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

On this episode of the Heat Check,

All-Star game is over, folks.

Yes, sir.

It's time for us to move forward.

We are going to break down the good, the bad, the ugly.

Speaking of ugly, Nate McMillan gets fired.

Another one bites the dust.

Atlanta is now looking for a new head coach,

and Russ and Kevin Love also changed teams.

Just over 20 games left in the regular season,

so do me a favor and drop that generic ass beat.

All right, so this extravaganza in Salt Lake City, Utah has come and gone. Everybody's take pretty much from the game is that it's stunk.

I also thought it stunk.

I thought, what are you going to really ask for when there's multiple stars that are out for

injuries and that there's injury reserves and all of these things,

considering that it is just a game.

It is not just a game.

It's an exhibition game.

Let's be honest.

I listed players who 100% would phone it in and every single one of them did.

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