NBA 3-Point Contest Odds

Since there are few betting options available for the three-point contest, we can safely say that this betting guide will be quick and painless. There is one main set of NBA 3-point Contest futures available, that lists each participant and their odds to win the Three-point shootout.

The odds represent how likely it is for the player to win the contest. When you’re looking at the futures board, you’ll likely see a lot of positive values, and the top player might have a negative number. In the case of the NBA three-point contest, there aren’t really heavy favorites so you likely won’t see this.

When you’re looking at basketball or NBA odds in general, the positive number represents how much money you would win on a $100 bet, and the negative number would represent how much you’d have to bet on the favored player to win $100. This is just the easiest way to look at it – you don’t have to bet $100, it’s just the way the odds are displayed to make things easier to understand.

As an example, let’s look at the epic 2020 3-Point Contest Betting Odds:

• Trae Young +350
• Joe Harris +400
• Davis Bertans +450
• Duncan Robinson +550
• Buddy Hield +550
• Devin Booker +700
• Zach LaVine +900
• Devonte’ Graham +1000

So, by looking at this set of futures, we can tell that Trae Young is favored, and Devonte’ Graham is the longshot underdog in this situation. All of these odds are positive, so we know that the oddsmaker isn’t very certain who might win, but they’re leaning towards Trae Young, Joe Harris, or Davis Bertans.

Since this event already happened and we do know that middle of the pack, Buddy Hield at +550 won the 2020 NBA Three-Point Contest, we know that technically an underdog won. Buddy Hield was fifth on the list, and likely surprised fans and sports bettors alike. If you bet on Buddy Hield, we should say congratulations, because a $100 wager would have paid out $650 in betting dollars ($550 plus your initial stake).