NBA Storylines and Where Ja Goes from Here with Law Murray

Heat Check with Trysta Krick

The 8 Side

Basketball, Sports

2 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Trysta is joined by The Athletic’s Law Murray for an insider look at the NBA two weeks into the season — starting with what it’s really like covering the Clippers amid the Pablo Torre/Aspiration fallout.

They take the temperature on both LA teams as Law shares why the Lakers’ offense is better than people think, how LeBron sitting early has helped key role players, and what’s next for Ja Morant.

Then, Trysta and Law dive into the NBA’s fast-pace revolution — why so many teams are speeding up, how the Pacers influenced the trend, and why some contenders like OKC and Milwaukee are bucking it and still winning.

They also hit on:
• Slow start for the Magic and Desmond Bane
• Sneaky optimism in Chicago
• Why the Mavs look shaky
• The Bucks staying under the radar

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:04.1	On this episode of the Heat Check, we have a special guest, the athletics own NBA reporter, national reporter, Law Murray.
0:14.3	We talk about all things, storylines going on in the NBA, including what is it like to cover the clippers at a time where the
0:21.6	clippers are a septic tank that has not been emptied in the last decade. And all of the
0:27.1	shit is starting to flow up from Pablo Torre, really. And we also talk about what teams are real and
0:34.2	which teams are fake law goes into excruciatingly detailed detail.
0:41.0	And conversation's great.
0:42.8	So without further ado, let's get into it.
0:47.2	You're listening to the hottest, the hottest, the hottest.
0:52.2	NBA podcast out.
0:53.8	Yeah, I said what I said.
0:55.3	She's heating up.
0:56.4	It's the heat check.
0:57.3	The heat check.
0:58.1	Heat check.
0:58.7	With Trista Crick.
1:02.3	Welcome to the show, Law, Murray.
1:05.2	Thank you for finally to get me back on this thing.
1:08.7	I know.
1:09.1	I was just talking about you the other day to the crew for
1:13.0	the Blazers. Your beloved. People, people love you. I appreciate that. I'm overdue for a trip up to
1:19.9	the P&Dub, so hopefully, you know, I need the, I need some people to send that bad signal out for me. Yeah. So, you know,
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