Although the Utah Jazz were celebrated for having a tremendous offseason, there’s no denying that a few players that left town were difficult to part ways with. Guys like Jae Crowder, Ricky Rubio and to a lesser extent Kyle Korver were all a part of the heart and soul of the Jazz and resulted in some exceptionally fun basketball.
But perhaps no departure stung as much as that of Derrick Favors. Favors had been the longest tenured active Jazzman when the team opted to move on from him, a decision that was made in order to carve space for free agent acquisition Bojan Bogdanovic.