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

In this episode of the Heat Check, we have a special interview with Michael Scotto,

who used to be at The Athletic.

Now is that who's hype.

He hosts a podcast for them.

He writes for them.

It was a very wide-ranging discussion.

We started out talking everything about the OKC Thunder that you might even think about

knowing, especially their head coach and kind of his style and really the future of where the

OKC Thunder go from here. I think that they are one of the most exciting, interesting teams in the

NBA. We followed

that up with a bunch of other topics and ended on a conversation around the draft and

Brandon Miller's draft stock and everything in between. Can't wait to share the conversation.

Do me a solid, Nick, and drop that generic ass beat.

I did want to start off talking about The Thunder.

I just think that, one, I saw your piece on Jalen Williams,

and I loved it.

I love the fact that you found something really interesting about Mark Dagnos,

which I think he's probably the most

under the radar coach in the NBA. What do you think about their future in the big picture of

where they're going? Because to me, they're the most intriguing, exciting team in the NBA.

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