Oh, welcome on to a finals Eve Hollinger and Duncan guessing game one will probably be in the books by the time most of you all listen to this.

So we're not going to spend too much time on the finals.

Everyone's done their finals outlook stuff already.

Danny and I did an hour-long pod.

But John, you want to give us your pick?

I am feasting on shed homegrine stew.

I'm in San Antonio right now, the finals start tonight.

I'm really excited.

I think it shapes up being really even.

The Knicks are clearly a much better team right now than they showed in the regular season, even allowing for the opponents they played

in those three rounds. And San Antonio knocked out a juggernaut in Oklahoma City. I do think the Knicks,

there's a little bit of rock paper scissors here.

I don't think the Knicks matched up well against the Thunder.

I think I would have picked the Thunder to win that series even without Jalen Williams.

I think they actually match up better against the Spurs.

I think the ability to play five out against Wemby is absolutely crucial,

and the Knicks can do that with the best shooting big man ever and because of that they will make it a series will they win that

series I think that is very much up in the air I went spurs and seven in my preview with the

athletic I went back and forth arguing with myself for about 2,000 words I think that with the regular

season the thing that stood out to me the regular season meetings was that the Knicks had massive bench advantages in all three games. And those just aren't going to be a thing in the finals, I don't think, because they're just not going to play enough minutes to matter. Yeah, you don't think Tyler Kolic is going to play a big role in this one? Tyler Kolic, who was massive in the NBA Cup final. He really was.

Yeah.

Well, all right.

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