This week: The Heat is off, karmic rewards, Beeso’s bad weekend, it be your own people sometimes, annual service, learning to love to hate Trae Young, Grizz vs Grizz Premium, Northwest rockfights, Austintacious shooting, Mike Minogue, a list of people Kristaps should try to be that aren’t him, goat excrement, Ayton truthers, well-actually’ing the correct definition of a gentlemen’s sweep, getting PatBev’d, scar tissue, relegate Charlotte to League 2, shouts to us for posting this before Knicks-Hawks game 4 actually happened, Bud does a coaching, Giannis taking everything personally forever, unenthused about being in Boston, crowd singular, as a Mistral employee once told me you’re only as good as your fans, bad banter, tell us a joke, mean questions, beat reporter gruntwork, Conn jobs and the BLACKCAPSLOCK’s next opportunity to ‘lose’ an international trophy in shattering fashion. 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 we welcome your reckons via Twitter, Facebook and email.