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

By Ryan Aston

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
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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Jarrett Allen Texas Longhorns 2017 NBA Draft
Feb 20, 2017; Morgantown, WV, USA; Texas Longhorns forward Jarrett Allen (31) dunks the ball during the first half against the West Virginia Mountaineers at WVU Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports /

player. 110. . C. Texas. Jarrett Allen. 14

HT: 6’11”  WT: 224  WINGSPAN: 7’5 ¼”  Age: 19

One of two bigs I’m draft-crushing on, Jarrett Allen gives me the same soft, fuzzy feelings I had for Hassan Whiteside coming out of Marshall back in 2010. It’s all about his physical profile; he as a wingspan approaching 7-foot-6 and a standing reach approaching 9-foot-2. Even when his feet fail him, that length will enable him to switch out on guards in the screen-roll game.

The rub is that whoever takes him are really going to have to work with him on his offensive game.

For the record, one of our individual mocks made the bold prediction that Jonah Bolden would get picked at No. 14. BOLD!