How Top Pick works
Predict winners, build parlays, run a private league with friends — all free, no money on the line.
1Pick winners
Every open game gets a card. Pick the side you think wins before kickoff/tip-off — a correct call is worth 1 point. That's it: no spreads, no odds, just "who wins."
Games show up for yesterday, today, and tomorrow, across:
2Lock countdown
Each open game shows a live "Locks in Xh Ym" countdown. Once a game locks (at kickoff), picks are final and community pick percentages become visible on the card.
3Win probability
Open games show a win-probability bar sourced from ESPN — either its own predictive model or real sportsbook moneylines, whichever is available for that game. It's informational only, loads as you scroll to a card, and has no bearing on scoring: points are still just 1 for a correct pick.
4Avan's Opinion / Merdan's Opinion
Log in and tap the button on any open game for a quick AI-written take — current news, injuries, recent form, and a clear verdict on who has the edge and why, in a few short bullet points. Which of Top Pick's two creators gets credited is picked per game, just for fun.
Each game's insight is generated once and cached for everyone after that — you might be the one who generates it, or you might just be reading someone else's. Like the win-probability bar, it's informational only: no odds, no gambling advice, no bearing on scoring.
5Parlays — bigger points, all or nothing
Bundle 2–6 open picks into one parlay for a bigger multiplier on your points. Every leg has to hit — miss even one and the whole parlay pays zero, with no partial credit for the legs you got right.
| Legs | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payout | 3x | 6x | 10x | 20x | 35x |
From the Games page, hit "Build a Parlay," tap a team on each game you want in the slip, and place it once you've got at least 2 picks. A parlay settles the moment any leg is decided — you don't have to wait for the rest of the slate to see that it missed.
6Private leagues
Start a group from the Groups page and share the invite link with friends — only people with that link can join. Your group gets its own leaderboard, scoped to just its members, with the same filters as the global one.
7Leaderboards
The leaderboard ranks everyone by total points (straight picks plus any parlay bonus). Filter by All Time or This Week, and by a single league if you want to see who's best at just NBA, say. Parlay bonus points only show up in the all-leagues view, since one parlay can span leagues.
8Notifications
If you'd rather not check back manually, Top Pick can email you: once when a parlay you placed settles (won or lost), and a recap once your most recent week of picks wraps up. Both are on by default and can be turned off from your profile page.