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Low-key Utah Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell spends summer in the spotlight

Kristin Murphy, Deseret News

Utah Jazz's Donovan Mitchell looks to shoot over San Antonio's Derrick White during a Utah Jazz Summer Leage basketball game at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City on Monday, July 3, 2017. Utah won 87-74.

SALT LAKE CITY — Donovan Mitchell is this city personified — quiet, under the radar and on the rise.

Coming into the 2017 NBA draft, Mitchell was a widely unrecognized guard, operating behind the scenes as national experts fixated on the likes of Lonzo Ball and Markelle Fultz. But the 13th overall pick snatched the spotlight this summer, becoming one of the league's most interesting prospects.