I said to Doc after the Dallas win over Minnesota in game one and it kind of seems like the universe is about to declare

Luca the best player in the league with a championship.

Welcome to the Fancy NBA Today podcast, a sports ethos presentation hosted by yours

truly Aaron Bruski and FSWA Hall of Famer, Steve. A. Alexander today. We're basically going to talk about the finals,

because ain't nobody coming back from that. And then tomorrow we're going to talk about fantasy players who may be a little bit forgotten after a slow or bad season.

That's going to actually be a sneaky, sneaky, sneaky good one.

Before we get into all of that, this is my call for anybody who isn't already subscribed to the show.

Consider doing that. You know, hit that like button. You know, social platforms basically

demand this sort of thing and it turns the masses into a bunch of

pandering suck-ups. Which isn't that great but that's what it does. Without that

out of the way, if I could talk after a weekend of being up in the hills and smelling the pine

needles and I don't know why that creates more havoc in my nasal system but it does.

Welcome in. Steve, Dr. A Alexander, I know you might have to split the kid in half with this question here, but what storyline has your allegiance right now? Is it the Pacers falling all the way apart in a matter of games or is it your early early declaration that

Luca was the best player in the NBA, which one of those two things is carrying the day with you?

Oh, I'm all about Luca right now. All about the mabs.

the paces are disappointing and in a way this is probably good for them.

I think Carlisle, Rick Carlisle, I don't think did a great job of coaching this team in the Eastern Conference finals.

They should have won game one

with the phantom kick and the blocking call on Miles Turner.

That was tough.

That was a game, Indy had one,

go to one.

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