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2019 NBA Free Agency: Derrick Favors is ‘fielding calls’ as if he will be a free agent

Last season the buzzword in Utah was continuity. This season the buzzword will be change. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, Derrick Favors is approaching this free agency period as though he will become a free agent himself.

Utah Jazz forward/center Derrick Favors will enter the free-agency period fielding calls from interested teams as if he will be an unrestricted free agent, agent Wallace Prather told The Athletic. Favors, who has a July 6 date on his $17M contract guarantee for 2019-20, will have a robust market as a free agent with several teams pursuing big men.