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‘Heat Check’: Kent Bazemore Traded, Kyrie Back on the Record, and All-Star Starting Ballots

Plus, Dan Devine was coronated as an All-Star voter. Hear his Eastern and Western conference starters.

By John Gonzalez, Haley O'Shaughnessy, and Dan Devine
Charlotte Hornets v Portland Trail Blazers Photo by Sam Forencich/NBAE via Getty Images

Instant Replay: The Blazers have cut ties with Kent Bazemore and Kyrie Irving is back saying weird things in the media (4:01).

The Main Event: Our very own Dan Devine has been coronated as an All-Star voter! We run down his list of starters for the Eastern and Western conferences (24:04).

Good Call/Bad Call: LaMelo has a horse named … LaMelo, Josh Richardson is out here naming random iguanas in his backyard, and the Memphis Grizzlies are bumping metal in their arena (35:17).

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