Favors our defensive stopper?

[sportsnut1232]

Back to the OP, Favors has unlimited potential. He is going to be extremely fun to watch. He has what it takes to start at the 5 (as long as he gets his fouls under control), and be one of the very best big men in the league. Put him next to big Al and our interior defense will be very respectable.

 

[Chad Feldheimer]

"Millsap to play his natural role as a 25-30 minute bench energizer"

+++++

 

[candrew]

Agree, he didn't know how to play defense last year and caused a lot of unnecessary fouls very quickly. I think that is the main reason Millsap will start the season as the PF and Favors will come off the bench. He has got to learn to stop fouling.

Favors fouls per minute went down while his MPG went up the last 15-20 games this past season. In other words he was playing more and fouling less as the season ended.

I think this will be a non-issue soon enough.

Ron Boone made a comment about Favors last March in that he feels that "Favors may not even realize how good he is". I think there is some relevance to that comment when it comes to his a defensive presence.

 

[gregbroncs]

I think Milsap will do damn near anything the Jazz ask, there is no reason to think he wont. Everyone knows that every great team has at least one great bench players.

Except for his own words stating he's a starter.