Ja Morant Suspended and Early Season Contenders vs Pretenders

Heat Check with Trysta Krick

The 8 Side

Basketball, Sports

2 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Trysta is back with a loaded Heat Check, starting with Portland-based insider insight straight from Trysta on the Blazers vs Nuggets NBA Cup game.

She breaks down the biggest early-season contenders vs pretenders, including the Sixers and Bulls scorching starts, why Tyrese Maxey can’t keep up this scoring pace, concerns about Joel Embiid's limited minutes, and can the Heat sustain this level of play?

Plus, the latest Ja Morant drama following Memphis’ loss to the Lakers — and whether a trade could actually be on the table.

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:04.0	On this episode of the Heat Check, we went from zero basketball news to all of the tea in the world.
0:12.9	What is happening?
0:15.2	Sir, we have to talk about one.
0:18.5	The Philadelphia Sixers is everybody's drooling all over everybody
0:22.2	all sixers look so good and Vijay Higal and diaries maxi and oh did you know that mb.
0:27.5	is scoring more points per minute than he is playing minutes I don't buy it I don't buy it
0:33.7	I don't buy it it's a fact of expectations and those expectations being blown away.
0:40.4	I'm also not buying into the now 3 and 3 Miami Heat.
0:45.0	Just had Miami Heat on court reporter Jeremy Tashay on to the Alleyoop, which you can find
0:51.6	on the DLS Hoops page on YouTube. So please find me there.
0:54.6	I didn't tell them I'm not buying into this Miami Heat team,
0:57.3	but I will say it on my own situation, my own wax.
1:01.0	I'm not buying it.
1:02.1	Do me a favor.
1:03.0	Wyatt will talk more about that and some news from around the league.
1:04.9	Do me a favor and hit that beat that should be Rihanna.
1:08.2	You're listening to the hottest, the hottest, the hottest.
1:13.1	NBA podcast out.
1:14.7	Yeah, I said what I said.
1:16.1	She's eating off.
1:17.3	It's the heat check.
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