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NBA Trade Deadline Sees Flurry of Deals

PLANET LOVETRON, NBA UNIVERSE -- Woe to those NBA fans who own an authentic or replica jersey or T-shirt of one of the following players: Gerald Wallace, Dante Cunningham, Joel Przybilla, Aaron Brooks, Goran Dragic, Nazr Mohammed, D.J. White, Morris Peterson, Shane Battier, Hasheem Thabeet, Semih Erden, Luke Harangody,...

What Hath the King Wrought? A Wave of Panicky NBA Trades

One more day. NBA teams have less than 24 hours to take their franchises to Def-Con 1. Only until 3:00 ET Thursday afternoon to make sure they don't get LeBron-ified, to avoid becoming next season's Cleveland Cavaliers. In hindsight, it appears that while "The Decision'' by LeBron James merely raked most NBA followers'...

Jerry Sloan: Deron Williams Trade Won't Affect Retirement

Just in case anybody in Utah is getting any wild ideas Jerry Sloan might return as coach now that Deron Williams has been traded, that's not going to happen. "No,'' Sloan said in a phone interview with FanHouse on Wednesday. "That didn't have anything to do with it. I left on my own terms.'' There has been plenty of...

Deron Williams Traded to New Jersey Nets

The New Jersey Nets missed out on Carmelo Anthony, but they made a splash of their own Wednesday, acquiring All-Star point guard Deron Williams from the Utah Jazz in a blockbuster deal. "We are very excited to add a player the caliber of Deron Williams to our roster," Nets GM Billy King said in a press release Tuesday...

NBA's 2011 Rookie Challenge Rosters Set

In last year's Rookie Challenge, Tyreke Evans led his first-year teammates to a surprise upset, earning MVP honors while ending a seven-year reign by the Sophomores. Can Evans improve to 2-0 in the All-Star weekend event? Or will Blake Griffin, the No. 1 draft pick in 2009 whose rookie year was postponed a year due to...

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Jazz Drop Suns 100-88 To Secure Playoff Spot (VIDEO)

Paul Millsap scored 26 points and Al Jefferson went on a personal 8-0 fourth-quarter run as the Utah Jazz defeated the Phoenix Suns 100-88 Tuesday night to secure a Western Conference playoff spot.

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05/30/12 Derrick Favors has a bright future for the Utah Jazz Source: Jazz Locker 20-year old power forward Derrick Favors has a bright future for the Utah Jazz. Favors played in 65 games (9 starts) for the Jazz last year and he averaged 21.2 minutes, 8.8 points, 6.5 rebounds, 0.7 assists and 1.0 blocked shot per game.
05/22/12 Seven T-Birds NCAA bound Source: The Spectrum - St. George UT The group includes four men and three women that rank within the top 48 in the western United States.
05/21/12 Georgia Tech (SID): Derrick Favors Named to USA Select... Source: The Mid-Majority Colorado Springs, Colo. Featuring nine players owning USA Basketball experience, including former Georgia Tech and current Utah Jazz forward Derrick Favors , USA Basketball today announced 13 players for the 2012 USA Men's Select Team that will train against the 2012 USA Basketball Men's National Team during its July 6-12 training camp in Las Vegas, Nev. Named to the 2012 USA Basketball Select squad were: Ryan Anderson (Orlando Magic / California); DeJuan Blair (San Antonio Spurs / Pittsburgh); DeMarcus Cousins (Sacramento Kings / Kentucky); DeMar DeRozan (Toronto Raptors / USC); Derrick Favors (Utah Jazz / Georgia Tech); Paul George (Indiana Pacers / Fresno State); Taj Gibson (Chicago Bulls / USC); Gordon Hayward (Utah Jazz / Butler); Irving (Cleveland Cavaliers / Duke); Kawhi Leonard (San Antonio Spurs / San Diego State); Jeremy Lin (New York Knicks / Harvard); Klay Thompson (Golden State Warriors / Washington State); and Wall (Washington Wizards / Kentucky).
05/21/12 Jazz's Hayward, Favors won't play in summer league Source: The Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City UT Gordon Hayward and Derrick Favors will not participate on the Utah Jazz team in the Orlando Summer League, general manager Kevin O'Connor said Monday.
05/15/12 Utah Jazz: Derrick Favors, Gordon Hayward join Select... Source: Deseret News - Salt Lake City UT Before LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Team USA take on the world this summer, they'll have to deal with a couple of Utah Jazz players.

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Derrick Bernard Favors (born July 15, 1991) is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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