Jeanie Buss vs. Lebron and the Knicks are STRUGGLING
Heat Check with Trysta Krick
The 8 Side
2.2 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of the Heat Check, Trysta unpacks the explosive Baxter Holmes report detailing the growing tension inside the Lakers organization before Jeanie Buss' departure. From frustrations with LeBron James and Klutch Sports’ influence to the lingering fallout of the Russell Westbrook trade, Trysta breaks down how deep the power struggle in Los Angeles really runs and how the Lakers even considered moving on from LeBron.
She also checks in on the Knicks, who are in the middle of a brutal skid, losing nine of their last ten games. What’s going wrong under Mike Brown, do they have real fixes available, and is this roster built to survive adversity?
Plus, why isn’t ESPN fully using the iconic Inside the NBA crew? Trysta reacts to Charles Barkley’s public frustration. To close, a feel-good check-in on the Kings and undrafted standout Dylan Cardwell bringing positive energy to Sacramento.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.1 | On this episode of the heat check, you know it's bad. |
| 0:09.1 | When Baxter Holmes comes sniffing around your organization, you see a byline on ESPN that says, |
| 0:15.0 | Baxter Holmes, you better run to the article and make sure that's not about you. |
| 0:19.6 | This time, Baxter Holmes decided to lay his laser sights on the L.A. Lakers. |
| 0:28.2 | And we get into the fallout of the article. |
| 0:29.8 | We talk about some of the issues surrounding Mike Brown and the Knicks. |
| 0:33.7 | We get into some news from around the league and much, much more. |
| 0:37.8 | We got a lot to talk about Wyatt. |
| 0:39.7 | Do me a solid. |
| 0:41.3 | Drop that. |
| 0:42.3 | Motherfucking beat. |
| 0:43.0 | This should be Rihanna. |
| 0:44.5 | You're listening to the hottest, the hottest. |
| 0:48.6 | The hottest. |
| 0:49.5 | The NBA podcast out. |
| 0:51.1 | Yeah, I said what I said. |
| 0:52.5 | She's eating up. |
| 0:53.6 | It's the heat check the heat chat with trista |
| 0:56.7 | crick yep it's a perfect storm baxter holmes did his once every two-year article that was |
| 1:07.4 | the size of a damn brown book and it's on on the L.A. Lakers and Jeannie Bus and LeBron. |
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