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CasinoNBA Draft Top-10 Pick Odds: Dereck Lively II the Favorite, Gradey Dick a Value?
With the NBA Draft upon us, the future of the NBA will be changing in just a few hours.
The draft starts at 8:00 p.m. Eastern and can be viewed on ABC and ESPN.
As for the picks themselves, well, there are always NBA Draft betting odds to dig into.
And that brings us to top-10 pick odds.
FanDuel Sportsbook's list of players with odds to be a top-10 pick features 10 names looking to creep into the back of the top 10.
Here are those names, their odds, and their big board ranks from NBA Mock Draft Database, Tankathon, The Ringer, and ESPN to help us get a consensus feel for how these players are viewed.
| Player | Market | NBA Mock Draft Database | Tankathon | The Ringer | ESPN | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gradey Dick | +300 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10.5 |
| Bilal Coulibaly | +210 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11.75 |
| Dereck Lively II | +170 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 13.5 |
| Cason Wallace | +340 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 13.5 |
| Kobe Bufkin | +210 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 14 |
| Jalen Hood-Schifino | +1500 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 14.75 |
| Keyonte George | +2900 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 14.75 |
| Jordan Hawkins | +3400 | 15 | 15 | 26 | 16 | 18 |
| Nick Smith Jr. | +3400 | 18 | 25 | 22 | 14 | 19.75 |
| Noah Clowney | +2900 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 21 | 21.75 |
While Dereck Lively II is the betting favorite at +170, the 7'1" Duke freshman has some lower rankings than a few others with top-10 odds posted. He is +185 (the favorite) to be exactly the 10th pick due to his ties to the Dallas Mavericks.
If Dallas passes on him or trades the pick, then the landing spot for Lively gets cloudy quickly.
Kansas forward Gradey Dick is the closest we've got to a consensus top-10 pick among those with odds, and compared to the entire draft class, his average big board rank of 10.5 does rank him 10th in the class. The sharpshooter is the 10th-best player on the board based on three of the four big board rankings.
While the rankings are quite high on him, team need and fit might be pushing him outside the top-10, however. He's just +2500 to be the 8th pick, +750 to be the 9th pick, and +900 to be the 10th pick.
Bilal Coulibaly has interesting individual pick odds. The 11th-ranked overall player by consensus big board ranks used here, Coulibaly is +1100 to be the 8th pick (7th-best odds), +450 to be the 9th pick (2nd-best), and +380 to be the 10th pick (2nd-best), giving him more potential suitors inside the top 10 and making him an intriguing pick at +210 odds.
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