This week in NBA-adjacent podcasting: Restarting the room, unexpected chalk, ratings concern trolls, the whitest imaginable crowd chants, deep in the weeds, charity stripe avoidance, lollypop lint, joyless accrual, quality control, tax fraud vs workers compo, tedious bad-faith arguments deleted for comic effect, nine fullbacks, Beeso fails his performance review, getting lost in the niggle, unrepresentative swill, Oprah as an Origin selector, as the karmic wheel turns, double agent Steve Nash, saving your worst takes for the pod account, whirring cog of machine, classic recipe Bud, white NBA podcasters pronounce Ime Udoka’s name correctly challenge, the Swedish Chef meets the Peter Principle, the ARU elevate their KPIs by 200%, neutral defenders, zone with Boban, Just Kidding, Smart trades, cancelling your social engagements, Cuban republicans, Super League basketball, howls of derisive laughter Bruce and no Scrubbs (DNP-CD). 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.