Tatum's Historic Return, Dillon Brooks' DUI, and Trae Young is Back
Heat Check with Trysta Krick
The 8 Side
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🗓️ 6 March 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Trysta is joined by producer Zeke to run through a chaotic mix of NBA storylines making headlines around the league.
They start with the troubling news surrounding Dillon Brooks, who was arrested for a DUI while sidelined with injury.
Then it’s on to the return of Jayson Tatum, who plans to make a historic comeback this Friday. Trysta and Zeke discuss the injury concerns and compare it to past achilles recovery times.
They also react to the latest resurfacing of NBA bubble rumors involving LeBron James, plus the ongoing Kristaps Porziņģis situation in Golden State that’s quickly turning into a disaster.
Plus: Trae Young finally returns to the court for the Washington Wizards, and the Atlanta Hawks ruffle some feathers with their “Magic City Night" promotion.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.0 | On this episode of the Heat Check, we got Jason Tatum coming back to the Boston Celtics. |
| 0:11.7 | Where does that return rank? |
| 0:15.3 | I don't know if I have a ranking, so producer Zeeke is giving me this ability to rank things that I didn't even know it was coming. |
| 0:21.0 | Anyway, where does this rank? |
| 0:22.8 | It's him and Kobe. |
| 0:23.6 | That's pretty much what I have. |
| 0:24.8 | Has Dylan Brooks derailed his breakout season by taking advantage of the silky smooth roads of Phoenix, Arizona? |
| 0:32.2 | Is Memphis the ugliest city in the NBA, my folks, my fans, my family in Memphis. |
| 0:37.3 | It's not going to like my answer to this, especially considering I've never been there |
| 0:41.2 | so I can't really say this and so much more Wyatt dropped that motherfucking beat. |
| 0:45.7 | That should be Rihanna. |
| 0:47.4 | You're listening to the hottest, the hottest, the hottest. |
| 0:52.3 | The podcast out. |
| 0:53.9 | Yeah, I said what I said. |
| 1:14.1 | She's heating up. It's the heat check. The heat check. Heat chat. With Krista Crick. All right. Let's get into this. Producer Zeke. It feels like you're already getting me in trouble. You're getting me to besmirch Phoenix. You're getting me to besmirch Memphis. and you're making me rank things that I am not prepared for. |
| 1:13.5 | So where are we at on this? Well, it's a typical show then. We're going to start with |
| 1:17.6 | your boy, Dylan the villain, duck duck. Goose? Big news to start the show is that Dylan Brooks. |
| 1:23.2 | He said duck, duck, duck. He said duck, duck, yeah. The big news was he was arrested overnight for DUI. According to TMZ Sports, the small forward was arrested in Scottsdale around 2 a.m. and was leased from custody around 3.20 a.m. In addition to your immediate reaction, I'd love your thoughts on how any athlete making that kind of money ever gets behind the wheel of a car drunk when they have so much to lose and it's so easy not to drive drunk. |
| 1:49.2 | How does anybody get an STD, producer Zeke? They know. They know not the fuck random without some protection. But guess what? |
| 1:58.2 | Shit's just too smooth, too silky, too wet to not embark on a little danger. |
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