The Utah Jazz selected Canadian Trey Lyles with the No. 12 pick of the NBA draft on Thursday night. The 6-foot-10, 241-pound forward from Kentucky is versatile with strong ball-handling skills for his size.

The Jazz then used the No. 42 pick on Aylmer, Quebec's Olivier Hanlan, a shooting guard who recently completed his junior season at Boston College.

Lyles, who was born in Saskatoon but moved to Indianapolis at a young age, averaged 8.7 points and 5.2 rebounds for the Wildcats and was named to the Southeastern Conference All-Freshman team after his lone collegiate season.

He is the first Saskatoon-born player to be drafted into the NBA.

"I know it's a young team and I feel ... going to that situation is perfect," Lyles said. "I'm a guy that can step in and help contribute immediately.

"Being able to contribute offensively and defensively, just being a guy that goes out there and if they need a bucket, I'll be able to be a guy that can go get one. And just be a high-character guy that's going to fit in."

Hanlan averaged 19.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.2 assists as a junior and led the Atlantic Coast Conference in points per game.

The Jazz finished the season with a 38-44 record, a 13-game improvement from the 2013-14 season. The team went into the offseason needing shooting after averaging the fifth-fewest points per game last season. Frontcourt depth became a priority after the team moved Enes Kanter to the Thunder at the deadline.

The Jazz went into the off-season needing shooting after averaging the fifth-fewest points per game last season. Frontcourt depth became a priority after the team moved Enes Kanter to the Thunder at the deadline.

Lyles, 19, could fill a stretch-four role one day, though he shot just 13.8 per cent from 3-point range. He worked out with the Jazz on June 13 and said he wasn't able to show all of his game on a Kentucky roster that had four players selected in the first 13 picks. He knocked down 25 of 40 corner 3-point shots during his workout with the Jazz.

"I'm able to knock it down consistently," Lyles said. "Coach and managers for Jazz were able to see that. It's something I have confidence in."

Lyles has the mobility to guard multiple positions and the pick-and-roll while his length is something the Jazz covet. Point guard Trey Burke is the only player projected to be in the top-eight rotation, not including Lyles, that is under 6-foot-6.

"More playmaking ability for myself and my teammates," Lyles said when asked what he couldn't show at Kentucky. "Being able to score more. Post up a little bit more. I didn't get to play a lot of the four. Just a whole lot of versatility."

Lyles said he can fill any role.

"I'm a guy who's pretty flexible on the court and pretty much can do whatever the coach asks of me," Lyles said. "I feel comfortable in any kind of lineup. It doesn't matter to me. I just know that I'll be able to transform to anything that's needed of me."