Who doesn’t need a 6-foot-10 forward with 3-point range and an on-your-head dunk mindset?
That’s what oddsmakers are asking about Auburn forward Jabari Smith, the growing favorite to be the No. 1 overall draft pick in the 2022 NBA Draft on June 23.
Smith is +100 at DraftKings and FanDuel ahead of Gonzaga 7-footer Chet Holmgren. He’s an even bigger favorite at BetMGM (-105), where Holmgren is +145.
Holmgren is +120 at DraftKings, and +135 at FanDuel and BetMGM to be the top pick next month.
Duke’s Paolo Banchero is a distant third — +420 at FanDuel, +380 at DraftKings — in the futures market for the No. 1 draft pick.
The delta between the top three and the rest has become massive, but the market figures to take a more defined shape coming out of the scouting combine in Chicago this week.
A big mile marker in the pre-draft process, the lottery to determine picks 1-14 held Tuesday night, will also impact odds.
Jaden Ivey of Purdue is +4000 at DraftKings and +3500 at FanDuel and BetMGM.
Shaedon Sharpe has longer odds, including +6500 at FanDuel and +7500 at DraftKings, but he is ahead of Iowa’s Keegan Murray at all three books.
Sharpe, who didn’t play at Kentucky last season, is +8000 at BetMGM and Murray is +10000.
–Field Level Media