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Olivier Hanlan‘s first fast break for the Utah Jazz was just about getting to Salt Lake City.

The 22-year-old from Aylmer learned late Thursday that the Jazz had selected him 42nd overall and in the second round of the National Basketball Association draft, and then Jazz head coach Quin Snyder told Hanlan that team officials would like him to participate in a media conference on Friday night.

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That led to a short night of sleep, an early wakeup call and a 6:30 a.m. flight from Ottawa to Chicago, followed by a connection to Utah, where he and first-round pick Trey Lyles were formally introduced by Snyder, Jazz president president Randy Rigby and general manager Dennis Lindsey.

That was only the first step, though. Now the first athlete from the National Capital Region ever drafted by an NBA team must agree to a contract and set about making the team.

“Obviously nothing is guaranteed. There are so many good guys,” Hanlan said in a telephone interview after the media conference. “It starts next week with Summer League. We have two summer leagues: here and the Vegas one, and we’ll see what happens.”