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The Dallas Mavericks have their man.
Point guard Dennis Smith Jr. was taken with the ninth overall pick in this year's NBA draft. Before the draft four of SportsDay's experts predicted who the team would take with its first-round pick. Two said point guard Smith. Two said Frank Ntilikina (who went No. 8 overall to the New York Knicks).
Here's what they had to say:
SportsDay columnist Tim Cowlishaw: Some think there's no fundamental difference between what Dennis Smith did at North Carolina State and what Markelle Fultz, the projected No.