WNBA Draft Pick-by-Pick Betting Odds: Cameron Brink a Heavy Favorite to Go 2nd Overall

The 2024 WNBA Draft is set for Monday, April 15th.

The draft airs at 7:30 p.m. Eastern and can be viewed on ESPN and the ESPN app.

Iowa superstar Caitlin Clark is the headliner in the draft, but the lottery and rest of the first round features no shortage of great players.

But who will go where? And what does it mean for the WNBA Draft betting odds at FanDuel Sportsbook?

Let's take a pick-by-pick look at the odds as of 4:30 p.m. Eastern on Friday, April 12th. Odds are subject to change.

2024 WNBA Draft Number 2 Overall Pick

Stanford standout Cameron Brink is a heavy favorite to be the second overall pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft after (presumably) the Indiana Fever select Iowa guard Caitlin Clark.

By virtually any mock draft you see, the 6'4" Brink is slotted in second overall to the Los Angeles Sparks, who also own the fourth pick.

Among 10 mock drafts I surveyed, Brink was the second pick in eight of them with no other player receiving multiple selections second overall.

The Sparks need to replace Nneka Ogwumike, the 2012 number-one overall pick. Ogwumike signed with Seattle in February.

The Sparks' ability to draft twice in the top four gives them multiple chances to bolster the frontcourt with two of Brink, Kamilla Cardoso, and Rickea Jackson.

In the two mock drafts not featuring Brink second, Cardoso and Jackson were slotted in second overall in one apiece, so if it's not Brink, there's no clear consensus for second overall.

2024 WNBA Draft Number 3 Overall Pick

While picks one and two are fascinating in their own right, the draft itself gets intriguing at pick three because of the uncertainty. There's also been a big shift in the odds during Friday afternoon.

Rickea Jackson slots in third overall to the Chicago Sky in seven of the surveyed mocks.

The Tennessee forward averaged 20.2 points, 8.2 rebounds, and 2.3 assists this season while maintaining a 31.1% usage rate.

If Jackson isn't the pick, then it looks like South Carolina's 6'7" center Kamilla Cardoso could be the name called, according to the mock drafts. Cardoso led the SEC in field goal percentage (59.4%) and PER (37.7) in 2023-24.

WNBA analyst Jackie Powell noted that Chicago has had their eye on Cardoso even before her stellar NCAA Tournament run, and the betting market seems to be in agreement with that sentiment.

The Chicago Sky own three picks in the top 13 this draft and owe guaranteed money to only one player (Marina Mabrey) after this season, so they have a lot of flexibility. That could throw a wrench into the draft early on by going Cardoso over Jackson.

2024 WNBA Draft Number 4 Overall Pick

The fourth pick has virtually everything to do with how the top three picks go given that it seems like a Big Four is emerging in the draft.

We do see UConn guard Aaliyah Edwards (+500) with relatively short odds to be the fourth pick, but it's more about who is left between Cardoso and Jackson (or possibly Brink).

With the LA Sparks back on the clock after pick two, they presumably take the best player available among Tier 2.

2024 WNBA Draft Number 5 Overall Pick

We've discussed the top two tiers so far, but there actually seems to be three tiers among the first seven picks:

1. Caitlin Clark
2. Cameron Brink, Rickea Jackson, and Kamilla Cardoso
3. Aaliyah Edwards, Jacy Sheldon, and Angel Reese

The Pick 5 betting favorite to the Dallas Wings is Aaliyah Edwards, who averaged 17.6 points, 9.2 rebounds, 1.0 blocks, and 1.7 steals per game with the Huskies. She's the fifth pick in 4 of the 10 mocks surveyed.

Pick 5 is also where you start to see LSU's Angel Reese trend up in the betting odds. Reese doesn't have much in the way of a consensus projection in the mocks and ranges from pick 5 to 10 across the 10 mocks surveyed.

But with shorter odds than Reese (+500) is Jacy Sheldon (+380) out of Ohio State.

Sheldon shot 37.3% from three on 5.0 attempts last year and is a career 35.0% three-point shooter. Dallas was last in the WNBA in three-point percentage (31.7%) in 2023.

2024 WNBA Draft Number 6 Overall Pick

Again for pick six, Edwards, Sheldon, and Reese are at the forefront for the Washington Mystics. Those three are the only names to be placed at sixth overall in the 10 mocks surveyed.

Washington was the worst team in the WNBA last season in rebounding rate (47.3%), so Reese or Edwards could be more of a fit.

2024 WNBA Draft Number 7 Overall Pick

Going back to the three tier conversation, the betting odds again remain focused on Reese, Sheldon, and Edwards for Pick 7 to the Minnesota Lynx.

Minnesota was 8th in rebounding rate (49.0) and 11th in three-point shooting (32.5%) last season. Any of the trio would make sense for them.

Nyadiew Puoch of Australia has been mocked here in 2 of 10 drafts surveyed but is also considered a second-rounder by as many drafts.

2024 WNBA Draft Number 8 Overall Pick

With the assumption that some combination of Clark, Brink, Jackson, Cardoso, Edwards, Sheldon, and Reese go in the top seven, things become pretty wide open by Pick 8.

Of course, Reese (+380) and Sheldon (+380) are still listed here as the co-favorites, but Edwards (+1400) is unlikely to slide this far to the Chicago Sky for their second pick.

Puoch is mocked here in 3 of 10 mocks with Isobel Borlase here twice. There's not much consensus for the eighth pick.

Puoch's potential might be enough for Chicago. Anonymous GMs are keen on her potential but note she may need time to develop.

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