“Back to what I do” says a calm, cool, and collected Derrick Favors to a group of reporters Monday morning following shoot-around. “I’m ready for it” he assures, when asked about his increased workload following the news of All-NBA Center Rudy Gobert’s knee injury.
Favors has been here before. As a integral piece of Utah’s scheme for nearly the past decade, Favors has found himself in this position before in answering questions regarding switching positions and increasing/decreasing workload.
It happened in 2015 when Gobert missed 20+ games with a knee injury. It happened last season in the playoffs when Gobert when down just seconds into game one against the Clippers.