With only about 20 games left in the NBA season, it's safe to say that Utah Jazz point guard Donovan Mitchell was the steal of the draft. Many will argue Kyle Kuzma for that award — especially delirious Lakers fans — but it's Mitchell through and through.

The Jazz picked Mitchell at No. 13. He should have gone higher, but hindsight is always 20/20 when it comes to the draft. The more interesting thing is there were several teams that looked hard at Mitchell at earlier spots, but passed on him.

Tony Jones of the Salt Lake Tribune has the details:

Each of those three teams are not doing so great this season, and are coincidentally all in the Eastern Conference. Mitchell, as a shooting guard coming out of college, had the opportunity to play for any one of those teams. Two of them chose shooting guards in the draft.

Instead, this is what happened:

The New York Knicks picked Frank Ntilikina, who was considered the team's point guard of the future until very recently, at No. 8. The Charlotte Hornets had Kemba Walker and chose a shooting guard Malik Monk, and the Detroit Pistons have several guards on their roster that played until Reggie Jackson came back healthy. Detroit also chose a shooting guard.

The Knicks get a pass because they chose a point guard. But neither Monk or Luke Kennard, whom the Pistons picked at No. 12. Those two teams are kicking themselves every day for not taking Mitchell.

It's so hard to know what player is good or not, or whether a player who is good in college will be that good in the NBA.

Now the Jazz have a gem in Mitchell and a legitimate long-term replacement for Gordon Hayward. But the Knicks, Hornets, and Pistons are headed for the lottery.

Those three teams had better hope they don't experience deja vu in the 2018 draft.