If you had given truth serum to Derrick Favors and the Utah Jazz in December, both sides probably would’ve pointed to an inevitable breakup.
The Jazz and coach Quin Snyder have held a long-standing search for a playmaking power forward, one who can shoot to 3-point range, and one who can also make plays for himself and others off the dribble.
And Favors has long wanted to be featured more. He’s wanted to be on the floor nightly in late fourth quarter situations, and that simply wasn’t going to be possible with Rudy Gobert at center.
As the Jazz offseason looms, those two dynamics haven’t changed.