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NBA odds: Every team's 2022-2023 championship title futures, post draft

Updated Jul. 6, 2022 1:39 p.m. ET

Now that the NBA Draft is in the past and free agency in full swing, it's time for gamblers to look at the lines in predicting next season's champion.

A special congratulation goes out to Paolo Banchero, the surprising top selection of the 2022 NBA draft. While he projects to be a strong talent with a long career ahead of him, the Orlando Magic will still have a long way to go to reach championship status. Enjoy your introduction to the NBA, but as the Golden State Warriors can tell you, this is the beginning (not the end) of championship dreams.

Money never sleeps, and as we always say, things change fast in the Association. So now that the draft is in the rearview, let's look at the early NBA championship odds for the upcoming 2022-23 season (with all NBA title futures odds courtesy of FOX Bet).

2022-23 NBA title odds (via FOX Bet)*

*Odds as of 7/6/2022

Let's take a quick glance at the usual suspects – the favorites to win the title.

There's a new pre-season betting favorite to win it all as the Boston Celtics went to +550 from +600 at FOX Bet, swapping places with the Golden State Warriors (+600, was +550).

The major players will be back and rookie coach Ime Udoka will have a year under his belt. While Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart will take a long (and much deserved) break this summer, the key to next season rests on Robert Williams' shoulders. If he continues to improve, the Celtics may very well be in right back in this spot next season to collect their 18th NBA championship banner.

The Warriors can certainly celebrate their success and take some time to rest those old bones. After six NBA Finals in eight years, the core of Draymond Green, Steph Curry, and Klay Thompson are one of the most successful trios in league history. However, the Western Conference is going to, once again, be stacked next season and repeating it will certainly be a tall task. Thankfully, James Wiseman is pretty tall and should be a great compliment to this championship squad. Yes, we will allow them to bask in the championship glow, but if you want to pounce on them to run it back, you could do a lot worse.

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With rumors swirling around Kevin Durant's future in Brooklyn, the odds for the Nets took a severe swing (now +2000, was +600).

The Boston Celtics (+600) will have a long road to travel again if they are to get back to the NBA Finals.

Outside the obvious front-runners, what other squads have a realistic shot at next season's title?

The Los Angeles Lakers (+1300, was +1700) will once again be a team in the mix to win the title after an even more underwhelming season than the Nets. New head coach Darvin Ham is high on Russell Westbrook and vows to use him more effectively, Anthony Davis is healthy and started shooting again and LeBron is LeBron. And that’s about all that we know about this roster, as they will yet again need to fill out the team with minimum-level contracts and hope to hit gold. Is this enough to hoist another banner? Who knows, but one positive is that Luol Deng is finally off the books.

Staying in Los Angles, the Clippers (+650, was +700) should finally have Kawhi Leonard healthy and look poised to live up to the promise people expected in the summer of 2019. Tyrone Lue has this team playing hard and the return of the Klaw would add exactly the dynamic difference-maker that this team sorely lacks. Keeping these guys healthy is the number one concern. As long as the Clippers head into the post-season with a full squad, they are going to be considered favorites to win the title.

At +2000, the Dallas Mavericks are a very intriguing squad. A few weeks removed from their first Western Conference Finals visit in 11 years, they traded away a lot of spare parts to snag big man Christian Wood — who averaged 17.9 points and 10 rebounds last season — from the Houston Rockets. Adding Wood and a healthy Tim Hardaway Jr. to a team that was one of the last four standing, without giving up much, seems criminal. Luka Dončić tasted success this season with a deep playoff run, and if he continues his progression next season, expect an MVP-level campaign and for these odds to considerably shorten by the start of next season's playoffs.

So, who are you throwing some money on to win it all? The NBA season will be here before we know it, so it's time to get your futures bets in at FOX Bet!