This is an I-Heart podcast.

On this bonus episode of the Heat Check, we have a special guest, Chris Miles of

NBA TV.

Harlem's in the building.

He is here to preview the big storylines from the new NBA season.

I'm also joined on this episode by my co-host, Nick Aschew.

It was recorded on my national radio show.

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We're breaking down all the biggest NBA storylines.

You're tuned in to The heat check. The heat check with

Trista Crick. The best podcast covering all the drama around the association. There's a lot of games

to go and that's why we bring on our buddy Chris Miles NBA TV to start with, well, we can start with this game.

We can start with the offseason for the Lakers. We can look at the Denver Nuggets if you want. Let me tell you something, man. Despite the fact that right now the Lakers, Chris, are down by 14 after the first quarter, I do really like this Lakers team. I think they had a good offseason, and I think they put themselves in a position to be real contenders in the

West this year, as long as, of course, Anthony Davis and LeBron James at least stay relatively healthy. Yeah, I mean, as long as this isn't a team that thinks, oh, we're going to do all of this again, be competitive, and get swept by the Nuggets. I mean, I don't know why people are sleeping on in Denver Nuggets, man. I've talked to a lot of NBA people in the past week, Nick,

and they're like, oh, Nuggets were a one-off. And I'm like, what are you guys talking about right now? Stop sleeping on the Nuggets. They just told the Lakers to wake up in the first quarter, the first game in the season, right? Yeah, that's what's crazy, Chris, is I'm talking to a lot of people, too. And the one thing that keeps coming up is that Nuggets don't have a bench. Like, who do you really count on outside of that starting five? They lose Bruce Brown. They lose Jeff Green. It's like, before Bruce Brown and Jeff Green got to this Nuggets team, it wasn't like they were highly coveted players.

They got the bag because they contributed for the Nuggets and then they won a title.

Do you think this is still the best constructed team in the NBA or do you worry at all about their debt?

You know, I think that's a great question, but I realize what the Denver Nuggets are, right?

And this is old man, Chris, family man Chris talking, right?

They are the Kia Tell You Ride, okay?

Tia Tully Ride wins all these awards and they're like, oh, it's the best family vehicle

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