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On this bonus episode of The Heat Check, what are the three potential storylines

that might have huge impacts in the NBA draft?

A lot of fun on this, so I thought I'd share it with the heat check folks.

Do me a favor, Nick.

Drop that beat that should be Rihanna.

Trista, what do you think the top three stories are right now that could shake up the NBA here on draft week?

Yeah, I think it's very simple to me.

Number one centers around what Portland does.

The Biel or the Dame saga, right?

Everyone has their eyes on that.

Everyone wants to know, okay, are they going to trade Damien Lillard if they take the number three overall pick? Like, the Miami Heat were reluctant to trade for Bradley Biel because they think that they could still get Damian Lillard. And I think Damian Lillard is a much better player than Bradley Biel. He's a much clutcher, much clutcher, much more clutch player than Bradley Beal.

Damien Lillard was second team all-N-Bee A. He's been a multiple-time All-Star. Bradley

Beal is kind of like an up-and-down all-star. Hasn't been playing in many games. Damian

Lillard usually plays in 80% of the games, and Bradley Beal does not, right? So I don't know that anybody really knows what Charlotte's going to do,

and I think that that kind of impacts what Portland's going to do.

So that to me is very interesting.

So the Hornet seemed torn,

and that means that Portland's not going to know really what value that the number three pick has

until they know what Charlotte's going to do because no one's going to trade for that three

pick either, right, until draft night.

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