E veryone keeps talking about the "weaker" Eastern Conference, but two years ago the Celtics were a dominant force on their way to a title, and last season the Pacers pushed the Thunder to seven games in the NBA Finals and left us with one of the greatest "what ifs?" in NBA history.

Who is going to bring home the title this NBA season? The current favorites for 2026, based on the leaguewide futures odds, are the Thunder (+210). Keep up with the 2025-26 NBA season on FOX! FOX Sports created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

This time last year, the Boston Celtics were defending an NBA championship. In 2025-2,6 they will have to fight to avoid the play-in tournament with Kristaps Porzingis, Jrue Holiday, and Al Horford gone, and superstar Jayson Tatum expected to miss most of the season.

Frank Vogel is putting the asterisk talk to rest. Speaking with The Athletic, the former Lakers head coach defended the legitimacy of the 2020 championship, saying his team was the best in the league all season and would have won the title no matter where the games were played.

The Western Conference is so loaded that its championship might be the real NBA Finals, at least if all the betting money pouring in on those teams is any indication. Of the top seven potential NBA champions that would be bad financial news for BetMGM Sportsbook,

Video of JJ Redick breaking down the importance of team defense given the lack of individual defenders on the Los Angeles Lakers.

After the Thunder defeated the Pacers in the NBA Finals, MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander paid Tyrese Haliburton a visit.

An excerpt from the upcoming book "A Hollywood Ending" by Yaron Weitzman details potential confusion during the Lakers' superstar trade.