The NBA General Manager Survey is conducted yearly by NBA.com writer John Schuhmann. GMs agreed that the Warriors are the overwhelming favorite to win the NBA Finals and that LeBron James will win his fifth MVP award. Their opinions of the Memphis Grizzlies were much more mixed, and certainly shaped by the recent injury history of the Grizz.
Western Conference Top 4
The Memphis Grizzlies dropped from sixth to seventh in this year’s Western Conference rankings. This is most notably due to the potential resurgence of the Utah Jazz, a team that hasn’t made the playoffs since a first round sweep at the hands of the Spurs in 2011.