The official: Thank you Favors thread.

[Deleted member 95]

AK is the only guy I'd consider as of now that isn't retired for us already.

Ew.

Raise a WoW Horde banner for AK instead. Or a Night Elf banner...he seems like a night elf player.

 

[Miggs]

Man, I love me some Favors, would love if he returned someday.

Also probably not a jersey retiring type of guy. AK is the only guy I'd consider as of now that isn't retired for us already.

AK but not Faves? Please gtfo with this ****. We’re not retiring WBNA players’ numbers here.

 

[infection]

Ew.

Raise a WoW Horde banner for AK instead. Or a Night Elf banner...he seems like a night elf player.

With regard to Favors, his number is already in the rafters:

 

[Jack Strop]

AK averaged slightly more PPG than Favors and played one more season with Utah than did Derrick. He was also an elite defender and shot blocker. Only one other player in NBA recorded history had more 5x5's (Hakeem). I didn't like the last couple of chapters in Utah, but for about five seasons, he was arguably a top-10 player in the NBA.

 

[Eminence]

Yeah, AK was a damn good player and some of y'all are just dumbasses plain and simple.

 

[infection]

AK didn’t have Jazz DNA. If he did, then I’d agree, retire his number. But if he did, we’d also have a 2007 NBA championship banner hanging in the rafters.

 

[Jack Strop]

AK didn’t have Jazz DNA. If he did, then I’d agree, retire his number. But if he did, we’d also have a 2007 NBA championship banner hanging in the rafters.

Any team that starts Ronnie Brewer isn't going to win a championship. That team had as many flaws as last year's Jazz team, actually more. They had three players who couldn't shoot from outside: Boozer, Brewer and AK. Lakers were a better team, period. And they knew how to defend the Jazz...just guard Okur and Williams outside, let the other 3 shoot.

 

[Miggs]

AK hyperbole oy.

 

[infection]

Any team that starts Ronnie Brewer isn't going to win a championship. That team had as many flaws as last year's Jazz team, actually more. They had three players who couldn't shoot from outside: Boozer, Brewer and AK. Lakers were a better team, period. And they knew how to defend the Jazz...just guard Okur and Williams outside, let the other 3 shoot.

We’re talking about 2007, not 2008-2010.

 

[Jack Strop]

We’re talking about 2007, not 2008-2010.

So why do you place the blame for the 1-4 loss to SA in WCF on AK? Memo shot like horse **** in the playoffs. Neither Fisher nor Harpring stepped up. Boozer was Boozer. Only DWill stood out.

 

[prodigy]

I saw a poll on he facebook jazz page asking if the jazz should retire favors jersey. Yes is leading the poll by a lot.

I always thought that you should only retire jerseys of hall of fame type players. Or at least players that make a few all star games. Or at least players that play more than 23 minutes per game and finish the majority of games for you.

Maybe im wrong though and the only requirement for retiring a jersey is that they were on the team a long time. Jarron collins was a jazzman for 8 years. When do we retire his hersey?

Yeah I wouldnt trust a Facebook poll, I get the feeling is more sentimental than reality. DFav can go up in our own sentimental rafters next to Memo and Millsap.

As for AK I was hot and cold on his career. He was incredibly talented but sometimes didnt show it. But advanced stats really show his impact - he is #50 in VORP in NBA history(#3 on jazz only behind stockton and malone). He is also #4 in jazz win shares. And the #47 actually means something to jazz fans. So sure throw it up there for AK-47.

 

[infection]

So why do you place the blame for the 1-4 loss to SA in WCF on AK? Memo shot like horse **** in the playoffs. Neither Fisher nor Harpring stepped up. Boozer was Boozer. Only DWill stood out.

I don’t blame him for it. But I will say that if he had Jazz DNA we’d have a banner in the rafters.