The 2011 NBA Draft us not deep in terms of high-end, superstar talent and it's not a very suspenseful draft at the top either. Most everyone agrees that the Cleveland Cavaliers will draft Duke guard Kyrie Irving first overall and that the Minnesota Timberwolves will draft Arizona slasher Derrick Williams No. 2.
NBA Draft 2011: After Kyrie Irving And Derrick Williams, What Happens Next?
It’s so cut and dried that oddsmakers aren’t even offering NBA draft odds on the two top spots. But all that changes when you get to No. 3 where Utah could make things interesting.
They could trade the pick, they could make Jimmer Fredette - the BYU star who played in the state - the No. 3 pick or they could do the smart thing and take Kentucky’s Brandon Knight. (There is also one NBA draft prop that asks will Jimmer even be a lottery pick and the odds are tempting to bet ‘no.’)
Knight is the favorite choice at bodog and other shops tracked by OddsShark.com, while Cleveland is favored to take Turkish big man Enes Kanter at No. 4.
March Madness hero Kemba Walker is the even odds pick to go No. 5 when Toronto picks, although some NBA mock drafts have the Raptors going Euro again with Jonas Valanciunas, the athletic seven-foooter from Lithuania. That would leave the speedy UConn gunner for consideration at No. 6.
In all, four of the top eight picks could be overseas players as Jan Vesely of Serbia will be a lottery pick, as will Bismack Biyombo of the Congo.
Check out all the NBA Odds at OddsShark.com:
2011 NBA Draft Odds - Who will be the 3rd Player selected in the NBA Draft?
Brandon Knight 1/3
Enes Kanter 5/2
Jimmer Fredette 17/2
Kemba Walker 15/1
2011 NBA Draft Odds - Who will be the 4th Player selected in the NBA Draft?
Enes Kanter 10/11
Jonas Valanciunas 3/2
Jan Vesely 7/2
Kawhi Leonard 15/1
2011 NBA Draft Odds - Who will be the 5th Player selected in the NBA Draft?
Kemba Walker 1/1
Jonas Valanciunas 23/10
Jan Vesely 3/1
Brandon Knight 11/2
2011 NBA Draft Odds - Who will be the 6th Player selected in the NBA Draft?
Enes Kanter 1/1
Jan Vesely 2/1
Kawhi Leonard 15/4
Tristan Thompson 5/1
2011 NBA Draft Odds - Who will be the 7th Player selected in the NBA Draft?
Jan Vesely 3/2
Kawhi Leonard 7/4
Kemba Walker 3/1
Jimmer Fredette 4/1
2011 NBA Draft Odds - Who will be the 7th Player selected in the NBA Draft?
Kawhi Leonard 1/1
Kemba Walker 3/2
Tristan Thompson 7/2
Bismack Biyombo 15/2
2011 NBA Draft Odds - Will Jimmer Fredette (BYU) be a Lottery Pick?
Yes 5/8
No 13/10
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