NBA mock draft 2017: Our consensus for the Utah Jazz and the entire first round

By Ryan Aston | Jun 21, 2017

Jun 26, 2014; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Dante Exum (Australia) shakes hands with NBA commissioner Adam Silver after being selected as the number five overall pick to the Utah Jazz in the 2014 NBA Draft at the Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports /

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France. Frank Ntilikina. 10. player. 67. . PG

HT: 6’5″ WT: 170 WINGSPAN: N/A Age: 18

An ultra-long guard in the Dante Exum mold, I had the Sacramento Kings reaching a bit to take Frank Ntilikina at No. 5 in my mock because KINGZ! Like Exum and Dennis Schröder before him, he’s the kind of player I usually draft-crush on. However, he’ll probably have a hard time learning how to finish among the trees down low.

There’s going to be a growth curve, but Nkilitina could be a great project pick for someone in the mid to late lottery.