The 12th annual GM Survey from NBA.com is out. Nobody should be surprised that the Miami Heat remain the clear favorite to win another title, even if three-peats are elusive. It's also not a shocker that LeBron James earned a healthy 69 percent of GM predictions for the 2013-14 Most Valuable Player Award. For these and other choices, we simply won't know the final answer for some time. We can however, revisit some GM fails of the past.
2012-13 Prediction: Lakers will win Western Conference
Reality: Lakers finish 7th
Last season, general managers generally got it right when they favored the Miami Heat to take the title at 70 percent. The Lakers were second at 23.3 percent, and favored by 60 percent to win the West. The Purple and Gold were coming off a lousy season but were given consideration due to their free-agency score of Dwight Howard and Steve Nash.
We all know how it turned out. The Lakers were swept in the first round by the San Antonio Spurs, who would go on to win the Western Conference ...
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Article written by David Murphy