Atlanta Hawks signal Derrick Favors to a 10-day contract – NBA Weblog – NBA Basketball Weblog

The Atlanta Hawks have signed 12-year NBA veteran middle Derrick Favors to a 10-day contract.

In 12 NBA seasons, Favors has seen motion in 790 profession video games (503 begins), proudly owning averages of 10.6 factors, 7.1 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.19 blocks in 24.3 minutes (.534 FG%, .663 FT%). He’s one among solely 12 lively gamers with over 8,000 complete factors (8,354), 5,500 rebounds (5,608), 900 blocks (938) and 500 steals (577). Amongst lively gamers, Favors ranks seventeenth in offensive rebounds (1,933), in addition to 18th in subject objective share (.534%) and blocks (938). All through his profession, the most recent Hawk has performed for New Jersey (2010-11), Utah (2010-19, 2020-21), New Orleans (2019-20) and Oklahoma Metropolis (2021-22).

Chosen by the New Jersey Nets with the No. 3 total decide within the 2010 NBA Draft, Favors was traded to the Utah Jazz on Feb. 23, 2011. Throughout his rookie season, the 6-9 middle led all rookies in blocks per recreation (0.87), whereas rating fifth amongst NBA rookies in rebounds per recreation (5.3) and eighth in scoring (6.8), en path to a 2010-11 NBA All-Rookie Second Workforce Choice. Through the 2015-16 marketing campaign, Favors averaged a career-best 16.4 factors, along with 8.1 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.19 steals and 1.47 blocks (.515 FG%). He was one among solely 5 gamers through the 2015-16 season to common at the least 16.0 factors, 8.0 boards, 1.0 steal and 1.0 block, whereas capturing .500% from the sphere. On Nov. 12, 2015, at Miami, Favors posted 25 factors, 12 rebounds, seven blocks, three steals and two assists. No participant within the NBA has put collectively these minimums in a single recreation since Favors did in order that evening.

In complete, Favors suited up for the Jazz for 10 seasons, recording 11.4 factors, 7.2 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.3 blocks in 644 video games (413 begins) (.530 FG%, .670 FT%). He appeared in 42 playoff contests (14 begins) throughout 5 postseason runs with Utah, tallying 7.8 factors, 5.7 boards and 1.0 block in 20.8 minutes (.587 FG%). Favors at present ranks fourth all-time in Utah historical past in complete rebounds (4,626) and subject objective share (.530 FG%), seventh in made subject objectives (2,976) and blocks (840), and eighth in video games performed (644).

Previous to returning to Utah in 2020-21, Favors noticed motion in 51 video games (49 begins) for the New Orleans Pelicans through the 2019-20 marketing campaign. He notched a streak of twenty-two consecutive made subject objectives from Jan. 16-23, marking the longest such streak within the NBA within the final 20 years. He most lately appeared in 39 video games (18 begins) for Oklahoma Metropolis through the 2021-22 season, averaging 5.3 factors and 4.7 rebounds in 16.7 minutes (.516 FG%, .640 FT%).

The Atlanta, Ga., native spent one season at Georgia Tech (2009-10), showing in 36 video games (35 begins), recording 12.4 factors, 8.4 rebounds and a couple of.1 blocks in 27.5 minutes (.611 FG%, .629 FT%). Favors was named ACC Rookie of the 12 months after main all ACC freshmen in scoring, rebounding, double-doubles, blocked photographs and subject objective share.

A graduate of South Atlanta Excessive College, Favors will put on No. 33.

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