After 53 years of waiting, the New York Knicks finally secured a long-awaited NBA championship. Although Madison Square Garden is raising a new championship banner next season, New York will not be the favorite to repeat as 2026-27 NBA champions.Even after the Knicks thoroughly dominated the last two months of the season, DraftKings’ 2026-27 NBA Finals winner odds show the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder as the co-favorites to win the title next season. Coming off of a memorable seven-game series in the Western Conference finals, San Antonio and Oklahoma City are both at +250.The Spurs will continue to build around superstar center Victor Wembanyama, and are expected to return most of the team’s young core. Offseason development from Stephon Castle in his third year and Dylan Harper in his second year will be key to San Antonio elevating to another level.Oklahoma City fell short of the NBA Finals, but are still only a season removed from the 2025 title. Without a healthy Jalen Williams, the Thunder didn’t have enough firepower to stay with San Antonio. Armed with ample draft capital and some intriguing role players, Oklahoma City could fortify its rotation to keep pace with the Spurs.Despite being eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, the Boston Celtics (+550) are the top Eastern Conference team over the champion Knicks. Although Boston’s postseason exit was a disappointment, star wing Jayson Tatum wasn’t quite back to normal after returning during the regular season from last postseason’s Achilles injury.With Tatum expected to be fully healthy for 2026-27, Boston hopes to regain its 2024 title form with Tatum and Jaylen Brown forming a dynamic duo. There’s also a chance the Celtics make a trade for Milwaukee Bucks star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo. In DraftKings’ market for Antetokounmpo’s next team in 2026-27, Boston is second in odds (+175) behind the Miami Heat (-130) but still ahead of the Greek Freak returning to Milwaukee (+800).Even if Boston stands pat, they’ll be favored in the East if Tatum and Brown return to form.New York (+700) comes in fourth in next season’s title market after dominating the postseason. Although New York will be a popular pick to repeat as champions because of a weaker Eastern Conference, no NBA team has repeated as champions since Golden State in 2017 and 2018.