Kawhi and Clippers Drama, PJ Washington Extension, & NBA All-Star Game Shake-Up?

Heat Check with Trysta Krick

The 8 Side

Basketball, Sports

2 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of the Heat Check, Trysta breaks down the insane scandal rocking the NBA uncovered by Pablo Torre — Steve Ballmer, the Clippers, and Kawhi Leonard at the center of a potential Aspiration deal that may have been used to circumvent the salary cap. A blockbuster story that could come with serious punishments and reshape how the league views sponsorships and contracts.

Trysta also looks at projected travel miles for every NBA team, the Mavericks locking in PJ Washington — and the off-court controversy with Brittany Renner — plus Ben Simmons retirement rumors, James Harden’s Houston restaurant shutting down, and the league’s plan to revamp the All-Star Game into a new round-robin format. To close, Trysta dives into EuroBasket storylines and the latest contract disputes.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:04.0	On this episode of the Heat Check.
0:07.3	Oh, man, Pablo Tori has found things out.
0:11.2	And guess what?
0:11.8	None of them are good.
0:13.3	Kauai Leonard sounds like he was a part of an illegal funnel money some sort of thing to circumvent the salary cap.
0:22.0	I don't really get it.
0:23.2	Seems like the Clippers have done something shady.
0:25.5	We get into a bunch of other news from PJ Washington getting a huge extension of the day
0:30.0	after being called a broke bitch from Brittany Renner who converted to Islam and unconverted
0:35.9	to Islam.
0:39.3	Now there's a new All-Star game format. Jesus Christ, I've been asking for this for years.
0:42.3	Is Ben Simmons finally retiring?
0:44.3	Remember when Philly fans said he was a Hall of Famer?
0:48.3	Oh my God!
0:50.3	I should make a video about that.
0:52.3	To a Eurobasket review, to an update on Cam Thomas and the rest of the fantastic disgruntled four.
0:59.7	So much to talk about Wyatt as the season approaches.
1:03.1	Zach Lowe's doing podcasts again, so I better fucking step my shit up.
1:06.9	Do me a favor and drop that motherfucking beat that should be Rihanna.
1:10.7	You're listening to The Hott the hottest. The hottest. NBA podcast out. Yeah, I said what I said.
1:18.7	She's heating on. It's the heat check. The heat chat. With Trista Crick.
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