NBA Draft Odds 2025: Flagg Runaway Favorite To Be 1st Pick; Dylan Harper, Ace Bailey Follow

With Duke's Cooper Flagg the favorite to go No. 1, the Rutgers duo of Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey are favored to be the No. 2 and No. 3 picks.
NBA Draft Odds 2025
Pictured: Duke's Cooper Flagg reacts after a 3-pointer against Houston. Photo by Bob Donnan via Imagn Images.

It won't surprise anyone when the Dallas Mavericks select Duke's Cooper Flagg with the No. 1 pick at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on June 25; the Wooden Award winner has a better than 99% probability to hear his name called first based on the NBA draft odds at our NBA betting sites.

Even the NBA draft odds for the No. 2 pick, owned by the San Antonio Spurs, have a runaway favorite in Rutgers' Dylan Harper. The most interesting market appears to be the No. 3 pick, where both Rutgers' Ace Bailey and Baylor's VJ Edgecombe have a higher than 45% probability of being selected by the Philadelphia 76ers.

📊 2025 NBA Draft odds

Favorites by the 2025 NBA Draft odds to be selected with the top picks via FanDuel; last updated May 30 and subject to change. 

🐎 Favorites to be No. 1 pick (Mavericks)

  • Cooper Flagg: -100000
  • Dylan Harper: +5000
  • Ace Bailey: +15000
  • VJ Edgecombe: +20000

🤠 Favorites to be No. 2 pick (Spurs)

  • Dylan Harper: -5000
  • Ace Bailey: +1900
  • VJ Edgecombe: +2300
  • Cooper Flagg: +12000

🔔 Favorites to be No. 3 pick (76ers)

  • Ace Bailey: +100
  • VJ Edgecombe: +115
  • Tre Johnson: +850
  • Kon Knueppel: +850
  • Khaman Maluach: +3400
  • Dylan Harper: +6000
  • Jeremiah Fears: +14000
  • Cooper Flagg: +20000

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🤖 NBA draft AI predictions

For entertainment purposes, we asked ChatGPT, a popular large language model chatbot, to analyze historical trends and NBA stats before predicting this year's No. 1 pick. Our AI prediction projects Cooper Flagg to be selected No. 1 in the NBA draft.

🖥️ AI prediction: NBA draft lottery selections

Pick Team Player
1 Mavericks Cooper Flagg, Duke
2 Spurs Dylan Harper, Rutgers
3 76ers Ace Bailey, Rutgers
4 Hornets VJ Edgecombe, Baylor
5 Jazz Jeremiah Fears, Oklahoma
6 Wizards Tre Johnson, Texas
7 Pelicans Khaman Maluach, Duke
8 Nets Kon Knueppel, Duke
9 Raptors Collin Murray-Boyles, South Carolina
10 Rockets Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois
11 Trail Blazers Egor Demin, BYU
12 Bulls Derik Queen, Maryland
13 Hawks Carter Bryant, Arizona
14 Spurs Danny Wolf, Michigan

📋 2025 NBA Draft order

Pick Team
1 Mavericks
2 Spurs
3 76ers
4 Hornets
5 Jazz
6 Wizards
7 Pelicans
8 Nets
9 Raptors
10 Rockets
11 Trail Blazers
12 Bulls
13 Hawks
14 Spurs
15 Thunder
16 Magic
17 Timberwolves
18 Wizards
19 Nets
20 Heat
21 Jazz
22 Hawks
23 Pacers
24 Thunder
25 Magic
26 Nets
27 Nets
28 Celtics
29 Suns
30 Clippers

⌛️ Past NBA draft 1st overall picks

Year Pick Position School/Former Club
2024 Zaccharie RIsacher F JL Bourg (France)
2023 Victor Wembanyama C/F Metropolitans 92 (France)
2022 Paolo Banchero F Duke
2021 Cade Cunningham G Oklahoma State
2020 Anthony Edwards G Georgia
2019 Zion Williamson F Duke
2018 Deandre Ayton C Arizona
2017 Markelle Fultz G Washington
2016 Ben Simmons G/F LSU
2015 Karl-Anthony Towns C/F Kentucky
2014 Andrew Wiggins G/F Kansas

❓ NBA draft FAQs

Who is the favorite to be selected No. 1 in the 2025 NBA Draft?

Duke star Cooper Flagg is the favorite (-100000) to be selected No. 1 in the 2025 NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks. His odds imply a 99.9% probability he'll be chosen first overall.

When is the NBA draft?

The 2025 NBA Draft is set for June 25 and 26 in Barclays Center in Brooklyn. 

Who was the first pick in the NBA draft last year?

The Atlanta Hawks selected Zaccharie RIsacher out of France with the first pick.

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