The NBAs general managers are expecting a third straight Golden State-Cleveland?matchup in this seasons NBA Finals, with the Warriors the pick to reclaim the title.Such was the consensus from the annual poll of general managers by NBA.com. The Warriors and Cavaliers each got 97 percent of the votes c

The NBAs general managers are expecting a third straight Golden State-Cleveland?matchup in this seasons NBA Finals, with the Warriors the pick to reclaim the title.Such was the consensus from the annual poll of general managers by NBA.com. The Warriors and Cavaliers each got 97 percent of the votes cast by GMs when asked to pick the Western and Eastern conference champions -- meaning, if each team got one ballot, 29 of the 30 teams voted for a rematch.And heres why it wouldnt have been unanimous: General managers were not allowed to vote for their own clubs. Boston got the other conference-title vote in the East; San Antonio got the other one in the West.The Warriors got 69 percent of votes cast to emerge as champions for the second time in three years this season, with the defending titlist Cavaliers getting the other 31 percent.While the leagues general managers might be universal in their praise of the Warriors, TNT analyst Charles Barkley is less impressed.I still think they got some of the same issues this year with that team, Barkley said Tuesday?during a lunch before TNTs Inside the NBA studio team was elected to the Broadcasting Hall of Fame.Can they rebound the ball? Theyre going to still be shooting jumpers. Theyre not going to get any low-post scoring. Can that type of play hold up through the rigors of the NBA playoffs? Im still going to say the same thing Ive always said: no.The retooled Warriors will begin their quest for a second title in three years on Tuesday when they open the season with a home game against the?San Antonio Spurs.Other balloting led to the following predictions:??Clevelands LeBron James will win his fifth MVP award. James got 47 percent of the vote, easily outpacing Oklahoma Citys Russell Westbrook (23 percent), Golden States two-time reigning MVP Stephen Curry and Houstons James Harden (10 percent each), new Warriors forward Kevin Durant (7 percent) and Indianas Paul George (3 percent).??James remains a nightmare for opponents. Asked which player forces coaches to make the most adjustments, James got 75 percent of the vote, far more than Curry (21 percent) and Golden States Draymond Green (4 percent).??Minnesotas Karl-Anthony Towns would be the player most GMs, if starting a franchise today and could sign any player, would take in such a scenario. Towns was picked on 48 percent of ballots, followed by Durant (21 percent) and James (17 percent).??Phoenixs Devin Booker is the player most likely to have a breakout season, listed on 31 percent of the ballots. He was ahead of Towns (14 percent) and Indianas Myles Turner (10 percent), with 11 other players also getting mentions.??Curry remains the NBAs best point guard, getting 63 percent of the votes in that category. Chris Paul of the?Los Angeles Clippers?(20 percent) was second, followed by Westbrook (10 percent) and Clevelands Kyrie Irving (7 percent).??Other top positional rankings went to shooting guard Harden of Houston, James at small forward, New Orleans Anthony Davis at power forward and the Clippers DeAndre Jordan at center. Interestingly, not only was James the overwhelming pick at small forward, but he also placed a close second in power forward balloting.??Golden State, which landed Durant this summer, was the easy pick as the team that made the best overall moves this offseason. Not coincidentally, 80 percent of the GMs also said Durant is the player move that will make the most impact, far ahead of the 13 percent who think Bostons getting Al Horford will.??Durants move to Golden State narrowly edged Dwyane Wade signing with Chicago as the most surprising move of the offseason.??Minnesota was the pick to be the leagues most improved team this season, and the Wolves Kris Dunn is the overwhelming choice to be the rookie of the year.??San Antonios Kawhi Leonard was overwhelmingly selected as the best defensive player and best perimeter defender in the league, part of the reason the Spurs got 50 percent of the GM votes as the NBAs top defensive team. Jordan was the easy winner in balloting for best interior defender.??The Spurs Gregg Popovich was the pick again as both the best head coach and best coach in terms of managing and motivating players.??James was picked as the NBAs best leader, most versatile player and as the player with the best basketball IQ. But if GMs could pick one player to take a shot with the game on the line, he was the second choice -- far behind Curry.Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. Glenn Hubbard Jersey . - Goaltender Philippe Desrosiers of the Rimouski Oceanic has broken a shutout record that was only three months old in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Bob Uecker Jersey Large . Tracey comes to the Blue Bombers after spending over a decade with Queens University. Most recently he was the schools assistant football coach. http://www.custombravesjersey.com/custom-hank-aaron-jersey-large-347z.html . LUCIE, Fla. 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Our focus just needs to be as high as its been all season and worry about preparing for Seattle. It will be one of the best teams that well see at any point in the season, so we have to be ready for the challenge.With some of their bumps and bruises healed. This is a healthy team that will have back running back Dion Lewis either this week or Nov. 20 at San Francisco.Wide receiver Chris Hogan was excited about returning to work.Weve got a big game coming up, he said. Sunday night. Its easy to get excited for something like that, so well spend this week preparing ourselves for the game.Added linebacker Rob Ninkovich: It was nice to get a little time to watch some football and spend time with the family. Now its back to work.The team traded Pro Bowl linebacker Jamie Collins to Cleveland at the start of the break.To cap off their week, the Patriots got to watch their next opponent play Monday Night Football, giving them a look at two mobile quarterbacks, Tyrod Taylor, whom they just faced in Buffalo, and Seattles Russell Wilson, who nearly beat them in the Super Bowl two years ago.Its diffficult any time you have a guy thats mobile that can make every throw on the field, is very accurate, is a very good quarterback in the pocket and yet when things arent looking so good he can pull the ball down and try to run for a first down, Ninkovich said.ddddddddddddAsked again about attacking the rest of the season refreshed, the 31-year-old Slater said: Its definitely needed. An NFL season is a grind on you physically -- especially when they start to add up, when you get a little bit up there, so to speak. That rest is needed. I think we did a good job, from what Ive seen, of taking advantage of it. Hopefully it will benefit us down the stretch.Game notes While the players didnt want to comment on who they were voting for, or on the letter of support Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he received from coach Bill Belichick, Slater made it clear he planned to vote. Tonight . after practice, he said. My mom, my wife . Im getting a text today to make sure I vote. Too many people . especially as an African-American, in America, too many people have had to sacrifice . and die for me to have the right to vote, so I definitely need to exercise that. . Hogan also said he was going to vote and that there wasnt much chatter about it in the locker room. The locker room, I dont think, is really a huge place for guys to really talk politics, he said. Theres always a couple of guys in here that will be in here butting heads or something like that.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '