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NBA Draft 2015: Odds to be the No. 1 Overall Pick

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Former Kentucky star Karl-Anthony Towns is the favorite to be the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft. (Getty)

The Minnesota Timberwolves have the top pick in the NBA Draft next month and if the sportsbooks have it right, they’ll be taking Kentucky freshman center Karl-Anthony Towns with the No. 1 overall selection.

Towns is the -200 favorite to be the top pick in the June 25 draft.

The oddsmakers gave Duke freshman center Jahlil Okafor the next best chances at +175. Any Other Player is at +500.

Minnesota has the No. 1 pick, and the T-Wolves are followed by the Los Angeles Lakers at No. 2. The Philadelphia 76ers, New York Knicks and Orlando Magic round out the top 5.

Click here for the entire draft order.

The 2015 NBA Draft will be held Thursday, June 25, at the Brooklyn Nets’ Barclays Center.

The odds were provided by sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.

Odds to be the No. 1 Pick

Karl-Anthony Towns … -200
Jahlil Okafor … +175
Any Other Player … +500

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