This week: Regressive professionalism, tales of Woj, allegedly unallegedly, perineum confusion, different levels of understanding, tiering the title contenders, the new king of New York, a trade away, Magic City, DNP (busted head), potential vs actual ooze, you are very unattractive basketball, taking the wrong message from 2019, a bad year to schedule bad Xmas Day games, selling the Suns, shut up and business, Messi areas, World Cup final <<< Carabao Cup round of 16 and drillcore disco dongs. 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.