This week: The point of Beeso’s basketball fandom, Pop records, lack of Jingles, you can’t spell indictment without Detroit, the Channel 7 of the US eastern seaboard, bootleg Grizzlies, Cam Payne for my real friends, Ben Simmons: beloved teammate, physical education, manifesting a Nets-Sixers playoff series, Kyrie’s load management, how come Atlanta still sucks, pick your own, seasoned beef, the end of exploitoball, recycled takes, opening the text line, chippy off the old block, Uzzie goes home, two-spinner decks, Warney one week on, did Tubby’s ton kill Princess Di, noted hardhead Steve Waugh, more Pop stories and Roman’s going-out-of-business sale. 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.