Derrick Favors drops his first bomb, breaks news on Tony Jones joining The Athletic

It looks like Damian Lillard has some competition now. After the Portland Trail Blazers star first started breaking news about the major basketball writers in the last few days, Utah Jazz power forward Derrick Favors followed him and finally dropped his first bomb on Twitter today, announcing that former Salt Lake Tribune writer Tony Jones is joining The Athletic.

Former Salt Lake Tribune writer Tony Jones has agreed to join The Athletic to cover the Utah Jazz and NBA, according to league sources #rumors

— Derrick Favors (@dfavors14) 17 settembre 2018