Coming off a dominant season that culminated with a title, the Celtics unsurprisingly feature heavily in the annual survey of NBA general managers.
Released on Tuesday, the yearly polling of league executives arrived at several interesting — if somewhat predictable — conclusions.
The first is that GMs seem to overwhelming think the Celtics are favorites to repeat as champions.
In all, 83-percent of those surveyed think the Celtics will win the title and go back-to-back. The Oklahoma City Thunder rank a distant second at 13-percent. This contrasts with a season ago, when the Celtics and Nuggets tied with a 33-percent chance.