This week: Hey now Wiggins is an all star, K-pop hostage videos, Kyle Korver strays, commiting to the bit and regretting it immediately, Russ saves the Lakers (narrator: they still lost), the Heat is/are on, manifesting a Nets-Raptors series, the East is compressed but your boy never is, Mobley mobility, everyone Loves a vet, Hawkwinned, Beal for Simmons?, wasting Embiid’s window, worst timeline BBL clashes, tiers before bedtime, a difficult week to remain Knicks-positive on Australasia’s most Knicks-positive NBA-adjacent podcast, the next Grizzlies, green and gold Giddey, Jokic haters, Drunken Master basketball, a competitive Ashes series?, replacing KD, all-out chaos, selling high on Harden, the most hilarious NBA timeline, give me my money back, Windy’s piece on Aron Baynes and the wins pool goes west. 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.