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The Step Back Composite NBA Draft Big Board: The best 30 draft prospects of the 2010s

By Trevor Magnotti

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 19: Anthony Davis #23 of the New Orleans Pelicans and John Wall #2 of the Washington Wizards talk following the Wizards 116-106 win at Capital One Arena on December 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 19: Anthony Davis #23 of the New Orleans Pelicans and John Wall #2 of the Washington Wizards talk following the Wizards 116-106 win at Capital One Arena on December 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images) /
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No. 3 overall pick, New Jersey Nets, 2010

Derrick Favors was an athletic big with enough raw capabilities that you could bet on a shot at stardom, and reasonably expect him to find a role in the league to some capacity. While he hasn’t had the same impact at the NBA level, college Favors was a very good rim protector and showed decent lateral quickness, and if he could grow as a team defender (he did), he was projected to turn into a very solid defensive big. Favors was also an elite-level finisher, and his ability to create offense with his handle from the elbow became his calling card in Utah. If his shooting form stabilized (it never really did), and he grew as a passer, there was belief that his scoring could reach the level of his former teammate, Paul Millsap.

Favors never really put it all the way together, but he did peak as the second- or third-best player on a good Jazz team, and that’s certainly a win at the top of most drafts. Add in that he was one of the youngest draft picks of the last decade, and his set of raw tools and impressive production as an 18-year-old No. 1 option in the ACC edges him ahead of some of the older prospects we’ve discussed so far.

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