D Favors stats from SLC Dunk article

[Hoops Addict]

D Favors is superior on Defense......I would compare his offensive equivalent to be a player that scored 20 ppg with good efficiency. Other players shot 38% against him....that is awesome.

Favors needs at least 30 minutes a game. He also deserves to play with better offensive players....and we have gotten many 3 point shooters, which is complimentary to him.



Moving onto the other side of the ball we have defense. And the D in defense for our club moving forward is going to stand for Derrick Favors. As a 6'10 (and growing) young 20 something he has a lot of room for improvement -- physically (he's still growing), athletically (P3 has improved on his already impressive 12'+ maximum reach), and fundamentally. He has a lot of basketball to learn still, and he's only going to get better. And last season he was already pretty amazing on defense. Favors, for the entire regular season and playoffs, got singled out on defense a bit by other teams, and the players on those teams only scored on Derrick at the hyper efficient rate of 38.4 fg%. That's everything from pick and rolls to guys spotting up. Derrick defended them all, and for the most part, did way better than most 2nd year players. Where Favors really shines, though, is when defending guys posting up. According to Synergy Sports, Derrick was the #47th best post up defender in the league. That is significant because about a quarter of all the plays he defends is a post up. (He's a mobile big so he defends all over the floor) So posts up were what he usually faced, and he performed exceptionally well. Photo Credit: Russ Isabella-US PRESSWIRE By a point of comparison, Al Jefferson allowed 0.77 PPP (39.8 fg%), Paul Millsap allowed 0.84 PPP (49.2 fg%), and Enes Kanter allowed 1.05 PPP (54.8 fg%). On defense for the Jazz Derrick Favors brought the beat down. And he did not hold back. He caused a turn over nearly twice as often as he was called for a shooting foul. He was prey to only 2 "And-1" plays the entire season. And, man, I cannot stress enough how POORLY the other team did when posting up on D-Fav. If they didn't know before, they know now. Just don't do it. What REALLY sucks for the other team is that Favors is also great at defending the pick and roll. The ball handler is forced into a turn over 33.3% of the time, and he is ranked #63 in the entire NBA at defending the guy who sets the screen in a pick and roll. Despite being OPEN, that guy STILL only shoots 41.2 fg%. Which is like a career night for a certain "starter" we had last season .