Derrick Favors

Derrick Favors
	Favors with the Utah Jazz in 2018
Free agent
Position	Center / power forward
Personal information
Born	July 15, 1991; Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	265 lb (120 kg)
Career information
High school	South Atlanta (Atlanta, Georgia)
College	Georgia Tech (2009–2010)
NBA draft	2010: 1st round, 3rd overall pick
Drafted by	New Jersey Nets
Playing career	2010–present
Career history
2010–2011	New Jersey Nets
2011–2019	Utah Jazz
2019–2020	New Orleans Pelicans
2020–2021	Utah Jazz
2021–2022	Oklahoma City Thunder
2023–2024	Windy City Bulls
Career highlights
	NBA All-Rookie Second Team (2011); ACC Rookie of the Year (2010); Mr. Basketball USA (2009); Naismith Prep Player of the Year (2009); McDonald's All-American Game MVP (2009); First-team Parade All-American (2009); Second-team Parade All-American (2008); Mr. Georgia Basketball (2009);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

Derrick Bernard Favors (born July 15, 1991) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Windy City Bulls of the NBA G League. Favors played college basketball for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets for one season before being selected by the New Jersey Nets with the third overall pick of the 2010 NBA draft.

After playing a season with the Nets, Favors was traded to the Utah Jazz in 2011, where he played for eight seasons. In the 2019 offseason, he was traded to the New Orleans Pelicans. He then returned to the Jazz in the 2020–2021 season after playing a year with the Pelicans.

During his second stint with the Utah Jazz, Favors became the franchise's 10th all-time leading scorer when he passed Mehmet Okur.