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You're tuned in to Heat Check with Trista Crick.

On this episode of the Heat Check, I've got a special bonus episode with Kevin Ray,

the voice of the Phoenix Suns, who breaks down all of the tea around the Kevin Durant trade.

I was joined by Bed MGM co-host Nick Ashu,

and it was recorded two nights ago on BedMGM Tonight.

No one knows more about the sons than Kevin,

and he breaks down the latest news from the blockbuster trade

that changed the entire NBA landscape.

Happy, very happy to have Kevin on,

so do me a favor, Nick, and drop that generic ass beat.

Kevin starts out by kind of going in and reviewing this on season to date and how much Kevin changes the landscape from now on.

We then get into the details of the trade, and man, was it fascinating?

Yeah, I mean, it's amazing what happens to the perspective, the outlook, the forecasting from, you know,

from all the odds makers to all the NBA experts and everything, a team that had kind of

floated anywhere from, you know, number one early in the season to falling all the way down

to the 12th spot in the Western Conference. But you get a guy like Kevin Durant and all of a sudden

things look a heck of a lot better. Kevin, Ramona Shelburne reported that this was the only

destination he wanted to go. He basically told Sean Marks and Joe Sy, listen, Phoenix is my only

spot. Either it's the summer or it's now. What is it that makes Phoenix so attractive to him besides just the roads?

You know, I think to put it simply, guys, it's the guy who wears jersey number one,

Devin Booker.

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