2018 WNBA.com GM Survey: Season Predictions

Ever wonder what WNBA insiders think about the best teams, players and coaches in the league? Once again, WNBA.com posed questions to the league’s general managers to learn what the people who make the decisions really think about these topics and more.

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Which team will win the 2018 WNBA Finals?
1. Los Angeles Sparks = 33%
2. Minnesota Lynx = 25%
T-3. Phoenix Mercury, Connecticut Sun = 17%
5. Dallas Wings = 8%

Which team will have the most (regular-season) wins in the Eastern Conference?
1. Connecticut Sun = 75%
2. Washington Mystics = 17%
3. Atlanta Dream = 8%

Which team will have the most (regular-season) wins in the Western Conference?
1. Los Angeles Sparks = 50%
2. Minnesota Lynx = 25%
3. Phoenix Mercury = 17%
4. Dallas Wings = 8%

Who will win the 2018 WNBA MVP?
1. Maya Moore = 33%
2. Brittney Griner = 17%
3. Elena Delle Donne = 8%
T-4. Tina Charles, Skylar Diggins-Smith, Jonquel Jones, Nneka Ogwumike, Breanna Stewart = 8%

Who will win Rookie of the Year?
1. A’ja Wilson = 83%
2. Kelsey Mitchell = 17%

Who will win the Defensive Player of the Year Award?
1. Brittney Griner = 33%
T-2. Alana Beard, Angel McCoughtry = 17%
4. Sylvia Fowles = 17%
T-5. Liz Cambage, Maya Moore = 8%

Which player is most likely to have a breakout season?
T-1. Kelsey Plum, Brittney Sykes = 25% 
3. Kayla McBride = 18%
T-4. DeWanna Bonner, Nia Coffey, Azura Stevens, Breanna Stewart, Erica Wheeler = 8%

Which international player is most likely to have a breakout season?
1. Liz Cambage = 75%
T-2. Damiris Dantas, Ji-Su Park, Maria Vadeeva = 8%

Which sleeper rookie is most likely to be a success?
1. Monique Billings = 25%
T-2. Ariel Atkins, Azura Stevens = 17%
T-4. Jordin Canada, Myisha Hines-Allen, Stephanie Mavunga, Kelsey Mitchell, Ji-Su Park = 8%