It's been a long time. I shouldn't have left you, but I did. I had to take the off season off and even a little bit of the start of the season.

So I'm excited about being back for In the Zone. Of course, I'm your host, Chris Broussard. We're ready for the 2017, 2018 season, and we are kicking it off in style.

We have got Jerry West as our first guest on In the

Zone. Of course, he is the NBA logo itself. And then after Jerry West, we're going to have a great

kind of debate discussion between myself and one of my favorite FS1 personalities. Jason McIntyre, you don't want to miss that.

He brings some crazy takes and I just shoot them down.

But before we get to those two segments, I was watching a game last night, Boston Celtics,

Los Angeles Lakers, and Kyrie Irving is on the floor just doing magic, working magic against the Lakers,

dribbling between the whole team at different points in the game.

And it got me to thinking, man, who do I think are the best ball handlers in NBA history?

So I put together a top five list, and here it goes. So at number five, this man right here is a straight up legend, a straight up icon.

I think his game was just a tad bit overrated, but his ball handling, his wizardry with the basketball,

his passing ability is second to none or virtually second to none because he's number five on the list.

But he popularized the wraparound dribble.

He popularized the fake behind the back pass.

This man is to ball handling what Dr. Jay is to dunking.

And that would be number five, pistol Pete Merivich.

At number four, I think it's safe to say and fair to say that you wouldn't have had Kenny

Anderson, Tim Hardaway, Alan Iverson, any of the great ball handlers of these past few decades without this man right here.

He was the godfather of modern day ball handling.

He was the one that really popularized or the first with the great change of direction moves.

He was the one with the great crossover.

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