2025 NBA Draft Betting Odds: Flagg Massive Favorite To Go No. 1 Overall
NBA Draft odds have seen action pick up, now that the NBA Finals are in the books. The 2025 Draft is set for June 25-26 at the Barclays Center, home of the Brooklyn Nets.
No surprise, Duke standout Cooper Flagg is a massive favorite to go No. 1 overall. Rutgers' Dylan Harper is a huge favorite to go No. 2 overall. But 2025 NBA Draft odds get much more interesting from there.
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Odds for the 2025 NBA Draft
Locked Up
UPDATE 8 P.M. ET WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25: With the event moments from starting, Cooper Flagg remains a huge -10000 favorite to go No. 1 overall, and Dylan Harper is -10000 to go No. 2 overall.
BetMGM needs those first two picks – held by the Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs, respectively – to go just as expected.
"We really just want Flagg/Harper [going] 1-2. Everything else is minimal liability," BetMGM trading manager Christian Cipollini said. "If something crazy happens, like the Spurs passing on Harper, that would be the worst-case scenario."
UPDATE NOON ET TUESDAY, JUNE 24: Back on April 13, when BetMGM first posted NBA Draft odds, Cooper Flagg opened as an overwhelming -10000 favorite to go No. 1 overall. Now, 2.5 months later, Flagg is still -10000, followed by Dylan Harper at a distant +20000.
Harper is taking 47% of tickets, but 94% of money is on Flagg, even at that huge price. The Dallas Mavericks hold the No. 1 overall pick.
Similarly, in odds for the No. 2 pick, Harper is -10000 chalk, followed by Rutgers teammate Ace Bailey and Baylor's V.J. Edgecombe, who are both +2500. Harper opened -5000 and moved to -10000 Monday. But he's seeing just 2% of tickets and 20% of money in the market.
Flagg is actually taking the most tickets at No. 2, nearly 50% of wagers. Bettors are hoping for an upset, with Flagg at a juicy +15000 to go No. 2 overall.
Regardless, it appears the Nos. 1 and 2 picks are locked in.
Who's No. 3 ... and No. 4?
UPDATE NOON ET TUESDAY, JUNE 24: The No. 3 pick in NBA Draft odds might have some fluidity, though Baylor's V.J. Edgecombe is BetMGM's -275 favorite at the moment. Edgecombe is followed by Texas' Tre Johnson at +400.
But the No. 4 pick has seen more significant shuffling in odds on the 2025 NBA Draft. Duke's Kon Knueppel opened as the +900 co-third choice. On Monday morning, he was the +150 favorite, and he was even money by Monday night.
Today, Knueppel is into -105. Edgecombe and Bailey follow at +350.
In betting on the No. 4 draft pick, Knueppel is No. 1 in tickets – just ahead of Duke teammate Khaman Maluach (+900) – and is lapping the field in money. Knueppel is taking three times more money than any other player in the No. 4 overall pick market.
Tickets and Money
UPDATE NOON ET TUESDAY, JUNE 24: Across wagering on all of BetMGM's NBA Draft odds markets, Harper going No. 1 overall has taken the most tickets. Flagg going No. 2 overall has the second-most bets. In both those cases, it's customers looking to bet a little and win a lot on long-shot odds, should those two players flip positions.
The third-most tickets are on Bailey going No. 3 overall. Interestingly, the fourth-most bets are on Bailey to go No. 2 overall. The fifth-most tickets are on Flagg going No. 1 overall.
Following are the top five in money count, with current odds in parentheses:
- Flagg as No. 1 pick (-10000)
- Edgecombe as No. 3 pick (-275)
- Bailey as No. 2 pick (+2500)
- Bailey as No. 6 pick (+150)
- Bailey as No. 3 pick (+450)
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NBA Draft History of No. 1 Picks
Betting on the No. 1 overall pick in NBA Draft odds often means betting a lot to win a little.
In the 2023 NBA Draft, the San Antonio Spurs locked up their future with French product Victor Wembanyama. The center closed as a -50000 favorite to be the No. 1 overall pick.
In the 2024 NBA Draft, odds were a little more palatable. The Atlanta Hawks drafted Frenchman Zaccharie Risacher, a -550 favorite to be the No. 1 selection.
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Recent NBA No. 1 Overall Picks
- 2024 - Zaccharie Risacher (-550)
- 2023 - Victor Wembanyama (-50000)
- 2022 - Paolo Banchero (-200)
- 2021 - Cade Cunningham (-8000)
- 2020 - Anthony Edwards (-125)
- 2019 - Zion Williamson (-2500)
- 2018 - Deandre Ayton (-2500)
- 2017 - Markelle Fultz (-750)
- 2016 - Ben Simmons (-650)
- 2015 - Karl-Anthony Towns (-200)
- 2014 - Andrew Wiggins (-250)
- 2013 - Anthony Bennett (+500)