Jerry West, who’ll be in town this weekend for the Bob Huggins fantasy camp, offers a finals preview, among other things.

A highlight comes rather soon when just about three minutes in Simmons calls West a top eight all-time player and the third-best guard of all-time, though in danger of losing his spot to Kobe. Welcome to the podcast, Mr. West!

It’s a classic, classy West reply and it just goes on to get better and better, including the way he and others more or less pioneered the concept of a collective bargaining agreement at the 1964 all-star game.

Biggest surprise? Thirty-three minutes with a guy who sorts avoids such exposure.