NBA Draft Position Total Player Props: Best Bets for 1st Round
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00:00Yeah, and everyone knows Klingon because, of course, he played at Connecticut and won
00:06championships there.
00:08He's got an interesting prop, I think, over on FanDuel right now.
00:11When you take a look at it, with the performance that he had at Connecticut, he could be the
00:14number one overall pick, but he also could slip a little bit.
00:17I mean, it's that kind of draft.
00:18So the over for him, in terms of his draft position, is set on FanDuel at three and a
00:24half, and that's minus 166.
00:27So basically, top three, if he gets that, you don't get a lot, let's be honest.
00:31You're laying 166 to win 100.
00:34How about the chance of a slippage here of three and a half plus 124?
00:39It seems like he's grouped up with a couple of other players that could go in a similar
00:42spot.
00:43He's definitely the second best big man in his draft after Alex Saar, and the thing with
00:48him, I think, is there's been a lot of talk about the Grizzlies moving up from nine to
00:52maybe take him at three with that Rockets' third pick, but I don't necessarily think
00:56that that's a given that that happens, and if he does follow that top three, I think
01:00the Spurs have been linked to him.
01:01So I think that there is a really pretty good chance, in my opinion, that he falls to maybe
01:06four to that Spurs pick, just because I don't necessarily see the Rockets making that move
01:10if they stay put at third overall.
01:13So again, a lot of things to keep an eye on, but the big one is, will Memphis be able to
01:17move up?
01:18Because they seem like they're in the market for a center like Klingin, and they will probably
01:21trade up to three to do it.
01:23All right.
01:24All right.
01:25So now let's move on to another player from Connecticut, Stephon Castle.
01:28He's supposed to go basically within the first 10 picks of the draft over on FanDuel.
01:33His number is set at five and a half, plus 152 on the over to that.
01:38If he goes under, it's minus 205.
01:40I guess he's not expected to go in the top five, but Gilbert, do you see a path to that?
01:46I certainly do.
01:48Again, this is kind of a credit to the unpredictability of this year's draft.
01:52A lot of people think that Castle maybe has the highest ceiling or the biggest potential
01:56to be a star in this league based on what he showed last season at UConn.
02:00His shooting is going to be a swing skill for him that will kind of dictate how big
02:04of a star he can be at the NBA level.
02:07But he's somebody who I think the Spurs are interested in him as well.
02:10If they think he won't fall to eight, they could use that fourth pick to take him.
02:13But I don't think he'll fall much further than six with Charlotte, but I do think there's
02:17a really good chance he does go in the top five just because of the potential he's shown.
02:22All right.
02:23Now, the second most popular player in the draft, we'll get to the most popular.
02:25The second most popular is Zach Eady, of course, from Purdue, maybe in a different draft.
02:30I'm hearing, Gilbert, he's not a first-round pick, but in this one, he is.
02:34Fourteen and a half is his number.
02:36Minus 130 on the over.
02:39On the under, it's 102.
02:40At this point, if you're making a bet like this, Gilbert, it's trying to find the fit,
02:43right?
02:44It's trying to find the team here at this point.
02:46Exactly.
02:47And I think Zach Eady, of all these players, probably has the biggest range of picks he
02:51could fall to right now.
02:52I think it could be anywhere between seven and 20, which is wild to say out loud.
02:56But Portland, at seven and 14, has expressed interest in him.
03:00Oklahoma City at 12, maybe Memphis at nine if they stay put.
03:03Those are four spots I like for him in the lottery.
03:06I don't think he'll fall past 19 as hometown Raptors select there, and they're on the market
03:11for a big man.
03:12But I actually kind of am leaning towards him being a lottery pick in this draft.