Last year, the Brooklyn Nets dominated the NBA GM survey, the annual poll of league executives. There were championship dreams and individual honors predicted. This year, the Nets lead in only one category:
“Which team’s level of success this season is toughest to predict?”
The Nets scored 32 percent among the GMs who answered the question, well ahead of the Lakers, who had their own troubles last year, at 18 percent.
Other than that, the Nets and their players dropped in GMs estimations. Here’s a sampling.
Which team will win the 2023 NBA Finals?