The Warriors have no doubt the popularity of the championship, as long as the current Durant + Curry + Thompson + Green is healthy, then the Warriors will always be the biggest favourite to win!
The Houston Rockets can only hope to win a dream if they want to win!
Lol. Did you watch last year? Houston Rockets almost made it the finals if not for CP3 getting injured and didn't play games 6 and 7. They could have snatch the championship last year and they are really close. Having said that, they can still be considered as favorites again this year together with GSW on West and Celtics and 6'ers on the East. I don't want to comment on the Melo thingy, though, lets just all wait and see if he still contribute and help Houston win games.

"Almost" doesn't count.