{"id":119122,"date":"2026-06-24T21:59:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T20:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/?p=119122"},"modified":"2026-06-24T22:29:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T21:29:54","slug":"nba-picks-how-trades-and-the-draft-shook-up-2027-futures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/basketball\/nba\/nba-picks-how-trades-and-the-draft-shook-up-2027-futures\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA picks: How Trades and the Draft Shook up 2027 Futures"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":117418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[769],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"acf":{"brief_description":"From Giannis to Miami to the NBA Draft's top prospects, bettors have plenty to digest as sportsbooks adjust 2027 NBA title and MVP odds","auto_update_sportal365":true,"property_type":["","run_ads","","","",""],"authors":false,"type":"news","properties":{"ads_enabled":true,"adult_content":false,"important":false,"live":false},"live_url":"","type_of_redirect":"permanent","body":[{"acf_fc_layout":"editor_block","content":"<p>All eyes are on NBA futures after a bunch of trades yesterday, plus the draft last night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Small forward A.J. Dybantsa, the consensus No. 1 going into the draft, went No. 1 to the Washington Wizards, projecting as a centrepiece in the Wizards rebuild. Dybantsa brings elite athleticism and shot-creation ability.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Shooting guard Darryn Peterson went No. 2 to Utah Jazz, a potentially franchise-changing player. That\u2019s a team that needs more size and another shooter in the back court, and Peterson is a great scoring guard.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Power forward Cameron Boozer went No. 3 to the Memphis Grizzlies, the son of former NBA All-Star Carlos Boozer, with an NBA-ready skill set, basketball IQ, and rebounding. Boozer is going to be an excellent long-term player for them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Then power forward Caleb Wilson went to the Chicago Bulls at No. 4. Wilson is projected to become a high-impact NBA forward, with a rare combination of size, athleticism and defensive versatility, with two-way upside. The Bulls look at his ability to guard multiple positions while contributing as a scorer, rebounder and playmaker.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Bottom line, the draft\u2019s \u201cBig Four\u201d came off the board in the first four picks, which most people expected.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">The Toronto Raptors, at No. 19, went with forward Allen Graves, a 6-foot-8 freshman from the University of Santa Clara, with a knack for offensive rebounding and steals, plus he can shoot, reports Sportsnet\u2019s Michael Grange \u2013 41.3% on nearly three attempts per game from 3-point range.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Round 2 of the NBA Draft goes tonight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Then there were the trades yesterday, led by the Milwaukee Bucks dealing one of the best 25 players of all time, Giannis Antetokounmpo, to the Miami Heat, and not getting a blue chipper back.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Tyler Herro, Kel\u2019el Ware, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kasparas Jakucionis, three first-round draft picks (including No. 13 in last night\u2019s NBA draft), a draft pick swap in 2030 and a second-round pick in 2033 were sent back to the Bucks. Bobby Portis also went from the Bucks to the Heat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">In <a target=\"_self\" class=\"editor-link\" href=\"https:\/\/betway.com\/g\/en\/sports\/grp\/basketball\/usa\/nba\">NBA betting<\/a> at Betway, Miami was considered a fringe contender in the Eastern Conference \u2013 a playoff team, but hardly an NBA championship contender. Miami title odds went from +3300 to +1800 post trade, with the Heat\u2019s Eastern Conference title odds now at +600.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Milwaukee is in full-scale rebuild mode now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Along with the Antetokounmpo trade, the Minnesota Timberwolves traded Julius Randle to the Brooklyn Nets, a three-time all-star, a proven high-level offensive engine who is going to accelerate the rebuild in Brooklyn (+20000 to win the Eastern Conference at Betway).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Last season in Brooklyn, Randle averaged 21.1 points, 6.7 rebounds and 5.0 assists. He\u2019ll take the pressure off guard Mikel Brown Jr., whom the Nets took with the No. 6 draft pick last night. The Nets aren\u2019t a tanking team, that\u2019s for sure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">The Oklahoma Thunder traded Aaron Wiggins to Atlanta, more a cap sheet-reshaping move.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">The San Antonio did some draft night dealing adding the No. 26 pick where they took Tarris Reed Jr., a 6-foot-11 center, after taking 6-foot-10, 255-pound forward Jayden Quaintance at No. 20, both moves an effort to get more size around superstar Victor Wembanyama.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">At Betway, the Spurs are futures favorites to win the NBA title next season, at +225, followed by the Thunder at +240, Boston Celtics at +650, defending champion New York Knicks at +700, then the Miami Heat at +1800, Denver Nuggets at +2200, Detroit Pistons at +2500, then the Los Angeles Lakers at +2500.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">The Indiana Pacers are at +2800, with the Timberwolves at +3000.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">The Raptors? +10000 to win the NBA title. We\u2019ll see where those odds go if those trade rumours about the Raptors acquiring center Myles Turner from the Bucks come to fruition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Bettors might also want to take a peek at MVP futures at Betway: Wembanyama is +200, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is +400, Nikola Jokic is +450, Luka Doncic +500, then Antetokounmpo at +1200.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n"}],"main_image":117419,"main_image_description":"Source: Alamy Stock Photo","custom_author":"Mark Keast"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119123,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119122\/revisions\/119123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}