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Mon Jul 2 201820:03AP source: Favors returns to Utah on 2-year deal
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Upon hearing that power forward Derrick Favors was returning to Utah, his Jazz teammates Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert reacted by quickly making similar requests.They want him to buy dinner.Favors surely can do that now.With the NBA still processing the ramifications of LeBron James going to the Los Angeles Lakers and more than $1 billion in new deals getting struck on the first full day of free agency, deals continued Monday — and Favors was one of the day's big winners. He agreed to a two-year, $36 million deal to return to the Jazz, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press."Let's get it!!!" Favors wrote on Twitter, not long after news of the deal broke.The Jazz went to Atlanta over the weekend to sit down with Favors, and Utah general manager Dennis Lindsey had said going into the negotiating period that the team felt good about retaining all three of their free agents — Favors, Dante Exum and Raul Neto.The biggest domino in that trio has fallen Utah's way.Favors, who turns 27 later this month, will be eligible to sign the deal starting Friday when the NBA's offseason moratorium ends and new business for the 2018-19 season can become official.He averaged 12.3 points while making $12 million last season for the Jazz, who reached the Western Conference semifinals before falling to the Houston Rockets. Favors has spent eight seasons in Utah, representing the bulk of his pro career after a 56-game stint as a rookie in New Jersey after being the No. 3 overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft.___AP Basketball Writer Tim Reynolds in Miami contributed to this story.___More AP NBA: www.apnews.com/tags/NBAbasketball