The San Antonio Spurs are an overwhelming choice to repeat as NBA champion while LeBron James is the favorite to win the MVP award, according to NBA.com's 2014-15 survey of league general managers.

The general managers gave their answers to 56 questions and were not permitted to vote for their own players or team.

The Spurs are the favorite to win a second straight title, according to the NBA's general managers. Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE/Getty Images

In the survey, the Spurs were chosen to repeat as NBA champion with 46.2 percent of the votes, finishing far ahead of the second-place Cleveland Cavaliers (15.4). The Miami Heat were picked in 2013 by NBA GMs to win the title (75.9 percent).

James was the runaway winner in the MVP category, chosen by 67.9 percent of respondents to win the award for the fifth time in his return to Cleveland. The Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant, who is out for an indefinite period with a Jones fracture in his right foot, finished second (21.4 percent). Durant won the award last season.

James' return to Cleveland was picked as the most surprising move of the offseason (42.9 percent) while the Cavaliers were lauded for making the best offseason moves (89.3).

The Milwaukee Bucks' Jabari Parker was the pick to win rookie of the year with 75 percent of the votes. Andrew Wiggins of the Minnesota Timberwolves finished a distant second (17.9 percent).

The Spurs' Gregg Popovich was selected by 92.9 percent of the GMs as the best coach in the NBA. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Clippers' Chris Paul was the pick as the active player who will make the best head coach in the future (24.0 percent).