Nets draft Favors with third overall pick
Photo credit: AP | Derrick Favors, a Georgia Tech forward, is interviewed after being selected third overall by the New Jersey Nets in the first round of the NBA basketball draft. (June 24, 2010)
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Derrick Favors had no idea what uniform draft day would bring.
But now that his future with the Nets is certain, he knows one other thing for sure.
"I'm not a kid anymore," he said during a conference call last night. "Now I have to grow up and grow up fast, really. And get ready to play against some of the top players in the world."
The Nets, who finished 12-70 this past season,...
