NBA GM survey picks Milwaukee Bucks to win 2022-23 title

The Bucks got 43% of the votes for most likely titleist, with the defending champion Golden State Warriors second with 25%. The Los Angeles Clippers and Boston Celtics rounded out the voting with 21% and 11%. Milwaukee was the overwhelming choice to win the Eastern Conference with 72% of the votes, while the Warriors and Clippers were even with 48% to win the West.

It's not a perfect predictor, as the Brooklyn Nets were picked by 72% of the voters last season, and they got swept in Round One. Second place? The Lakers, who went 33-49. In the 2020-21 survey, 81% of the voters picked the Lakers to repeat, and they also lost in Round One. When the Lakers did win in the 2019-20 season, 46% of the GMs picked the Clippers, and only 11% picked the Lake Show. Not since the 2017-18 survey has the survey selected the actual champions.

The Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo edged out Luka Doncic of the Mavericks as the player they'd choose to start a franchise, 55% to 45%. The voters chose Doncic as the most likely MVP, though he finished behind the Suns' Devin Booker as the NBA's best shooting guard because some voters chose him as a small forward. According to the GMs, the All-NBA team is:

PG: Steph Curry

SG: Devin Booker

SF: Kevin Durant

PF: Giannis Antetokounmpo

C: Nikola Jokic