NBA General Manager Survey

[TheImmortalGoud]

http://espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/miamiheat/story/_/id/8538799/miami-heat-chosen-repeat-lebron-james-win-mvp-nba-general-managers-survey

The NBA's general managers have picked the Miami Heat to repeat as champions and LeBron James to win his fourth Most Valuable Player Award according to NBA.com's annual survey of the league's front offices that was released Monday.

Seventy percent of the GMs picked the Heat to go back-to-back, the second consecutive year league executives have made them the heavy favorite.

The Los Angeles Lakers got the second most votes at 23 percent and just seven percent picked the Oklahoma City Thunder to win after their loss to the Heat in last year's Finals.

The Heat were virtually the unanimous pick to win the Eastern Conference, getting 29 of the 30 possible votes. Because teams cannot vote for themselves in any category, the Heat apparently gave their vote to the Boston Celtics as the pick in the East. The Lakers got 60 percent of the vote to be the favorites to meet the Heat in the 2013 Finals.

James got 67 percent of the votes for MVP, the Thunder's Kevin Durant was picked as second-most likely with 30 percent.

Perhaps the most interesting item revealed in the results was the impression James left by playing power forward during the Heat's run to the title last year.

James was voted as the league's best small forward for the seventh consecutive year but also was voted by the GMs as the third-best power forward behind the Minnesota Timberwolves' Kevin Love and the Dallas Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki. James will likely be playing the most minutes of his career at the power forward position this season.

Top overall draft pick Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Hornets got nearly 77 percent of the GMs' vote to become the favorite to win Rookie of the Year. Damian Lillard, the Portland Trail Blazers' top pick who has been the most impressive rookie in the preseason, was second with 20 percent.

San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, the 2011-12 Coach of the Year, clearly has the esteem of the entire league. Popovich was selected as the best coach, the best motivator and the coach who makes the best in-game adjustments.

The Lakers were picked as the team that had the best offseason and the top two offseason moves that were voted to have the most impact were the Lakers' signing of Steve Nash and trade for Dwight Howard.

With 62 percent, the Brooklyn Nets were selected as the most improved team. The Nets traded for Joe Johnson and re-signed Deron Williams, Brook Lopez and Gerald Wallace over the summer.

 

[NAHSTE]

James was voted as the league's best small forward for the seventh consecutive year but also was voted by the GMs as the third-best power forward behind the Minnesota Timberwolves' Kevin Love and the Dallas Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki. James will likely be playing the most minutes of his career at the power forward position this season.

Might be time to do away with these small/power distinctions for good.

 

[JeremyHight]

Might be time to do away with these small/power distinctions for good.

It might be time to get rid of positions in general. With things like Point Forwards, Wingmen (any tall guy who can occasionally hit a shot, but mostly drives), and the plethora of other terms, things like a SF and a PF are just another example of a dying classification that doesn't fit today's game.

 

[A Tasty Burgerr]

Here's the full data: http://www.nba.com/news/2012-13-gm-survey/index.html?ls=iref:nbahpt3a

Which one player acquisition will make the biggest impact?

1. Dwight Howard, L.A. Lakers -- 70.0%
2. Steve Nash, L.A. Lakers -- 20.0%

Also receiving votes: Andrew Bynum, Philadelphia; Joe Johnson, Brooklyn; Deron Williams, Brooklyn

What was the most underrated player acquisition?

1. Andre Iguodala, Denver -- 16.7%
2. Jason Terry, Boston -- 13.3%
3. Courtney Lee, Boston -- 10.0%
4. Ryan Anderson, New Orleans, Andrei Kirilenko, Minnesota, Brandon Roy, Minnesota, Lou Williams, Atlanta -- 6.7%

Also receiving votes: Ray Allen, Miami; Marcus Camby, New York; Gerald Green, Indiana; Grant Hill, L.A. Clippers; Chris Kaman, Dallas; Kyle Lowry, Toronto; O.J. Mayo, Dallas; Darko Milicic, Boston; Steve Nash, L.A. Lakers; Alexey Shved, Minnesota



Who is the best defensive player in the NBA?

1. Dwight Howard, L.A. Lakers -- 60.0%
2. LeBron James, Miami -- 16.7%
3. Serge Ibaka, Oklahoma City -- 13.3%

Also receiving votes: Tyson Chandler, New York; Kevin Garnett, Boston; Thabo Sefolosha, Oklahoma City

Which player makes the most of limited natural ability?

1. Kevin Love, Minnesota -- 34.5%
2. Shane Battier, Miami -- 10.3%
3. Marc Gasol, Memphis -- 6.9%

Also receiving votes: Ryan Anderson, New Orleans; Matt Bonner, San Antonio; Nick Collison, Oklahoma City; Roy Hibbert, Indiana; Jared Dudley, Phoenix; Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City; Danny Green, San Antonio; Chuck Hayes, Sacramento; Kris Humphries, Brooklyn; Paul Millsap, Utah; Steve Nash, L.A. Lakers; Steve Novak, New York; Luis Scola, Phoenix; Anderson Varejao, Cleveland

Huh.

 

[Juggernaut]

Which player makes the most of limited natural ability?

1. Kevin Love, Minnesota -- 34.5%
2. Shane Battier, Miami -- 10.3%
3. Marc Gasol, Memphis -- 6.9%

Gotta love how all 3 of them are white.

 

[NAHSTE]

Gotta love how all 3 of them are white.

Only one of them is white.

 

[SuperKevin]

Gotta love how all 3 of them are white.

Shane Battier isn't white

 

[Juggernaut]

Only one of them is white.

Love and Gasol are both white.

Shane Battier isn't white

He's a halfie, but I'll give it to you.

 

[NAHSTE]

Love and Gasol are both white.


He's a halfie, but I'll give it to you.

Spanish != white

 

[SuperKevin]

Juggernaut thinks everyone lighter than a Hershey bar is white

 

[Juggernaut]

Spaniards are racially white and of hispanic origins. Marc Gasol is white.

 

[Pitty]

Spanish != white

:ukiddingme:

Spanish people are Caucasian, therefore, white. Latinos are not white, this isn't rocket science.

 

[NAHSTE]

It might be time to get rid of positions in general.

And here we are ...

Report: 'Frontcourt' to replace F, C
Updated: October 24, 2012, 12:31 AM ET
ESPN.com news services

After carefully weighing both sides of the argument, the NBA is ready to re-cast its ballot.

The league is set to tweak its All-Star Game balloting process, doing away with position designations for forwards and centers and instead asking fans to vote for three "frontcourt" players, according to NBA.com.

The website said the announcement is scheduled for Wednesday and the change is based on the more nebulous definition of player positions in NBA lineups and a reaction to San Antonio's routine designation of Tim Duncan -- a listed power forward who often played like a center.

"It makes sense," vice president of basketball operations Stu Jackson said to NBA.com. "It made sense to our competition committee. Having a center is the only specific position that was singled out on the ballot. It just seemed a little outdated and didn't represent the way our game has evolved. By the same token, it also affords the same opportunity, if you have two good centers in a given year, pick 'em both. They both can be selected. Which is impossible right now."

The NBA is scheduled to debut the 2013 All-Star ballot on Nov. 13 with the All-Star Game slated for Feb. 17 at Houston's Toyota Center.

 

[dave]

He's a halfie, but I'll give it to you.

Wow.

I hate to quote Ditka, but "STOP IT!"

Battier is a black dude. Halle Berry is a black woman.

Racial purity apparently is for Hitler and Juggernaut.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Wow.

I hate to quote Ditka, but "STOP IT!"

Battier is a black dude. Halle Berry is a black woman.

Racial purity apparently is for Hitler and Juggernaut.

What the hell are you talking about? He conceded that Battier was a "halfie", he didn't say anything about purity.

It's my understanding that Battier is bi-racial. he's as much white as he is black.

 

[ralaw]

I see many of you in this thread are not proponents for the one-drop rule.

 

[FedEx227]

GM consensus = LeBron James good at basketball.

 

[NAHSTE]

GM consensus = LeBron James good at basketball.

UNTIL THE 4TH QUARTER STARTS THO AMIRITE? HA!

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