Heat Check with Trysta Krick

Trysta discusses the latest in the NBA, including new that the league will be shutting down its G-League Ignite project. With athletes getting paid the way they are in college, that path became less necessary. From there, she throws to a conversation with Keith Smith (Spotrac) to try to get a grip on the insane playoff races. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https...

Trysta takes a close look at the NBA's best hustlers through the years, then throws to a discussion about Malik Monk's impending free agency. She also talks about Jalen Green's maturation. To wrap things up, Rob Lundberg stops by to talk all things NBA. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

Trysta laughs at the Lakers and in a cruel twist, uses producer Anthony's own reporting against them. From there, she marvels at what Anthony Edwards and the Wolves have done without KAT. Ok, really, she goes insane over that dunk. Same thing really. Plus, some league-wide injuries news to close out the show. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc....

In this week's rookie report, Trysta examines players who went undrafted but deserve some shine for what they've done this year. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trysta turns up the hype for Jalen Brunson who has given what decades of saviors have failed to provide Knicks fans: Hope. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trysta takes a look around the league and was thrilled to announce that bully ball is back, as the NBA is now ripe with all kinds of impressive centers helping their teams in all kinds of ways. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/li...

Trysta marvels at the way the Nuggets just seem to beat teams in completely predictable, seemingly unavoidable ways. Then, she laughs at the Mavericks for passing on Jamahl Mosley for Jason Kidd and looks at some other headlines from around the league. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Trysta takes a look at some second rounders who are starting to show out as teams are prioritizing their futures. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Lakers had quite the weekend. It was so successful, Trysta finds herself wondering about the damage they could do if they survive the play-in tournament. She discusses that, the latest with Our Dubs, and plenty more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adch...

Trysta takes a close look at Jayson Tatum's brutal clutch numbers, marvels at Victor Wembanyama's insane rookie campaign, and updates the Karl-Anthony Towns/Ben Simmons injury situations. Then, she throws to interviews with Law Murray (The Athletic) and Keith Smith (Spotrac) to close out the week. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-...

Trysta welcomes Jovan Buha (The Athletic) on the show to try to explain how a LeBron James and Anthony Davis team has been so meh all season. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trysta spends some time on some Western Conference contenders she thinks should be getting a little more attention, starting with the New Orleans Pelicans. From there, she throws to an interview with Bill Reiter of CBS Sports to take a macro-level look at the league heading into the regular season home stretch. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyin...

Tysta takes a look at some rookies you may not have heard of but you should definitely keep an eye on. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trysta welcomes four (!) guests on the show to discuss everything from the Miami Heat to the Denver Nuggets and everything in between. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After tackling the west contenders earlier this week, Trysta tries to make sense of the Eastern Conference. Though she does get some help from Dan Favale of Bleacher Report. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i...

Trysta runs through some contenders as they separate themselves from the pack. Is there anyone who can challenge the Denver Nuggets this season? She also welcomes Jon Krawczynski (The Atheltic) on to talk about the Wolves and how serious they are this season. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices...

Tryta runs through a list of some lottery picks who still hold a ton of potential but haven't gotten the reps. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trysta hopes producer Anthony is ok (he isn't) then dives into Doc Rivers saying things. Oh, Doc. You know others keep receipts, right? Then, she comes to terms with being wrong (potentially) about Brandon Miller and Trae Young. She wraps with some NBA news. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices....

Trysta comes back from the All Star Break with observations on a few teams she really believes in or thinks is going nowhere fast. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cason Wallace fits absolutely perfectly into what the OKC Thunder have been building. Explosive athlete who also shoots well from three? It's like Sam Presti is cloning them at this point. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listene...

Aside from a couple cool moments (that were also ruined by Kenny Smith), the NBA put on a poor show this weekend. The dunk contest was rigged and boring. The All Star Game was a joke. But hey, LeBron James made up for all of it with some truly incredible quotes that no one believed. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn mo...

Remember how Draymond Green went to counseling and learned to stop hating European players? Yeah, well, that went great. He and Jusuf Nurkic picked things right back up where they left and off Draymond's quotes don't exactly exemplify growth. Trysta also spends some time looking at current Most Improved Players odds, Isaiah Stewart fighting people, LeBron James-Warriors rumors and more. To learn m...

With so much going on all over the league, the Cleveland Cavaliers have quietly just chugged along to the tune of the second-best record in the east despite some of the toughest injury lucky anyone has faced this season. This team is real, real good. Let's take a look at what they're doing. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy...

Trysta is back, well, kind of, from Vegas. In a packed episode, she dives deep into the run the Cavaliers are currently on. Holy crap, Donovan Mitchell. She reacts to Spencer Dinwiddie signing with the Lakers and Darvin Ham using that as an opportunity to throw another dumb lineup out there. She laughs at Jaylen Brown beefing with Duncan Robinson and having his bluff called. Then, to wrap the show...

Slight tweak to the schedule this week as Trysta is traveling back from an extremely busy Super Bowl. We'll return with a full episode tomorrow but for not, let's talk about Ausar Thompson, who can, at any given time, look anywhere from a destroyer of worlds and future all star to barely an NBA player. He has the tools to really impress but his offensive game is, well, offensive. To learn more abo...