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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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Mar 12, 2017; Hartford, CT, USA; Southern Methodist Mustangs forward Semi Ojeleye (33) celebrates their championship win over the Cincinnati Bearcats during the AAC Conference Tournament at XL Center. SMU defeated Cincinnati 71-56. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports /

HT: 6’7″  WT: 241  WINGSPAN: 6’9 ¾”   Age: 22

If there’s a player in this year’s class that I’d really like to see end up in Utah, it’s SMU forward Semi Ojeleye. Here we have him going to the Portland Trail Blazers at No. 26, but I think he’d be a great pick-up for a number of teams. I profiled Ojeleye when he worked out for the Jazz earlier this month; you can check that out for an in-depth look at his NBA journey.

What you really need to know about the 22-year-old is that he’s built like a tank (240-plus pounds and just five percent body fat), is a really good in the catch-and-shoot and has a rough-and-tumble game that hearkens back to former Jazzmen DeMarre Carroll and Trevor Booker.