Favors 3yr/27M

[jazfan23]

Difference last time Favs was here is Bojan and Conley ...

I’d expect a starting lineup of Gobert- Favs-Bojan-Mitchell-Conley

They want Favs and Gobert to set the tone defensively... sub Favs and Conley early for Ingles and Clarkson ... , Favs comes back at end of first Q for Gobert

 

[416Klawzz]

Conley sucks we need to deal his washed up *** and his cancerous contract

 

[Troat Guru]

Difference last time Favs was here is Bojan and Conley ...

I’d expect a starting lineup of Gobert- Favs-Bojan-Mitchell-Conley

They want Favs and Gobert to set the tone defensively... sub Favs and Conley early for Ingles and Clarkson ... , Favs comes back at end of first Q for Gobert

Agreed
But what about Royce instead of Joe?
IMO it makes more sense...more balanced lineup.
Jingles could enter later with Favs...they used to play terifically well together iirc.

 

[framer]

Here's my thinking. What if they resigned Favors to start him @ Power Forward? He and Gobert @ Center seemed to be a pretty dominant defensive Front Court. Yes, they bogged down offensively, but I think that was more a product of the Jazz lacking perimeter shooting (Ricky Rubio) than it was those two not being able to co-exist. The Jazz now have tons of perimeter shooting (Conley, Mitchell, Bogdanovic, Clarkson, O'Neale, and Ingles) to negate the lack of perimeter shooting from Favors. The Jazz then drafted Azubuike to replace Tony Bradley's minutes and resigned Favors to improve the their overall defense (and move Bogdanovic to SF+Ingles to the bench), which struggled last year w/out Gobert on the floor. I like this depth chart:

PG: Mike Conley, Jordan Clarkson, Elijah Hughes
SG: Donovan Mitchell, Royce O'Neale, Miye Oni
SF: Bojan Bogdanovic, Joe Ingles, Juwan Morgan
PF: Derrick Favors, Georges Niang, Juwan Morgan
C: Rudy Gobert, Udoka Azubuike, Derrick Favors

I don't see Favors going much over 22 minutes a night most nights. 17 of those are when Rudy isn't playing.
But, maybe that is what they drafted a center for. . .

 

[LoPo]

I don't see Favors going much over 22 minutes a night most nights. 17 of those are when Rudy isn't playing.
But, maybe that is what they drafted a center for. . .

I think we gave Favors the full MLE to be a backup for Gobert and injury cover just in case. We paid more than many other teams would for that role. However, Favors knows the system and his role. I don't think Favors will be playing that much PF especially come playoff time. He didn't in the past so I don't know why many would expect that to change now.

 

[framer]

I think we gave Favors the full MLE to be a backup for Gobert and injury cover just in case. We paid more than many other teams would for that role. However, Favors knows the system and his role. I don't think Favors will be playing that much PF especially come playoff time. He didn't in the past so I don't know why many would expect that to change now.

Depends on the matchup. He will absolutely play more minutes against the Lakers in a matchup, probably against a team like Dallas as well. I'd probably run him and Gobert against Golden State as I just don't think they could stop him at all with who they have.

In a favorable matchup there is no reason that Favors couldn't suck up ALL of Niang's minutes + his own. He just can't do it every night.

 

[colton]

Agreed
But what about Royce instead of Joe?
IMO it makes more sense...more balanced lineup.
Jingles could enter later with Favs...they used to play terifically well together iirc.

In fact, I hope that Favs gets essentially all of his backup center minutes with Ingles on the floor.

 

[Jingled]

Reading some quotes from Favors, he seems really happy to be back in Utah playing for Quin and with his teammates again. Says Joe, Rudy and Conley texted him as soon as the news broke and Donovan and Royce facetimed him.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

So is this a coaching decision or is the FO trying to run the team again?

It was Locke talking rotations... honestly if it cuts Niang out of the rotation having Favs start and play 4 minutes with Rudy may not be bad in many matchups. He talked about Mike off the bench. It feels like we don’t understand that the non Mike starting lineup from last year was our best lineup.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Reading some quotes from Favors, he seems really happy to be back in Utah playing for Quin and with his teammates again. Says Joe, Rudy and Conley texted him as soon as the news broke and Donovan and Royce facetimed him.

He’s so genuine and just a good dude. Hopefully he’s healthy and in great shape and ready to kill it.

 

[infection]

It was Locke talking rotations... honestly if it cuts Niang out of the rotation having Favs start and play 4 minutes with Rudy may not be bad in many matchups. He talked about Mike off the bench. It feels like we don’t understand that the non Mike starting lineup from last year was our best lineup.

I still think Favors should see some minutes at the 4, because there are some matchups where it would be to our advantage, and also to move some other guys lower on the depth chart (which is again to our advantage). I'm not sure how I feel about Favors starting, but I do think there's a big difference where Favors used to start with Ricky and Ingles. Ricky is obviously Ricky and he'd be with Conley instead, but as good of a three point shooter as Ingles is, he was shooting a lot of open shots. Replacing him in the starting lineup with Bojan, who's a much, much larger threat, shoots a better percentage, and takes a decent amount more threes. In any case, you also have Ingles and Clarkson, so any time he's on the floor with Gobert, you're going to have three shooters.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I still think Favors should see some minutes at the 4, because there are some matchups where it would be to our advantage, and also to move some other guys lower on the depth chart (which is again to our advantage). I'm not sure how I feel about Favors starting, but I do think there's a big difference where Favors used to start with Ricky and Ingles. Ricky is obviously Ricky and he'd be with Conley instead, but as good of a three point shooter as Ingles is, he was shooting a lot of open shots. Replacing him in the starting lineup with Bojan, who's a much, much larger threat, shoots a better percentage, and takes a decent amount more threes. In any case, you also have Ingles and Clarkson, so any time he's on the floor with Gobert, you're going to have three shooters.

Right it could work better. We beat up Denver with Morgan in the starting lineup in the playoffs.