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

On this episode of the Heat Check, we've got a special interview with

Friend of Show, Dave DeFour, from the Athletic.

He is here to explain some very important details.

Number one, why he doesn't care if he's right or Wong on Twitter,

why he prefers the Western Conference over the Eastern Conference.

What's the best region around the world to help fuel the future of the NBA

and everything in between?

This is an awesome wide-ranging interview, so let's get right into it, Nick.

Do me a favor and drop that generic ass beat.

Where do you want to start in the NBA landscape?

I don't know.

There's so much.

There really is a lot.

It's funny.

I was talking to my neighbor last night, and he was like, oh, I know you've been busy because there's so much stuff happening in the NBA.

I mean, like the bucks are the best team in the league right now, which they're also getting as healthy as they've been all season.

So maybe they've been the best team all along.

I don't know.

That's what I wondered too.

And people asked me when Middleton was down and when Drew had been injured and

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