This is an I-Heart podcast.

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

On this bonus episode of The Heat Check, we've got a special guest, folks, Chris Miles of

NBA TV, here to break down the aftermath of the draft as well as the latest on free agency buzz.

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

It was recorded on our national radio show, BetMGM Tonight.

It comes out Monday through Friday, 7 to 11 if you like betting.

So Nick, do me a favor and drop that motherfucking beat that should be Rihanna.

Thank you. and drop that motherfucking beat that should be Rihanna. Chris Miles, NBA TV jumps on with us.

Let's start with Damien Lillard here.

We've heard his name certainly mentioned, at least in Whispers for years, but it was always

no, no, no, he wants to stay. Could this offseason finally be the difference? Could this finally Chris be the time where he either asks for a trade or at least says, fine, if you can find a good spot for me, I'll take it and go somewhere like, I don't know, the Miami Heat perhaps? You know what this seems like when two couples are about to get a divorce,

but everyone wants to keep the friends, right?

That's what the Blazers and David and Lillard are.

They're like, I'm trying to keep the friends.

I'm the good one here.

I'm not the one that pulled the trigger on this.

So you're my friend, right?

NBA fans and fan base.

That's what they're doing. And I think we're starting to get to the point where one or the other is going to be like, you know what? I don't care

what people think. I'm ready to move on. And it feels like the Blazers are there more so than

Damien and Lillard as far as saying it publicly. Like you said, oh, they're taking the billboard down.

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