GM predictions: Clippers will be 2020 NBA champs

The Clippers' Kawhi Leonard also was selected by GMs as the offseason
acquisition most likely to make the biggest impact, and they named him the
league's best small forward.

It's the first time since 2005 that someone other than LeBron James has gotten
the most votes in that category.

In all, the general managers answered 50 questions pertaining to the upcoming
season.

Trailing the Clippers as the favorite to win the 2020 NBA Finals were the
Milwaukee Bucks (36 percent of votes) and the Los Angeles Lakers (11 percent).
Last year, the Golden State Warriors captured 87 percent of the votes.

Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Bucks was the overwhelming favorite to win a
second straight league MVP award with 52 percent of the vote. Tied for second,
each with 10 percent, were Stephen Curry of the Warriors, Anthony Davis of the
Lakers and Leonard.

Antetokounmpo also won the voting as the player general managers would want if
building a team from scratch (86 percent), best power forward (59 percent) and
best international player (79 percent).

Among the general managers, 68 percent thought Zion Williamson of the New
Orleans Pelicans would win NBA Rookie of the Year, with the same amount
predicting he'd be the best NBA player from the Class of 2019 five years from
now.

And without appearing in a regular-season NBA game, Williamson was named by 41
percent of general managers as the most athletic player in the league.

--Field Level Media