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Jazz newcomer Ed Davis warming to his role quickly as Rudy Gobert’s backup

While the Jazz have been lauded for importing more players capable of spacing the floor on the offensive end, the other side of that coin is the questions that now exist about how it will impact their rebounding and their traditionally elite defense when Rudy Gobert isn’t on the floor.

Gobert himself acknowledged Tuesday after the first practice session of the team’s training camp that the now-departed Derrick Favors “was a guy that people were probably overlooking a little bit,” in terms of Utah’s previous success.

That said, it’s now on free agent addition Ed Davis to fill many of the roles created by Favors’ trade to New Orleans.