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Before every season, NBA.com polls each team’s general manager about their predictions for the upcoming season. This year, the survey revealed that majority of the GM’s chose the San Antonio Spurs to win the championship. Hit the jump for details.

Via Complex Sports:

The categories that these GMs voted on were many, but we’ve picked out some of the best you should pay attention to as we get ready for the upcoming season.

When asked which player they’d want taking a shot with the game on the line, 76.6 percent of those surveyed selected Kevin Durant.
Gregg Popovich was overwhelmingly voted as the top coach in the league, garnering 92.9 percent of the vote.
35.7 percent voted Joakim Noah as the league’s best defensive player, followed by LeBron James and Dwight Howard, who took 21.4 percent and 14.3 percent of the vote, respectively.
GMs were bullish on Jabari Parker’s potential, selecting him as the 2014-15 Rookie of the Year (with 75 percent of the vote) and as the rookie who “will be the best player in five years”, edging out Andrew Wiggins, 35.7 percent to 32.1 percent.
The San Antonio Spurs were chosen to repeat as champions, earning 46.2 percent of the vote. Cleveland was second with 15.4 percent.
LeBron James was tabbed as the league MVP, taking 67.9 percent of the vote to Kevin Durant’s 21.4 percent.

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