(Photo : Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – Jayson Tatum (#0) of the Boston Celtics drives to the basket previous Jamal Murray (#27) of the Denver Nuggets through the third quarter at TD Garden on February 16, 2021 in Boston, Massachusetts.
The Denver Nuggets and the Boston Celtics are main the best way because the favorites to win the 2024 NBA Finals, based on the annual survey performed amongst all 30 of the league’s normal managers.
An equal variety of votes have been solid for each groups, with 33 p.c of the league’s normal managers, totaling 10 votes every vouching for the defending NBA champions and the persistently sturdy Eastern Conference title contenders who have been runners-up within the Finals only a yr in the past.
In the earlier normal managers’ survey performed final yr, the Milwaukee Bucks have been the frontrunners to win the 2023 NBA title, securing 43 p.c of the overall managers’ votes.
However, their standing has shifted this yr, they usually now maintain the third place, with solely 23 p.c of the executives predicting them to win the title within the upcoming yr regardless of buying star Damian Lillard in a blockbuster commerce final month.
The Nuggets and Celtics have been additionally chosen by the overall managers to clinch the highest spots of their respective conferences, displacing the Golden State Warriors and the Bucks, who held these positions within the earlier yr’s survey.
The Celtics have been additionally voted the most effective defensive group within the league, receiving 47 p.c of the votes.
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Other title contenders
Among the remaining groups that the league’s normal managers chosen to win the 2024 NBA Finals have been the Phoenix Suns and the Los Angeles Clippers, receiving 7 p.c and three p.c of the votes, respectively.
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