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Derrick Favors had the NBA world at his feet after winning the 2009 Mr. Georgia Basketball and Mr. Basketball USA awards as the best high school basketball player in the state of Georgia and the entire country. The power forward/center, who was selected third overall in the 2010 NBA Draft, has not been able to replicate the heights he reached in his youth, despite the fact that very few people can stop him on his day.

What is the net worth of Derrick Favors?

Derrick Favors’s net worth is about $11 million.

Derrick Favors: Birth, Parents, Siblings

Age Favors was born Derrick Bernard Favors in Atlanta, Georgia on July 15, 1991.

Favors was extremely dedicated to his schoolwork rather than sports as a child, despite his obvious athleticism.

Derrick Favors: Professional Career

He was that way because he doubted his abilities and did not want to waste his education. His AAU coach believed otherwise, as he was rumored to be the one who constantly dragged Favors to the court to practice his game.

What later proved to be a motivator for him was discovering a children’s book about his meteoric rise to fame. He was inspired by the story of the Los Angeles Laker’s legend and never looked back.

Derrick Favors was regarded as the best high school basketball player in the country during his time at South Atlanta High School.

He averaged 28.1 points, 13.3 rebounds, 5.0 blocks, 3.0 steals, and 2.0 assists per game as he led his school to the Georgia Class AAA state championship during his senior year.

Following graduation, Favors chose to attend Georgia Tech over other reputable college basketball programs such as NC State or Memphis, all of which offered him scholarships.

Favors averaged 12.4 points and 8.4 rebounds per game as a freshman, helping his team reach the ACC tournament finals, where they were defeated by Duke University.

Favors was later named to the ACC All-Freshman Team and the ACC Rookie of the Year, following which he announced his intention to forego his final three years of college and enter the 2010 NBA Draft, where he was selected third overall by the New Jersey Nets.

Derrick Favors spent less than a year in New Jersey before being traded to the Utah Jazz in February 2011, but he earned NBA All-Rookie Second Team honors during his time there. Favors has remained an integral part of the Jazz setup since then.

Derrick Favors: Relationship Status

It is unknown whether Derrick Favors has gone so far as to sign legal documents designating his longtime partner, Shivolli DaSilva, as his wife.

Regardless, the pair, who have been dating for a long time, welcomed twin girls Sanaa and Serenitee Favors into the world in 2015.

Ms. DaSilva, like her husband, is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. She was born on November 23, 1990. Following her education, she worked as a front desk manager at Gold’s gym in Atlanta while pursuing a modeling career.

DaSilva became an entrepreneur after meeting her husband and relocating to Utah with him. She began by registering her own production company, Volli Production, LLC. She and Favors then launched S&S Lux, Minky Couture’s luxury blanket line.

Derrick Favors: Height, & Weight

Derrick Favors stands at a height of 6 feet 10 inches (2.08 m) and weighs approximately 265 pounds (120 kg).

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Quick Facts of Derrick Favors

• Despite the strained relationship between Favors and his biological father, who is rumored to have fathered numerous other children across the country, he clearly inherited the sports gene from the man who was a former Division I basketball player himself.
• Derrick Favors grew up never knowing or meeting his father, Johnnie Parker.
• Paker and Deandra Favor’s mother had an affair in the late 1980s and early 1990s while both worked for Eastern Airlines in Atlanta.
• The affair ended when Parker discovered Deandra was pregnant with Derrick.
• This prompted him to sever all ties with her in order to prevent his wife from discovering his extramarital relationship.