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Bucks tipped as NBA champions in annual GM survey

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo warms up before a playoff game on April 27, 2022. Kamil Krzaczynski, Shutterstock Out/EPA-EFE/file" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/sports/10/04/20221004-bucks.jpg"/><figcaption>Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo warms up before a playoff game on April 27, 2022. <em>Kamil Krzaczynski, Shutterstock Out/EPA-EFE/file</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>The Milwaukee Bucks were tipped as favorites to finish this season as NBA champions according to basketball&#x27;s annual survey of the league&#x27;s 30 general managers released on Tuesday.</p><p>The survey released on NBA.com revealed that the Bucks were seen as frontrunners for the 2023 championship with 43% of the votes.</p><p>The defending champion Golden State Warriors received 25% of the votes while the Los Angeles Clippers had 21%. </p><p>The Boston Celtics, runners-up to Golden State in last season&#x27;s finals, were the other team named with 11% of votes.</p><p>The Dallas Mavericks&#x27; Luka Doncic meanwhile was tipped as the clear favorite for the NBA Most Valuable Player award with 48%.</p><p>Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo polled second with 34% while the Philadelphia 76ers&#x27; Joel Embiid attracted 14%. </p><p>The Warriors&#x27; Stephen Curry, NBA Finals MVP in 2022, attracted just 1% of votes.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/10/03/22/kai-scores-11-in-adelaides-upset-over-phoenix-suns">Kai Sotto scores 11 in Adelaide&#x27;s upset over Phoenix Suns</a></li></ul><p>Meanwhile, Antetokounmpo received 55% of votes as the player most GMs would pick to build a team around, with Doncic just behind at 45%.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/09/29/22/nba-curry-says-teams-reloading-to-dethrone-warriors">Curry says teams &#x27;reloading&#x27; to dethrone Warriors as NBA champs</a></li></ul><p>The survey of general managers has been held every year for the past 21 years.</p><p>Participants are not allowed to cast votes for their own team or personnel.</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2092747" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The defending champion Golden State Warriors received 25% of the votes while the Los Angeles Clippers had 21%. 