This week: Kneel before Zod, pricks in the bubble, so you’re telling me there’s a chance, the short-lived prospect of the BALLS Podcast Clasico play-in game, tap-on tap-off bandwagonning, mistakes were made, winning is fun, from geezer to Keyser, having something to play for, the Lakers are doomed, a year away from being a year away, Harden 1.0, house money, the ceiling is the floor, Warren-ted hype, cash considerations, is Brett Brown brown bread, going on a run, Groundhog Day again again, ownership-led atrophy, Uncle Jeff: #stillintheleague, Larry Bird reincarnated as a tomato on the internet, democracy is cancel culture, 2-2 is the new 3-1, day drinking with a whiteboard, NZ isn’t still bitter about the CWC, the Pakistani Adam Dale, absolute Bothams, two first names, bigs troubles in little LA, former cops are usually sticklers for rules, the new Warriors brainstrust, NBA jam, the game’s greatest thinker, performance review, state-run media, underpants gnomes, No Dunks channels BALLS, undercutting punishers, the #NBACast goes mainstream(ish), decoding Roy and HG and Jingles brings the #dadjokes. BALLS and tripping balls are available on their own RSS feeds, as well as being found together on Omny Studio, Spotify and Apple Podcasts (feel free to subscribe, rate and review) - and your unvarnished reckons are always welcomed via Twitter, Facebook and email.