Education
South Atlanta High School.
South Atlanta High School.
Favors played college basketball for Georgia Technical for one season before being drafted third overall by the New Jersey Nets in the 2010 National Basketball Association draft. He was later traded to Utah in 2011. Favors played high school basketball at South Atlanta High School, where he was ranked as one of the best high school basketball players in the class of 2009.
Scout.com rated him the #1 player in the country, #2 in the ESPNU100, and #4 by Rivals.com.
On March 14, 2009, he led South Atlanta to the Georgia Class American Automobile Association state championship. He scored 38 points and had 21 rebounds in the championship game against Westover High School.
He was named to the 2009 McDonald"s All-American Team. He led the East to a 113–110 victory and was named the Most Valuable Player of the game.
He scored 19 points and had 8 rebounds.
Favors was selected to participate in the 2009 Nike Hoop Summit in Portland, Oregon but pulled out due to personal reasons and he was also selected to play in the 2009 Jordan Brand Classic at Madison Square Garden where he scored a game-high 21 points and was named Most Valuable Player for the black team, while Renardo Sidney was named Most Valuable Player for the white team He finished his senior season averaging 28.1 points, 13.3 rebounds, 5.0 blocks, 3.0 steals and 2.0 assists per game and holds the career records in points (2,341), rebounds (1,511) and blocked shots (741). Favors committed to Georgia Technical in January 2009, which he chose over Georgia, Memphis and North Carolina State.
Favors played both power forward and center for Paul Hewitt"s Yellow Jackets.
The front court consisted of a three-man rotation of Favors, Gani Lawal and Zach Peacock. In Administrative Committee on Company-ordination games, he averaged 11.8 points and 8.7 rebounds per game and shot 62.5% from the field
He also helped lead the Yellow Jackets to the Administrative Committee on Company-ordination tournament finals against Duke. During the tournament, he posted 17 points, 9.8 rebounds and 3 blocks per game.
New Jersey Nets (2010–2011)
On April 9, 2010, Favors announced he would forgo his final three years of college eligibility to enter the 2010 National Basketball Association draft where he was subsequently selected with the third overall pick by the New Jersey Nets.
In just his third game as a Net on October 31, 2010 against Miami, he recorded his first career double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds (10 offensive) in a 78-101 loss. Utah Jazz (2011–present)
On February 23, 2011, Favors was traded, along with Devin Harris and two future first-round picks, to the Utah Jazz in exchange for Deron Williams. He went on to score a season-high 17 points on April 9 against San Antonio.
On October 19, 2013, Favors signed a four-year contract extension with the Jazz.
On November 12, 2015, he recorded 25 points, 12 rebounds and a career-high 7 blocks in a loss to the Miami Heat. On January 25, 2016, Favors returned to the floor after a 16-game absence due to a back problem.
He played 19 minutes off the bench and recorded 14 points and 5 rebounds in a loss to the Detroit Pistons. Favors signed a shoe deal with Adidas just before the 2010 National Basketball Association Draft.
Favors has been loyal to Adidas since he was 15, when he was playing for his Amateur Athletic Union team, the Atlanta Celtics.