The Brooklyn Nets are being tapped as the heavy favorites to win this season's championship by the league's general managers, and star Kevin Durant is picked as the slight favorite to win his second Most Valuable Player award.
In the annual survey of all 30 general managers released Tuesday by NBA.com, the Nets received 72% of the votes to win this year's title, putting them well ahead of the only other teams to get any votes -- the Los Angeles Lakers (17%) and the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks (10%).