The annual survey of all 30 of the NBA's general managers has overwhelmingly picked the Celtics to repeat as champions, while identifying Spurs big man Victor Wembanyama as the player they'd most like to start a franchise with.
The survey, conducted at the start of each season and polling all 30 front offices across the association, saw 83% of the vote come in for Boston -- which, if it wins the title, would be the first repeat NBA champion since theElsewhere in the survey, the Celtics were the unanimous favorites to finish atop the Eastern Conference, with every single team in the league picking them to finish first in the East.
Spurs big man Victor Wembanyama, who was the rookie of the year last season, received 77 percent of the votes from NBA general managers as the player they would most like to start their franchise with.
Wembanyama, meanwhile, was the runaway pick for the league's best defensive player, as well as its best interior defender, while Celtics guardwas picked as the best perimeter defender and Antetokounmpo was tapped as the most versatile. The Celtics were also picked as the league's best defensive team, ahead of the Timberwolves and Thunder.
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