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Each year, NBA.com polls the league’s 30 general managers on a wide-ranging variety of topics.
The Sixers come into the 2019-2020 campaign with championship aspirations, but the GMs don’t seem to share the same enthusiasm as fans and media.
When asked to rank the top four teams in the Eastern Conference, 76% placed Milwaukee at the top while the Sixers only garnered 24% first place votes. In a question of which team will win the NBA finals, the rankings went like this:
Some more items of note:
Embiid also didn’t get a sniff here:
Who is the best defensive player in the NBA?
And didn’t come close to Gobert here:
Who is the best interior defender in the NBA?
Also receiving votes: Anthony Davis, L.A. Lakers; Joel Embiid, Philadelphia
That’s about it. Brett Brown’s name did not appear once in the entire article, nor did Ben Simmons.
More motivation? Maybe.