NBA GMs pick Celtics to repeat, would start team with Wembanyama

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The annual NBA.com survey of all 30 of the league's general managers has overwhelmingly tapped the Boston Celtics as its pick to repeat as NBA champions.

The survey, conducted at the start of each season and polling all 30 front offices across The Association, saw 83 percent of the vote come in for Boston - which, if it wins the title, would be the first repeat NBA champion since the Golden State Warriors in 2017 and '18.

The only other teams to receive a vote were the Oklahoma City Thunder, who got 13 percent of the vote, and last year's Western Conference champions, the Dallas Mavericks, who received a single vote.

Elsewhere in the survey, the Celtics were the…