NBA Cup Week, Pat Spencer Breaks Out, and Lebron's Complicated LA Legacy
Heat Check with Trysta Krick
The 8 Side
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🗓️ 12 December 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of the Heat Check, Trysta breaks down a packed week in the NBA — from the intensity of the NBA Cup, to the alarming wave of injuries sweeping across the league. She dives into Pat Spencer’s unlikely breakout, the Detroit Pistons’ surprising depth, and Cooper Flagg’s record-breaking start to his rookie season.
Trysta also unpacks the ongoing conversation around LeBron James’s complicated legacy in LA, Jonathan Kaminga’s uncertain standing with the Warriors, and how Derek Lively’s injury could reshape the Mavs’ outlook.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.3 | On this episode of the Heat, Chuck, it is NBA Cup semifinals and finals week. |
| 0:11.4 | I'm headed to Vegas to talk about that. |
| 0:14.4 | We also talk about the NBA being overly sensitive about injuries. |
| 0:18.6 | Pat Spencer, apparently is that motherfucker. Why the Pistons are built for the long haul, plus |
| 0:24.4 | a ton of news from around the league, including Cooper Flag, LeBron James, LeBron James, |
| 0:29.1 | and Derek lively updates. No time to waste. Wyatt. Do me a favor. |
| 0:34.3 | Drop that motherfucking beat. It should be Rihanna. |
| 0:37.5 | You're listening to the hottest, the hottest. NBA podcast out. Yeah, I said what I said. |
| 0:45.5 | She's heating up. It's the heat check. The heat check with Trista Crick. |
| 0:51.0 | Big announcement. I'm going to be in Vegas for the NBA Cup. |
| 0:55.5 | I expect a lot of tea about the NBA Cup in our next episode. |
| 0:59.5 | Is Wembe going to play against the Oklahoma City Thunder? |
| 1:01.9 | Follow me on threads as I live react to those two games. |
| 1:08.6 | Nix versus Magic, Oklahoma City Thunder versus the San Antonio Spurs. |
| 1:13.1 | Follow me for all these updates and all this cool content. But for now, the big story, |
| 1:18.8 | like Wemby, is injuries. The question is, why are all these NBA All-Stars missing so many |
| 1:25.4 | damn games? There's been an issue of that, |
| 1:28.9 | and NBA teams have been increasingly worried about this all season, |
| 1:32.3 | and the stats now prove them out, |
| 1:33.9 | according to John Hollinger at the athletic. |
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