Utah Jazz: 2017-18 player grades for Derrick Favors
By Mason McFee
Weaknesses
For all the great things that Favors does, one thing that Favors doesn’t do particularly well is score.
His career-high scoring average for a season is 16.4 points per game, coming back in 2015-16. That number should be taken with a grain of salt though, as Favors was the second-leading scorer on the roster, and two bench players (Alec Burks and Shelvin Mack) were the fourth and fifth leading scorers. After that season, and with the emergence of Gordon Hayward and Rudy Gobert, Favors saw his scoring average drop all the way down to just 9.5 points per game, before upping it to 12.3 points per game this past season.
Another thing that Favors isn’t great at is being an assist man. While his position designation is forward, in Quin Snyder’s egalitarian offense, it’s almost required that as a player, you’re a capable and willing passer. It can’t be said with certainty as to what Favors’ willingness is to be a facilitator, but having your highest average of assists in a season be 1.5 per game isn’t exactly flattering.
Utah could very well bring back Favors this offseason, but that may be an area where they want to work with him.