Kon Knueppel 2025 NBA Draft Odds: Duke Star Projected to Be Top-5 Pick

Breaking down Kon Knueppel's 2025 NBA Draft odds ahead of Wednesday's first round.

Kon Knueppel is favored to be the No. 4 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. / Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images

The 2025 NBA Draft is expected to have a Duke Blue Devil (Cooper Flagg) taken No. 1 overall, but could two of them go in the top five?

Based on the latest betting odds, wing Kon Knueppel appears to be a great bet to be a top-five selection, with the Charlotte Hornets looming as his most likely destination in Wednesday’s draft. 

The Hornets hold the No. 4 pick, and the latest betting odds at FanDuel have them and the Utah Jazz as the clear favorites to take Knueppel on Wednesday night.

Here’s a complete breakdown of the draft odds for the sharpshooting wing who has been compared to Klay Thompson in some of the predraft process. 

Odds via FanDuel Sportsbook

Kon Knueppel Odds to be a Top 5 Pick

• -160

At -160, Knueppel has an implied probability of 61.54 percent to be a top-five pick in the 2025 NBA Draft.

Based on the betting odds, it appears the Charlotte Hornets at No. 4 are his most likely landing spot, as he’s +115 to be selected with that pick. ESPN’s Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo have Knueppel mocked at the No. 4 spot: 

“The Hornets and Jazz are two teams that appear to have interest in him, with his floor seemingly no lower than No. 8,” Givony wrote. “He's the type of prospect a playoff-caliber team could also target in a trade, as he has a plug-and-play skill set and looks likely to bring value throughout his cost-controlled rookie-scale contract.”

Kon Knueppel Odds to be a Top 10 Pick

• N/A

This is a good sign for Knueppel, as oddsmakers aren’t even offering a price for him to go in the top-10, a sign that they expect it to happen. 

If there were questions about the Duke star landing in the top-10, he’d likely be listed in this market and at a pretty high price, say -500, to be selected. However, it appears he’s expected to land in the top-seven picks based on his exact pick odds. 

Kon Knueppel Exact Pick Odds

• No. 1: N/A
• No. 2: N/A
• No. 3: +750
• No. 4: +115
• No. 5: +280
• No. 6: +500
• No. 7: +550

While the betting odds suggest that Knueppel isn’t even under consideration for the No. 1 or No. 2 overall pick (let’s be honest, nobody is outside of Cooper Flagg and Dylan Harper), it does seem like he’s a pretty good bet to land with the Charlotte Hornets at No. 4.

Knueppel has an implied probability of 46.51 percent to be the No. 4 pick based on his +115 odds. It’s also interesting to note that oddsmakers view him as a long shot (+500 and +550) to drop out of the top five in this draft.

After the No. 7 pick, Knueppel isn’t even listed in the exact pick odds, a sign that oddsmakers expect him to be off the board at that point.

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