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Summer Forecast: East, West and NBA champs in 2018-19

Who will win the East now that LeBron James has changed conferences? Who is most likely to dethrone the Warriors in the West? And who will ultimately be crowned NBA champs in 2018-19?

Our Summer Forecast continues with a look at the title contenders for the upcoming season.

We asked the ESPN Forecast panel to rank its top three choices for the Eastern Conference champs, Western Conference champs and NBA champs.

Here are the results:

1. Boston Celtics

Total points: 153
First-place votes: 84.9 percent

With LeBron leaving the East, the Celtics are officially the presumptive kings of the conference.