LeBron James Picked to Win MVP, Heat to Win Another Title in NBA Poll of GMs

NEW YORK — NBA general managers are predicting the Miami Heat will repeat as NBA champions and LeBron James will win another MVP award.

The GMs gave high marks to the Los Angeles Lakers' moves and picked them to win the Western Conference, but the Heat got 70 percent of the votes to win the 2013 championship.

Those were among the results of the annual NBA.com GM Survey, released Monday. All 30 executives were polled and could not vote for their own teams or players. Responders voted the Hornets' Anthony Davis as the likely Rookie of the Year and the Spurs' Gregg Popovich as the league's best coach.