Updated 2022 NBA Draft Betting Guide Bes

Updated 2022 NBA Draft Betting Guide Bes

At last, the 2022 NBA Draft day has finally arrived! After months of speculation around who will be picked first, how the selections will impact the short-term and long-term landscape of the NBA, and most important to us, how we can make some money in the betting market.We have been providing detailed NBA Draft betting guides for weeks, and Sporting News NBA expert Kyle Irving has been hard at work with his and scouting reports. Now it's time to lock in our top five picks and provide some high-value position props so you can make your final draft-related bets with informed confidence.We're on the clock, so let's get right to it and put some fresh caps on some prospects!All odds listed are from and No. 1 Pick (Orlando Magic): Jabari Smith, PF/C, Auburn (+1300)We have seen absolute pandemonium from the No. 1 spot since Wednesday evening, featuring two conflicting Woj-bombs.ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowskitweeted at 8:41 a.m. ET. that Smith, Demarcus Robinson Jersey Chet Holmgren, and Paolo Banchero would indeed be the firm 1-2-3 of the NBA Draft, and odds boards shifted in a fast and furious manner. Smith at No. 1 moved from -300 Wednesday, to off the DraftKings' board completely, to as high on some boards as -10000 after the tweet. When this article was published Thursday morning, Smith was -130 to go first.As team boards finalize today, the 1-2-3 of the NBA Draft is increasingly firm, per sources: Jabari Smith to Orlando, Chet Joe Montana Jersey Holmgren to Oklahoma City and Paolo Banchero to Houston. Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) But at 7:40 p.m., Woj dropped a whole different bomb. He tweeted that Banchero has joined Smith "under serious consideration to be Orlando's No. 1 overall pick, sources said. There's a real chance draft boards could get blown up at the top of the lottery."Banchero has now jumped from +1000 at No. 1 earlier in the week to +250 Wednesday night, and then shockingly to a -210 favorite Thursday morning and now an overwhelming favorite at -5000. We have perhaps never seen so much chaos surrounding a Woj series of tweets. The Duke product has seen plenty of action for the top spot, and we honestly won't know what to expect until it's all said and done.MORE: | For weeks, I have maintained that if the Magic keep the pick, Smith should be the guy he provides the most value and checks the most boxes to satisfy Orlando's needs. Various degrees of uncertainty have swirled around the top pick, mostly due to the Magic bra s being hush-hush. However, our bet remains on Auburn's pure-shooting and defensively versatile big man being the first to walk the NBA Draft stage.Other po sibilities: Banchero (-5000)No. 2 Pick (Oklahoma City Thunder): Chet Holmgren, C, Gonzaga (-3500)Like Smith at No. 1, Holmgren at No. 2 has gone from certainty to uncertainty to almost complete certainty again today. He was -350 to go second two weeks ago, then -145 last week, then -250 Wednesday night, and now -3500 Thursday morning. The Thunder have long been believed to grab the best available big man out of Smith and Holmgren, so it stands to reason that if Smith goes to Orlando we will see Holmgren in OKC blue.MORE: The Thunder have obvious needs in the shot-blocking and interior offensive categories, and Holmgrens unicorn abilities on both ends make him a no-brainer as the consensus No. 2. He Daniel Sorensen Jersey can handle the ball, pa s intelligently, and shoot from distance (39 percent from deep), which almost seems unfair for a guy with a 7-6 wingspan. OKC fans should be excited at what the future holds with a player of this caliber joining forces with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. If his mind and body can adapt to the physical nature of the NBA, Holmgren's upside could enter peak Kristaps Porzingis territory.Other po sibilities: Smith +1000, Paolo Banchero +1200No. 3 Pick (Houston Rockets): Paolo Banchero, F, Duke (+300) , Paolo. Banchero at No. 3 moved from the -500 to -550 range last week, then jumped up to -350 last night before he sporadically entered No. 1 pick territory in the early hours of Thursday. Since the Woj tweet, Banchero has rea sumed his place as the commanding favorite at No. 3.Ever since the Rockets traded Christian Wood to Dallas hours after Banchero worked out for them, the Duke product at No. 3 has felt like destiny. The 6-10, 250-pound forward scores with ease and plays with force and intelligence. He's got an NBA-ready body and instant-impact offensive skills. Sporting News' draft wiz Kyle Irving has repeatedly referred to Banchero as "the best player in this draft cla s."MORE: If you can find a site that features specific pick parlays, it would be prudent to bet an exact order parlay 1-2-3 but even that would be a low potential payout at this point. At these odds, parlaying Smith at No. 1, Holmgren at No. 2, and Banchero at No. 3 would fetch you -555 in total parlay odds, or $18 on a $100 bet. Now is unfortunately not the time to jump in the shallow part of this draft pool.Other po sibilities: Smith +700, Holmgren +1200No. 4 Pick (Sacramento Kings): Keegan Murray, F, Iowa (+150)I recommended Murray at No. 4 two weeks ago when his odds there sat at +500. He then dropped to +175 last week, and now rests at +150 on draft day. Murray still feels like the Kings' pick here he Eric Fisher Jersey fits their most glaring positional need and might just be the best available player at this point anyway.Sacramento general manager Monte McNair could still easily deal this pick the Kings have made plenty of surprising moves in the past. Many mockers, , have Purdue guard Jaden Ivey going here. It just seems unlikely that Sac-town would bring in another guard on top of De'Aaron Fox and 2021 first-round pick Davion Mitchell, especially considering .NBA Draft 2022 presented by State Farm will take place on Thursday, June 23 at 8 p.m. ET at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.Below are the prospects who will be in attendance tomorrow night in the Green Room. NBA Communications (@NBAPR) McNair already traded away a promising young guard in Tyrese Haliburton at the 2022 trade deadline, a move that landed Domantas Sabonis in Cali. The core objective now should be to find Sabonis some a sistance scoring-wise, near the rim, and on the gla s. At 6-8, 215 pounds, and with a diverse skill set on both ends of the floor, Murray can be that guy. Analysts this week have compared him to Anthony Hitchens Jersey a young Al Horford or a potential John Collins, a face-up four with a fantastic basketball IQ.Other po sibilities: Jaden Ivey -200No. 5 (Detroit Pistons): Jaden Ivey, G, Purdue (+225)This seems to be where things get really interesting Murray is at +130, Arizona's Bennedict Mathurin is +200 -- but I'm sticking with my guns and holding on to Ivey at +225 here. The Pistons would be ecstatic to couple franchise cornerstone and 2021 No. 1 pick Cade Cunningham with Ivey, who many analysts have said could ultimately be the best player in this draft cla s.Murray would fit with Detroit her

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