2022 NBA GM Survey released

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Annual survey from NBA.com, usually has some pretty interesting results

These are their picks:

- Bucks/Warriors Finals with Bucks winning
- Luka wins MVP
- Giannis is the player they’d most want to build a team around
- Steph forces the most adjustments
- Evan Mobley will be biggest breakout player
- Steph, Booker, KD, Giannis & Jokic are best at each position
- Cavs had the best offseason
- Donovan Mitchell will have the biggest impact of all players on new teams
- Malcolm Brogdon is the most underrated pickup
- Clippers will be most improved team
- Gobert trade to MIN was most surprising offseason move
- Banchero will win ROY and will be the best player from this draft class in 5 years
- Jalen Duren & Tari Eason were biggest steals
- Giannis is best international player in the NBA, Victor Wembanyama is best outside the NBA
- Giannis is the best and most versatile defender
- Marcus Smart is best perimeter defender
- Rudy Gobert is best interior defender
- Celtics are best defensive team
- Spo is the best coach
- Kerr is the best motivator
- Ty Lue makes best adjustments
- Kerr runs best offense, Spo best defense
- Darvin Ham will have biggest impact of new coaches
- Kenny Atkinson & Charles Lee are best assistants
- CP3 will make the best coach out of current players
- Warriors most fun to watch and will have most efficient offense
- Raptors have best homecourt advantage
- Nets hardest team to predict
- Cavs have most promising young core
- Ja most athletic and fastest with the ball
- Steph best shooter and best at moving without the ball
- Jokic best passer, CP3 best leader, Giannis most versatile, LeBron highest IQ, Steph most clutch
- Coach’s challenge rules need to be changed to let teams keep them if they win

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Bulls acknowledged for having a top assistant coach and also being one of the hardest teams to predict this season by GMs, yet sports writers and analysts have them winning under 40 games and as the 12 seed.

I knew Fleming was a good coach when Donovan got COVID and Chicago's offense looked fun and free without all the DeMar ISO ball.

:unimpressed:
 

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Bulls acknowledged for having a top assistant coach and also being one of the hardest teams to predict this season by GMs, yet sports writers and analysts have them winning under 40 games and as the 12 seed.

I knew Fleming was a good coach when Donovan got COVID and Chicago's offense looked fun and free without all the DeMar ISO ball.

:unimpressed:

I have them as an 8/9 seed :manny:

I just feel like there’s multiple teams that won less games than them last season that lapped them on paper and the teams that finished didn’t do anything to regress past them

I can’t see them not making the play-in unless DeMar or Zach miss significant time
 

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I have them as an 8/9 seed :manny:

I just feel like there’s multiple teams that won less games than them last season that lapped them on paper and the teams that finished didn’t do anything to regress past them

I can’t see them not making the play-in unless DeMar or Zach miss significant time
The approach was to run it back, they're really banking on continuity being a big factor.

I actually think the disrespect is a good thing for this team. Seeing how they responded last year before everything fell off the rails... They actually indirectly saved the Celtics season with that comeback win against them in Boston.

:lolbron:

Had Marcus Smart throwing everybody under the bus and Ime relieving the stress and smashing folks wives. Set things in motion for the eventual Finals push.

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