In NBA.com's survey polling all 30 NBA general managers, the select few responded to 47 different questions about the best teams, players, coaches, fans, and offseason moves. The GMs voted Karl-Anthony Towns as the player they'd pick to build a franchise around, leading a tight race with 29 percent over Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (21 percent), Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (18 percent), San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard (14 percent), and Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant (11 percent).

Towns won this vote by a massive 48 percent last season after coming off a Rookie of the Year performance averaging a monstrous double-double of 18.3 points and 10.5 rebounds on his first season in the league.

These GMs were not allowed to vote for their own team or personnel. The percentages shown are purely based on the pool of respondents who answered that particular question, rather than a total from the 30 polled executives.

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Towns made another significant improvement as one of the Timberwolves building blocks, putting up 25.1 points and 12.3 rebounds per game during his sophomore season, seeing 37 minutes on the floor on a nightly basis.

The Kentucky product made the quick transition to a stretch-five, knocking down 36.7 percent of his shots from beyond the arc while still recording an identically efficient 54.2 percent from the field. The 21-year-old has only begun to scratch the surface of his true potential, making this a scary proposition for the rest of the league and a huge reason why GMs would pick him over any other player in the league and make him the building block of a franchise.