Quick Hoops Update: Derrick Favors

Derrick Favors (6'9" 220 lbs) is one of the top three 2009 basketball recruits in the nation according to Scout.com and Rivals.com (Scout has him #1). He's a dominating power forward/center prospect that is likely a "one and done" type player at the college level.

According to Scout.com, Favors' South Atlanta squad went out to Los Angeles recently to take on one of the better teams in that area. Per the article:

The South Atlanta standout traveled to Los Angeles for the Pangos Dream Classic and took on Jrue Holiday and his Campbell Hall squad. In what turned out to be one of the best games of the year, S.A. picked up a 78-77 double overtime win.

Favors, a 6-foot-9 junior, scored 32 points, grabbed 29 rebounds and blocked 8 shots, while Holiday, Scout.com’s 3rd ranked prospect, scored 35 points, snatched 17 rebounds and tossed out 7 assists.

Scout.com also lists him as narrowing his college choices to UGA, Clemson, GT and FSU. They list him as having "no interest" currently in UF or UNC. So we've got that going for us.

Signing Favors would be even bigger than signing Howard Thompkins for the 2008 class.

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