2025 NBA Draft No. 1 pick odds: Harper gaining ground on Flagg

The NFL season is over, meaning basketball is ready to take center stage.

And nothing connects the two basketball stratospheres — the NBA and college hoops — quite like the NBA Draft.

Who will go No. 1 when the draft kicks off on June 25?

Check out the early odds at DraftKings Sportsbook as of Feb. 18.

2025 NBA Draft No. 1 pick

Cooper Flagg: -1600 (bet $10 to win $10.63 total)
Dylan Harper: +750 (bet $10 to win $85 total)
Ace Bailey: +2500 (bet $10 to win $260 total)
VJ Edgecombe: +6000 (bet $10 to win $610 total)
Kasparas Jakucionis: +6000 (bet $10 to win $610 total)
Tre Johnson: +7500 (bet $10 to win $760 total)

What is there left to say about the freshman Flagg?

As of Feb. 11, the 6-foot-9 forward is putting up 19.7 points, 7.7 rebounds and 4.0 assists for the third-ranked Blue Devils (23-3). And with that, it has long been an afterthought that he would go No. 1 in June.

So who else is in the running?

Rutgers has the two other freshman stars who have been mentioned in the same breath as Flagg, and that’s Harper and Bailey.

Harper is a 6-foot-6 PG who puts up 18.5 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.0 assists for the Scarlet Knights.

Last week, Harper was at +1200 to be the No. 1 pick, while Flagg was at -2500. But Harper is gaining ground, taking a leap to +750 this week, while Flagg shifted to -1600.

As for Bailey, at 6-foot-10, he is a scoring dynamo, averaging 18.6 points and 7.4 rebounds, while shooting almost 40 percent from beyond the arc.

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