FTP Ep. # 634 2026 NBA Finals Preview Game 1

The New York Knicks are your NBA champions ending a 53 year drought and exposing so many problems with the current NBA that we are going to need multiple episodes to cover it all but for now my lack of voice will have to suffice this early morning.

We are covering the upcoming 2026 World Cup and all the upcoming changes to the format (most of which are bad) and where I believe most of these teams stack up in the grand scheme of things.

This 5 am update reexamines that mind boggling breakdown by the Spurs and how the Knicks and the Garden crowed walked them down.

Slanted officiating? Check. Wemby being allowed to do whatever he wanted in the 1st half? Double check. The Spurs having a ridiculous shooting streak in the 1st half? Triple check... And it still didn't matter as OG Anunoby goes down in NY Sports lore for immortality.

I give my thoughts ahead of this NBA Finals rematch between the Knicks and the Spurs over 25 years later

A father son watchalong for Arsenal being back in a Champions League final? What could possibly go wong?

Words fail to do justice to the crimes this Celtics basketball team committed during this NBA playoffs but I will do my best

I give my initial thoughts on the overall bracket with how some of these misseedings occurred and places across the regions where we can take advantage of certain spots. I also give my advice for developing a bracket strategy as well as survivor pool thoughts.

We have a further update on the "controversy" surrounding Bam Adebayo scoring 83 points as the national media misses the bigger picture. Meanwhile, I take the time to examine the NBA's proposals to resolve in-season tanking and why most of them do not pass the smell test.

You know it was a crazy night in sports when someone scoring 83 points in an NBA game is not the lead story for sports coverage on the networks.