Derrick Favors’ improved perimeter game should help the Jazz spread the floor

A smiling Derrick Favors started his media day press conference with a quick-fire list of answers prepared for the occasion. Among other topics, he boasted that he could play next to Rudy Gobert, thanks to his hard work on his 3-point shot.Yeah, the assembled media laughed, as did podium mate Alec Burks.But while it looked like a joke, and sounded like a joke, Favors was not joking. In fact, he recoiled when a reporter insinuated he was.“I was dead-a-- serious. I was dead serious when I sa