.</p><p>Favors and the rest of the Jazz are still shaking off the effects of that life-changing incident and are simply just grateful to still be alive.</p><p>Some, of course, took it harder than most, as Jazz superstar Donovan Mitchell missed their re-scheduled flight to Memphis after that ordeal. The Spida has been open about his fear of flying and took some time off after the incident.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jazz’s Derrick Favors relives old scare when airplane ‘dropped’ mid-flight

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'VIDEO: Pelicans’ Zion Williamson destroys Derrick Favors during mid-air collision');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/zion-2.jpg"></figure><h1>VIDEO: Pelicans’ Zion Williamson destroys Derrick Favors during mid-air collision</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-01-19T18:57:16-08:00">January 19th, 6:57pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-01-19T18:58:05-08:00">January 19th, 6:58pm</time><address><a>Joseph Nocco</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/new-orleans-pelicans" rel="noopener">New Orleans Pelicans</a> big man Zion Williamson continues to impress early on in his NBA tenure. After all, the former Duke Blue Devils standout will quite literally put the basketball in the hoop over just about anyone in front of him.</p><p>With Williamson dominating at both the high school and collegiate levels before eventually making his way to New Orleans as the top pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, the Pelicans superstar has seemingly had no issue making the transition to the highest level. In fact, Utah Jazz big man Derrick Favors <a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1351717874503569413" rel="noopener">found that out the hard way</a> on Tuesday evening.</p><p>Williamson didn’t even make it out of the first quarter without making a truly spectacular play, this time at the expense of the aforementioned Favors.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Derrick Favors didn’t stand a chance vs. Zion 😂 <a href="https://t.co/vxU86M6GrD" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/vxU86M6GrD</a></p><p>— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1351717874503569413?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 20, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Unfortunately for Zion Williamson–and fans of dominant play–his initial NBA campaign was plagued by injury. The young phenom only made 24 regular season appearances for the Pelicans in 2019-20.</p><p>With Williamson back to full health for his second go-round as a member of the Pelicans, the up-and-coming big man has been a force and then some thus far into the 2020-21 campaign.</p><p>As Williamson continues to progress, so will the new-look New Orleans–a team that continues to add young talent to its core. Of course, things won’t be easy for the Pels, as they still play in the always competitive Western Conference. New head coach Stan Van Gundy will have his hands full as NOLA looks to make the leap.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

VIDEO: Pelicans’ Zion Williamson destroys Derrick Favors during mid-air collision

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Derrick Favors agrees to 3-year, $27 million deal with Jazz');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Jazz-news-Derrick-Favors-agrees-to-3-year-30-million-deal-with-Utah.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>Derrick Favors agrees to 3-year, $27 million deal with Jazz</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-11-20T17:08:51-08:00">November 20th, 5:08pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-11-20T17:08:51-08:00">November 20th, 5:08pm</time><address><a>Ashish Mathur</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Derrick Favors is going back to the Utah Jazz on a three-year, $27 million deal after playing one season with the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/new-orleans-pelicans/" rel="noopener noreferrer">New Orleans Pelicans</a>.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/Tjonesonthenba/status/1329945713468338179" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tony Jones of The Athletic</a> is reporting that Favors and the Jazz have agreed to the deal that brings the big man back to Salt Lake City.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The Utah Jazz and Derrick Favors have agreed on a deal, League Sources tell The Athletic</p><p>— Tony Jones (@Tjonesonthenba) <a href="https://twitter.com/Tjonesonthenba/status/1329945713468338179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 21, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Favors and the Jazz have agreed to a three year 27 million dollar deal, league sources tell The Athletic. The third year is a player option</p><p>— Tony Jones (@Tjonesonthenba) <a href="https://twitter.com/Tjonesonthenba/status/1329945922134966272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 21, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Derrick Favors just never looked comfortable with the Pelicans in 2019-20. He averaged 9.0 points and 9.8 rebounds while shooting 61.7 percent from the field and 56.3 percent from the free-throw line.</p><p>The Jazz are thrilled about bringing Favors back into the mix. After all, he’s a fan-favorite and beloved by his teammates.</p><p>Utah took a 3-1 series lead over the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the 2020 playoffs at Walt Disney World. However, Utah lost three games in a row and watched the Nuggets advance to the second round instead of them.</p><p>All-Star shooting guard Donovan Mitchell promised he was going to make amends for that choke job. The Jazz are expected to sign the high-flyer to a rookie-scale extension, as Mitchell is one of the best scorers in the NBA and has earned the money coming his way.</p><p>Favors has career NBA averages of 11.4 points and 7.4 rebounds with the Nets, Jazz and Pelicans. He should put up good numbers during the 2020-21 season since he’s back in a familiar system.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Derrick Favors agrees to 3-year, $27 million deal with Jazz

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rumor: Jazz interested in reuniting with Derrick Favors');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/favors.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>Rumor: Jazz interested in reuniting with Derrick Favors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-09-19T14:47:16-07:00">September 19th, 2:47pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-09-19T15:02:14-07:00">September 19th, 3:02pm</time><address><a>Ashish Mathur</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>New Orleans Pelicans big man Derrick Favors becomes an unrestricted free agent this offseason, and he reportedly has an interest in going back to the Utah Jazz.</p><p>According to <a href="https://theathletic.com/2075676/2020/09/18/from-the-nba-draft-to-free-agency-a-primer-for-the-utah-jazz-offseason/">Tony Jones of The Athletic</a>, the Jazz — who traded Favors to the Pelicans in the summer of 2019 — also have an interest in reuniting with the skilled forward.</p><blockquote>Obviously, there is significant Derrick Favors speculation here. Here’s the deal. There is mutual interest. Favors would not mind a return to Utah, even if it means coming off the bench as Gobert’s primary backup. But, at this point, that’s all it is … interest.The Jazz have to decide whether Favors would be the right place to spend their most significant chunk of offseason money, especially considering finding a 3-and-D wing is of greater priority. Favors will have multiple suitors on the market, including his incumbent team, the New Orleans Pelicans. So, there’s a lot that can happen between now and the opening of free agency.</blockquote><p>Favors has played in 576 games with the Jazz franchise. He was part of the blockbuster Deron Williams trade with the New Jersey Nets in February of 2011.</p><p>Utah lost to the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/denver-nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a> in the first round of the 2020 playoffs in seven games despite holding a 3-1 series lead. The Jazz could possibly sign Favors using their mid-level exception once the 2020 free agency period begins.</p><p>Favors appeared in 51 games in 2019-20 for the Pelicans, averaging 9.0 points and 9.8 rebounds while shooting 61.7 percent from the field in 24.4 minutes per contest.</p><p>The 29-year-old Favors was beloved by his Jazz teammates, so it will be fascinating to see if Utah’s front office brings him back into the fold.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><script type="text/javascript">      window._taboola = window._taboola || [];      _taboola.push({          article: 'auto',          ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'      });      !function (e, f, u, i) {          if (!document.getElementById(i)) {              e.async = 1;              e.src = u;              e.id = i;              f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);          }      }(document.createElement('script'),          document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],          'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',          'tb_loader_script');      if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }</script></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rumor: Jazz interested in reuniting with Derrick Favors

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pelicans: Why New Orleans shouldn’t re-sign Derrick Favors');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Pelicans-news-Derrick-Favors-posts-longest-made-FG-streak-of-any-NBA-play-in-last-20-seasons.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>Pelicans: Why New Orleans shouldn’t re-sign Derrick Favors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-06-18T08:49:28-07:00">June 18th, 8:49am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-06-18T08:49:52-07:00">June 18th, 8:49am</time><address><a>Paolo Songco</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Mini-Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>New Orleans Pelicans big man Derrick Favors is going to be one busy man in the upcoming offseason. The 6-foot-9 center/forward is on the final year of his current deal with the team, and will enter free agency at the end of this season.</p><p>For their part, the Pelicans will have a big decision to make on Favors. He arrived in New Orleans last summer, and has not been with the team for a considerable amount of time — especially once you factor in the hiatus. Then again, the front office have probably seen enough of what Favors brings to the table to make a decision on his future with the squad.</p><p>Averaging <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/favorde01.html#all_per_game">9.2 points</a> (on 62.0 percent shooting), 9.9 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 1.0 blocks in 24.2 minutes of action as the team’s starting center, Favors has been a crucial piece for the Pelicans and their mediocre season thus far. He is a tested veteran, and his head-down type of play appears to be a perfect fit to a Pelicans team that is not short on big-name players. Nevertheless, it appears that at this point, the Pelicans’ best decision would be to let Favors walk in the offseason. Below are three compelling reasons why.</p><h2>The Evolution of the Game</h2><p>Favors’ main strengths lie in his defense. Despite being undersized, he is a tenacious rebounder that always seems to be at the right place at the right time. However, the issue at hand is his lack of proficiency when defending in the perimeter. The game has evolved in such a way that to some extent, guys like Favors have become obsolete. They can blame the stretch four or five for this, with more than a few centers now more than capable of being a legitimate threat from beyond the arc. We’ve seen Favors struggle with this type of opponent, and more often than not, Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry has no choice but to pull Favors out of the game.</p><p>Should they wish to progress in the playoffs, the Pelicans will need to go through the likes of Anthony Davis with the Los Angeles Lakers or Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets. Guys like these would be a nightmare matchup for Favors, and this might just where New Orleans’ biggest problem lie.</p><h2>Money Matters</h2><p>Perhaps the most important thing to consider here is the money. Favors is currently on a two-year, $37.6 million deal which he signed in 2018. At just 28 and with a lot still left in his tank, Favors will likely be looking at the same amount of money for his extension, if not a bit more. The fact that the 2020 free agency class lacks talent further bolsters his case.</p><p>Are the Pelicans willing to shell this amount of money for a guy like Favors? Can they actually afford it? First-time All-Star forward Brandon Ingram is also going to be up for an extension in the offseason, and we’re certain that the 22-year-old will be asking for a huge number, and deservedly so.</p><p>For the record, Favors himself mentioned that he’s “probably” going to commit to the Pelicans (h/t <a href="https://theathletic.com/1668374/2020/06/17/now-you-feel-that-pain-derrick-favors-wants-to-make-sure-his-voice-is-heard/">Tony Jones of The Athletic</a>), but even by his statement alone you can tell that nothing is guaranteed at this point.</p></article>    </body></html>

Pelicans: Why New Orleans shouldn’t re-sign Derrick Favors

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'REPORT: Derrick Favors, Jazz have mutual interest in reuniting');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Derrick-Favors-Utah-have-mutual-interest-in-reuniting.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>REPORT: Derrick Favors, Jazz have mutual interest in reuniting</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-06-13T17:41:21-07:00">June 13th, 5:41pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-06-13T17:41:21-07:00">June 13th, 5:41pm</time><address><a>Ashish Mathur</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Utah Jazz traded Derrick Favors last summer, but they could join forces once again whenever the 2020 offseason starts.</p><p>According to Tony Jones of The Athletic, Favors and the Jazz have mutual interest in a reunion.</p><blockquote>“I will say that there’s some interest there, I would say, both ways,” Jones said on <a href="https://podbay.fm/podcast/1483270312/e/1591956002">Game Notes: A Show About The Utah Jazz</a>. “I know that the Pelicans want (Derrick Favors) back. I don’t know that they want him for a four-year deal, but certainly like a two year-deal while Jackson Hayes matures.”</blockquote><p>The Jazz traded Favors to the New Orleans Pelicans in the summer of 2019. The big man appeared in 576 games with the Utah franchise and compiled averages of 12.1 points and 7.4 rebounds, but most importantly, he was loved by his teammates and everyone in the organization.</p><p>Before the 2019-20 season was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-nba-season-suspended-after-rudy-gobert-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/">suspended in March</a>, Favors was averaging 9.2 points, 9.9 boards and 1.7 assists for the Pelicans. He was shooting 62.0 percent from the field and 58.1 percent from the free-throw line. The 28-year-old was scheduled to make $16 million this season prior to games getting suspended.</p><p>The Jazz and Pelicans are among the 22 teams that will be partaking in the resumption of the 2019-20 season at Walt Disney World. This year has been tough for Favors, who tragically lost his mom at the age of 55. This extended hiatus must have given the Georgia native time to be with his family and that’s always a good thing.</p><p>The Jazz racked up 41 wins before Rudy Gobert’s positive COVID-19 test forced commissioner Adam Silver to suspend the season. 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REPORT: Derrick Favors, Jazz have mutual interest in reuniting

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pelicans’ Derrick Favors posts longest made FG streak of any NBA play in last 20 seasons'); 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   /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Pelicans-news-Derrick-Favors-posts-longest-made-FG-streak-of-any-NBA-play-in-last-20-seasons.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>Pelicans’ Derrick Favors posts longest made FG streak of any NBA play in last 20 seasons</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-01-22T19:55:19-08:00">January 22nd, 7:55pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-01-22T19:55:19-08:00">January 22nd, 7:55pm</time><address><a>Cole McCauley</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>In the midst of all the hype surrounding the debut of No. 1 overall pick Zion Williamson on Wednesday, his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/new-orleans-pelicans/" rel="noopener noreferrer">New Orleans Pelicans</a> teammate Derrick Favors is carving out his own piece of history.</p><p>The 10-year pro is on a hot streak of hitting his last 21 field goal attempts, per <a href="https://twitter.com/_Andrew_Lopez/status/1220176355746250753">Andrew Lopez of ESPN</a> The streak started for Favors against the Utah Jazz on Thursday when the 6-foot-9 big man finished the game with 21 points and 11 rebounds on 10-12 shooting.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Previous long was 20 by DeAndre Jordan in 2013.</p><p>— Andrew Lopez (@_Andrew_Lopez) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/_Andrew_Lopez/status/1220176355746250753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>Favors then when on to shoot a perfect 10-10 in the Pelicans’ next game against the Los Angeles Clippers, ending the game with 22 points and 11 rebounds.</p><p>A back injury would keep Favors out of the lineup in the Pelicans’ next game, but the veteran power forward was announced to be good to go in the team’s Wednesday night matchup</p><p>As of writing, Favors streak has ended as he has shot 3-4 midway through the second quarter against the San Antonio Spurs.</p><p>Prior to Favors, current Brooklyn Nets center DeAndre Jordan held the record with 20 straight field goal makes when he played for the Los Angeles Clippers in 2013.</p><p>Especially without Williamson, Favors has stepped up for the Pelicans this season. The 28-year-old big man is averaging 9.8 points and a career-high 10.1 rebounds per game while shooting a career-best 62.2 percent from the field.</p><p>It’s possible that as Zion Williamson gets back to full strength, Derrick Favors will see his role slightly diminished. However, with Williamson’s lack of height, it’s likely that the Pelicans will experiment with multiple different rotations — – including some that would include the two playing at the same time as small-ball big men.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><iframe>    <script type="text/javascript">        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];        _taboola.push({            article: 'auto',            ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'        });        !function (e, f, u, i) {            if (!document.getElementById(i)) {                e.async = 1;                e.src = u;                e.id = i;                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);            }        }(document.createElement('script'),            document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],            'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',            'tb_loader_script');        if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }    </script>    </iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pelicans’ Derrick Favors posts longest made FG streak of any NBA play in last 20 seasons

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Derrick Favors set to play after missing last 2 games with hamstring strain');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Derrick-Favors-set-to-play-after-missing-last-2-games-with-hamstring-strain.jpg"></figure><h1>Derrick Favors set to play after missing last 2 games with hamstring strain</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-01-16T11:50:12-08:00">January 16th, 11:50am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-01-16T11:50:56-08:00">January 16th, 11:50am</time><address><a>Kenny Honaker</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/new-orleans-pelicans/">New Orleans Pelicans</a> forward <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/derrick-favors/b8f409eb/">Derrick Favors</a> has been sidelined for two games due to a right hamstring strain, but he says he’s feeling good. So good, in fact, that he’s been cleared to play in Thursday night’s home game against the Jazz, according to a report from Scott Kushner of The Times Picayune.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Derrick Favors says he feels good and believes he is “ready to go tonight”</p><p>— Scott Kushner (@ScottDKushner) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ScottDKushner/status/1217852565326585856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2020</a></p></blockquote><div class="code-block code-block-20" style="margin: 8px 0; clear: both;"></div><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>The fact that Favors is well enough to play again is great news for the Pelicans, who are currently holding a 15-26 overall record. An omnipresent force in the paint, the former No. 3 overall pick has played in 23 games this season, racking up averages of <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/favorde01.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">8.7 points</a> on 58.2 percent shooting from the field (25.0 percent from beyond the arc), 10.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.1 blocks in 23.5 minutes per outing.</p><p>Though he’s been cleared to play in Thursday’s game, the Pelicans will likely take a cautious approach to Favors’ return. That means he could be placed on a minutes restriction. It will also mean less minutes for guys like Jahlil Okafor and Jaxson Hayes. Okafor was terrific in Monday night’s 117-110 victory over the Pistons, scoring 25 points and 14 rebounds.</p><p>In other Pelicans injury-related news, Brandon Ingram will be a game-time decision for Thursday’s game against the Jazz. He’s been dealing with a sore right knee, but he said that he felt fine after Monday’s shootaround.</p><p>Thursday night’s matchup between the Pelicans and Jazz is set to tip inside the Smoothie King Center at 8:00 p.m. ET. New Orleans will be looking to stop Utah’s impressive 10-game winning streak.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><iframe>    <script type="text/javascript">        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];        _taboola.push({            article: 'auto',            ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'        });        !function (e, f, u, i) {            if (!document.getElementById(i)) {                e.async = 1;                e.src = u;                e.id = i;                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);            }        }(document.createElement('script'),            document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],            'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',            'tb_loader_script');        if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }    </script>    </iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Derrick Favors set to play after missing last 2 games with hamstring strain

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry expects Derrick Favors to play Wednesday vs. Bucks');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Alvin-Gentry-expects-Derrick-Favors-to-play-Wednesday-vs.jpg"></figure><h1>Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry expects Derrick Favors to play Wednesday vs. Bucks</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2019-12-10T11:30:26-08:00">December 10th, 11:30am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2019-12-10T11:31:51-08:00">December 10th, 11:31am</time><address><a>Kenny Honaker</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/new-orleans-pelicans/">New Orleans Pelicans</a> head coach Alvin Gentry provided an update on <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/derrick-favors/b8f409eb/">Derrick Favors</a>’ status ahead of Wednesday night’s road game against the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/milwaukee-bucks/">Milwaukee Bucks</a>.</p><p>Gentry is hoping Favors will be available to play in Wednesday’s matchup. Favors has been with his family following the death of his mother, according to reports, and he also has been dealing with an injury. The former No. 3 overall pick rejoined his teammates over the weekend, but he did not play in Monday night’s 105-103 loss to the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/detroit-pistons/">Detroit Pistons</a>:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Alvin Gentry said Derrick Favors practiced today and the plan is for him to play tomorrow night at Milwaukee</p><p>— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/PelicansNBA/status/1204473028698091527?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2019</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>Though he’ll likely be eased back into the rotation, the fact that Favors is returning to the lineup is great news for New Orleans. He has played in nine games this season (seven starts), racking up averages of <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/favorde01.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">8.3 points</a> on 62.1 percent shooting from the field, 8.9 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 21.0 minutes per outing.</p><p>The Pelicans (6-18) have struggled to find a rhythm through the early stages of this season. Injuries have played a role, to be sure. Rookie <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/zion-williamson/adc009ff/">Zion Williamson</a> is recovering from arthroscopic knee surgery and won’t be ready to play until sometime later this month (at the earliest). To be clear, though, there is no timetable set in stone for his return.</p><p>New Orleans will look to snap a nine-game losing streak in Wednesday night’s game against the Bucks. Tip-off inside Fiserv Forum is set for 9:30 p.m. ET, with ESPN having live broadcast coverage.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><iframe>    <script type="text/javascript">        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];        _taboola.push({            article: 'auto',            ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'        });        !function (e, f, u, i) {            if (!document.getElementById(i)) {                e.async = 1;                e.src = u;                e.id = i;                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);            }        }(document.createElement('script'),            document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],            'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',            'tb_loader_script');        if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }    </script>    </iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

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2021-22 SEASON STATS
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