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Utah Jazz pick Grayson Allen gets approval from Donovan Mitchell, now ready to win over Utah fans

SALT LAKE CITY — In the middle of Grayson Allen sharing his initial thoughts on being taken No. 21 overall by the Utah Jazz, a surprise visitor briefly interrupted his ESPN interview.

“I’m proud of you, bro,” Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell congratulated the former Duke star Thursday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

The former college rivalsare now teammates in Salt Lake City.

In 2017, when Mitchell was at Louisville, they got tangled up and fell to the floor which ended in Mitchell slyly slapping Allen in the face on the way up.