A Quote by Derrick Favors
As a rookie, I was a pick-and-roll player. I was an energy guy who could dunk, block shots, rebound.
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I'm able to guard multiple positions, switch and pick and rolls, guard from two to four and be able to help my defence out and rebound the basketball, block shots.
I feel like I can run the floor well, rebound and block shots and let the offense come.
I feel I've proved I can rebound, block shots, get steals and pass the ball, too.
I can rebound, block shots, push the ball - basically, anything you need from a guard. Off the court, I'm humble.
Those plays are winning plays, getting those blocks. Somebody's trying to dunk the ball and you get a block and that's demoralizing for the guy that tried to dunk the basketball.
I've been learning when to block shots against who I'm playing. I'm not just going to leave a shooter to go block shots.
The advent of so much dribbling has created a different kind of player, and it starts at a very early age. We have so many gifted ball handlers. Everything is pick-and-roll. Unless he's a catch-and-shoot guy, a player is going to put it on the floor and attack. Kevin Durant is a wonderful ball handler.
I got the nickname in the preseason of my rookie season. I was playing for the Suns at the (Great Western) Forum. I got a block or a steal or a dunk and (TNT broadcaster) Kenny Smith went crazy. He called me 'The Matrix.' Who wouldn't like it? Players go through their whole career without having a nickname.
If I can't expect someone to be accountable off the floor, how can I expect them to guard a pick and roll? Or get a rebound?
Our centers spread the floor, shoot the three and block shots. We can play pick and pop.
I was never a one-dimensional guy; I was always able to block shots, play defense, get rebounds, or drive, or pass. My father made me grow up that way. He taught me to work on different things in my game and wanted me to be more than a one-dimensional player.
When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots.
My jump shot is the key thing. Guys go on the pick and roll and will force me to knock down shots.
I'm a type of player that tries to do everything a lot to help our team. Setting screens to get guys open, trying to block shots.
Stevie Wonder used to come the ball games and they would have a guy sitting with him. And the guy would be holding on to his arm, telling him what's going on, and he would say, "Hey, the big chocolate guy just put down a thunder dunk. The chocolate guy with another monster dunk." And Stevie Wonder actually gave me the nickname Chocolate Thunder.
You gotta try something people ain't seen before, and you gotta go to the gym and work on your dunks. In a slam dunk competition, don't show up with three dunks. You got to have eight or nine dunks because if you get into the finals and two guys may do the same dunk or one guy does the dunk better than the other.
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