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NBA general managers have given their answers to 48 questions posed to them about the upcoming season. The general consensus? They love everything about what Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs have going on right now and are encouraged about the team’s future.
The Spurs were the popular pick as 2026-27 NBA champion garnering 50% of the responses, topping the Oklahoma City Thunder (43%) and the reigning champion New York Knicks and Philadelphia 76ers, who also received votes. They were also chosen as the team with the most promising young core (87%) and tied with the Minnesota Timberwolves as the most fun to watch (30%).
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Wembanyama was the overwhelming choice as this season’s MVP winner (77%) as well as the player (93%) the GMs would sign first if they were starting an NBA franchise. The Spurs big man also earned 47% of the vote as the player who forces opposing coaches to make the most adjustments and was voted best international player (54%), best defensive player (97%) best interior defender (97%), most versatile player (57%), and most versatile defender (30%).
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Two categories where Wembanyama fell short were best power forward, which went to the Miami Heat’s Giannis Antetokounmpo (70% to 23%), and best center, which was won by Nikola Jokić of the Denver Nuggets (63% to 37%).
It wasn’t all Wembanyama when it came to Spurs players receiving love. Dylan Harper, the No. 2 overall draft pick in 2025 and All-Rookie First Teamer last season, is the player most likely to have a breakout season (27%), beating out last season’s Rookie of the Year Cooper Flagg of the Dallas Mavericks, Collin Murray-Boyles of the Toronto Raptors, Amen Thompson of the Houston Rockets, and Cason Wallace of the Thunder, who each received 7% of votes.
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Tobias Harris, who signed a two-year, $30.8 million deal to join the Spurs from the Detroit Pistons in July, is seen as the most underrated player acquisition (20%) of the offseason, beating out the Boston Celtics signing Mitchell Robinson (17%) from the Knicks.
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Author : Sean Leahy
Publish date : 2026-10-15 16:16:00
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