GM survey: Warriors title favorites, LeBron for MVP
Bob Donnan / USA TODAY Sports
The annual NBA.com general manager survey for the upcoming 2016-17 season was released Tuesday.
To the surprise of nobody, the consensus seems to be that one of the Cleveland Cavaliers or Golden State Warriors will win the title. Those two teams split the vote with Golden State receiving 69 percent and Cleveland garnering 31 percent odds of winning the title.
As for which player will be named MVP for the 2016-17 season, LeBron James tops a star-studded list with 46.7 percent of the vote - well ahead of the Warriors' duo of Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant.
| Player | Percent of votes |
|---|---|
| LeBron James | 46.7 |
| Russell Westbrook | 23.3 |
| Stephen Curry | 10 |
| James Harden | 10 |
| Kevin Durant | 6.7 |
| Paul George | 3.3 |
General managers also voted on the best players at each position. Again, there were very few surprises on the list.
| Position | Winner | Percent of votes | Runner up |
|---|---|---|---|
| PG | Stephen Curry | 63.3 | Russell Westbrook |
| SG | James Harden | 56.7 | Klay Thompson |
| SF | LeBron James | 76.8 | Kevin Durant |
| PF | Anthony Davis | 29.0 | LeBron James |
| C | DeAndre Jordan | 33.3 | DeMarcus Cousins |