This is an I-Heart podcast.

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

On this episode of the Heat Check, I'm back from Sacramento, baby.

And I've got a firsthand report on the Kings and the Lakers,

and God damn it, I didn't get to warm up on that beam.

No beam for me, but what I got was a massive once-in-a-generation storm

that just cleared out.

300,000 homes worth of power put 100-year-old trees on roofs right next to my Airbnb.

So I saw some shit that was historic.

I get into some drama surrounding LeBron.

We move forward and we talk about John Collins,

who has been just circulating in trade rumors since pre-pandemic, honestly.

Like, he's had it.

He's had it with the trade rumors.

There's now trouble brewing in Brooklyn,

now that Kevin Durant has gone down with an MCL sprain.

And, oh my God, what is happening in Chicago with Zach Levine and Billy Donovan?

Because no one seems to know the path forward.

And of course, we talk about what NBA player said he wanted to beat Skip Bayliss's ass.

Lots to talk about Nick.

So drop that generic beat.

So I had the pleasure, the honor, of going out to Sacramento for the very first time I had never been there

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