NBA GM Survey tabs Anthony Edwards over Devin Booker, Suns to finish fifth in West
The annual NBA GM Survey was released on Tuesday as NBA general managers responded to 50 different questions. Here is where the Suns landed in the survey:
PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns were picked to finish fifth in the Western Conference in the annual NBA GM Survey that was released on Tuesday.
Last season, the Suns were picked second in the GM Survey before going 49-33 and finishing sixth in the West in their first season with the Big 3 of Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal.
They were swept in the first round of the playoffs by the Minnesota Timberwolves and then-head coach Frank Vogel was later fired.
New coach Mike Budenholzer was selected this year as the new or relocated head coach who will make the biggest impact on his new team, receiving 40% of the vote.
However, the Suns received the fourth-most votes (10%) in response to the question: “Which team’s level of success this season is toughest to predict?"
Elsewhere, Booker was chosen by general managers as the league’s second-best shooting guard, trailing Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards. Booker received 23% of the vote compared to Edwards’ 33% — a sharp contrast from last year when Booker took 63% of the vote.
Durant (17%) tied Dallas’ Luka Doncic as the second-best small forward behind Boston’s Jayson Tatum (47%).
Trailing only Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo (30%) and the Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James (20%), Durant tied Tatum (10%) and San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama as the most versatile player in the NBA.
Highlighting his versatility, Durant also received 7% of the vote for the best power forward, only Antetokounmpo took more votes (77%).
The recently acquired Tyus Jones tied Oklahoma City’s Isaiah Hartenstein for the third-most votes (13%) as the most underrated player acquisition. Only Oklahoma City’s Alex Caruso (23%) and Orlando’s Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (17%) received more votes.
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