Detroit Pistons: Betting odds for the 5th pick in the 2022 NBA Draft

The Detroit Pistons own the 5th pick in the 2022 NBA Draft and if you asked five people who they are going to pick you might get five different answers. There is no consensus outside of the top-3, and most draft experts can’t even come to an agreement on who is the top guy. Whenever there is uncertainty in sports (which is always) you will find people lined up to bet on them, and with sports gambling now legal in many states, you can find ample angles to take as a bettor. Sites like WynnBET give the fan any number of ways to bet on the games, as well as other future predictions.

Some are even giving odds on which players will be drafted where, including who the Detroit Pistons will take with the 5th pick in the 2022 NBA Draft.

Detroit Pistons draft: Betting odds for the 5th pick in the 2022 NBA Draft

If you want to get an idea of who the sharps think the Detroit Pistons will take, here are some odds offered by Bet365, who thinks Jabari Smith is going to go first to the Magic. Here are the top odds for the Detroit Pistons with the 5th pick:

• Keegan Murray -120 (implied probability of 54%)
• Shaedon Sharp +250 (implied probability of 28.6%)
• Jaden Ivey +350 (implied probability of 22.2%)
• Bennedict Mathurin +1000 (implied probability of 9.1%)
• Dyson Daniels +1600 (implied probability of 5.9%)
• AJ Griffin +3300 (implied probability of 2.9%)
• Johnny Davis  +4000 (implied probability of 2.4%)
• Jalen Duren +5000 (implied probability of 2%)

Although there are more names listed, the rest are even more extreme long shots than guys like Griffin, Davis or Duren, who would all be reaches with the 5th pick. As you can see, the books are putting the smart money behind Keegan Murray, who makes sense for the Pistons as a fit with Cade Cunningham, especially if the Detroit ends up trading Jerami Grant, as has been widely speculated. We are now a week away from the 2022 NBA Draft and the field is starting to narrow, as some players have dropped out, and teams are now focusing on a more targeted group of prospects.