Ben McCormick
@caseofthebens.bsky.social
2x Muskego tee-ball sportsmanship award winner. Writer. Just here for the zipline.
This lineup is going to feed families
Tonight's Starting 5️⃣:
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Ryan Rollins
Kevin Porter Jr.
AJ Green
Myles Turner
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Ryan Rollins
Kevin Porter Jr.
AJ Green
Myles Turner
November 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This lineup is going to feed families
@sethpartnow.bsky.social had an analytics thought mid-Thanksgiving leftovers:
If a team gets to ~2 seconds on the shot clock and has no conceivable good look (long heave, random chuck), is it better to take the dead ball turnover than risk giving the defense a live rebound transition possession?
If a team gets to ~2 seconds on the shot clock and has no conceivable good look (long heave, random chuck), is it better to take the dead ball turnover than risk giving the defense a live rebound transition possession?
November 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
@sethpartnow.bsky.social had an analytics thought mid-Thanksgiving leftovers:
If a team gets to ~2 seconds on the shot clock and has no conceivable good look (long heave, random chuck), is it better to take the dead ball turnover than risk giving the defense a live rebound transition possession?
If a team gets to ~2 seconds on the shot clock and has no conceivable good look (long heave, random chuck), is it better to take the dead ball turnover than risk giving the defense a live rebound transition possession?
Reposted by Ben McCormick
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
Anybody have a video of the jump ball between GA and Hart at the end I’m trying to see something
November 29, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Anybody have a video of the jump ball between GA and Hart at the end I’m trying to see something
This remains unbelievable the league will not call clearly unsporting fouls like this flagrant.
They’re not going to get GA in a different market. They’re going to get his arm pulled out of its socket
They’re not going to get GA in a different market. They’re going to get his arm pulled out of its socket
November 29, 2025 at 2:54 AM
This remains unbelievable the league will not call clearly unsporting fouls like this flagrant.
They’re not going to get GA in a different market. They’re going to get his arm pulled out of its socket
They’re not going to get GA in a different market. They’re going to get his arm pulled out of its socket
It was very fun to see Eminem rap “Till I Collapse” over “Hello Operator” yesterday. Jack White kills
November 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
It was very fun to see Eminem rap “Till I Collapse” over “Hello Operator” yesterday. Jack White kills
This is dope. Great holiday
market, and go buy this great book
market, and go buy this great book
Happy to announce that I'll be at the Colectivo Holiday Market on Sunday, December 14 selling copies of my book, 'Building the Milwaukee Bucks: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Oscar Robertson and the Rapid Rise of an NBA Franchise, 1968-1975.'
Make it down on your calendar and hope to see you there! #Bucks
Make it down on your calendar and hope to see you there! #Bucks
November 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is dope. Great holiday
market, and go buy this great book
market, and go buy this great book
I’m going to make sure it’s real, but the first 2-3 minutes of the second half is what told me they could use a coaching change.
The ball was POPPING. Like, we did it! Zing-zing, like Pacers last season. Then…it just died.
This team has it in them to play modern NBA ball. They just don’t.
The ball was POPPING. Like, we did it! Zing-zing, like Pacers last season. Then…it just died.
This team has it in them to play modern NBA ball. They just don’t.
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I’m going to make sure it’s real, but the first 2-3 minutes of the second half is what told me they could use a coaching change.
The ball was POPPING. Like, we did it! Zing-zing, like Pacers last season. Then…it just died.
This team has it in them to play modern NBA ball. They just don’t.
The ball was POPPING. Like, we did it! Zing-zing, like Pacers last season. Then…it just died.
This team has it in them to play modern NBA ball. They just don’t.
Doc said Myles struggles to shoot the open shots because there’s more freedom in MKE than he had in Indy…
Um.
Is this why there aren’t AJ pin downs? Or why actions start late? Where the most effective teams have prescriptive systems, the Bucks have “freedom”
Maybe play like the best teams? 🤷♂️
Um.
Is this why there aren’t AJ pin downs? Or why actions start late? Where the most effective teams have prescriptive systems, the Bucks have “freedom”
Maybe play like the best teams? 🤷♂️
November 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Doc said Myles struggles to shoot the open shots because there’s more freedom in MKE than he had in Indy…
Um.
Is this why there aren’t AJ pin downs? Or why actions start late? Where the most effective teams have prescriptive systems, the Bucks have “freedom”
Maybe play like the best teams? 🤷♂️
Um.
Is this why there aren’t AJ pin downs? Or why actions start late? Where the most effective teams have prescriptive systems, the Bucks have “freedom”
Maybe play like the best teams? 🤷♂️
Anybody else’s national broadcast on NBA TV just turn into other NBA programming?
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Anybody else’s national broadcast on NBA TV just turn into other NBA programming?
Grizzlies watchers:
Is Vince Williams Jr a good passer?
I am perplexed. Could easily answer hell yes or no from what little I’ve seen this year
Is Vince Williams Jr a good passer?
I am perplexed. Could easily answer hell yes or no from what little I’ve seen this year
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Grizzlies watchers:
Is Vince Williams Jr a good passer?
I am perplexed. Could easily answer hell yes or no from what little I’ve seen this year
Is Vince Williams Jr a good passer?
I am perplexed. Could easily answer hell yes or no from what little I’ve seen this year
Taking 6 threes won’t win you any NBA game, GA or no GA
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Taking 6 threes won’t win you any NBA game, GA or no GA
Theres no way the offense is executing whatever game plan Doc had going into this one yet
November 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Theres no way the offense is executing whatever game plan Doc had going into this one yet
Reposted by Ben McCormick
FWIW, Luka is taking 1.2 shots per game at the rim. Giannis takes 18. Luka averages more free throws.
There’s something deeply wrong with how the league is officiated (and the lakers bias) when Luka and Reaves lead the league in free throw attempts. 28 more last night. Just absurd.
November 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
FWIW, Luka is taking 1.2 shots per game at the rim. Giannis takes 18. Luka averages more free throws.
This is beyond messed up from the Pacers.
Do they really think their own players don’t notice this? Try getting them to take a discount or a team option year now.
It’s wild how much they’re carrying water when the FO screwed it up offering him 3/66 when he went and got 4/107
Do they really think their own players don’t notice this? Try getting them to take a discount or a team option year now.
It’s wild how much they’re carrying water when the FO screwed it up offering him 3/66 when he went and got 4/107
November 20, 2025 at 3:42 AM
This is beyond messed up from the Pacers.
Do they really think their own players don’t notice this? Try getting them to take a discount or a team option year now.
It’s wild how much they’re carrying water when the FO screwed it up offering him 3/66 when he went and got 4/107
Do they really think their own players don’t notice this? Try getting them to take a discount or a team option year now.
It’s wild how much they’re carrying water when the FO screwed it up offering him 3/66 when he went and got 4/107
This thread rules.
Recent books I haven’t seen mentioned but are spectacular:
THE BARN by Wright Thompson
THEY CAN’T KILL US UNTIL THEY KILL US - Hanif Abdurraqib
THE UNDOING PROJECT - Michael Lewis
Recent books I haven’t seen mentioned but are spectacular:
THE BARN by Wright Thompson
THEY CAN’T KILL US UNTIL THEY KILL US - Hanif Abdurraqib
THE UNDOING PROJECT - Michael Lewis
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
This thread rules.
Recent books I haven’t seen mentioned but are spectacular:
THE BARN by Wright Thompson
THEY CAN’T KILL US UNTIL THEY KILL US - Hanif Abdurraqib
THE UNDOING PROJECT - Michael Lewis
Recent books I haven’t seen mentioned but are spectacular:
THE BARN by Wright Thompson
THEY CAN’T KILL US UNTIL THEY KILL US - Hanif Abdurraqib
THE UNDOING PROJECT - Michael Lewis
Great nugget on this podcast (other than Doc scooping everyone with the GA update)
Today is a blackout day where Bucks players are told to stay home and rest. Ryan Rollins was the first player to try to get into the gym anyway.
open.spotify.com/episode/0ssk...
Today is a blackout day where Bucks players are told to stay home and rest. Ryan Rollins was the first player to try to get into the gym anyway.
open.spotify.com/episode/0ssk...
Courtside with Gale Klappa: Doc Rivers Joins To Talk Giannis’ Injury Update, Ryan Rollins’ Rise, and the Bucks’ Push for the NBA Cup
open.spotify.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Great nugget on this podcast (other than Doc scooping everyone with the GA update)
Today is a blackout day where Bucks players are told to stay home and rest. Ryan Rollins was the first player to try to get into the gym anyway.
open.spotify.com/episode/0ssk...
Today is a blackout day where Bucks players are told to stay home and rest. Ryan Rollins was the first player to try to get into the gym anyway.
open.spotify.com/episode/0ssk...
Eric Nehm: “How do you compete better on [back to backs]?”
Doc: “I don’t know”
😬
Doc: “I don’t know”
😬
November 16, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Eric Nehm: “How do you compete better on [back to backs]?”
Doc: “I don’t know”
😬
Doc: “I don’t know”
😬
Something that sticks in my head about the good and the bad of this Bucks season is Cole Anthony, Bobby, and Kuz are all guys who run hot and cold.
That’s a lot of volatility in a top 8/9 rotation.
That’s a lot of volatility in a top 8/9 rotation.
November 16, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Something that sticks in my head about the good and the bad of this Bucks season is Cole Anthony, Bobby, and Kuz are all guys who run hot and cold.
That’s a lot of volatility in a top 8/9 rotation.
That’s a lot of volatility in a top 8/9 rotation.
Hope Lakers have Lactaid ready with this Dairy Bird run that’s coming
November 16, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Hope Lakers have Lactaid ready with this Dairy Bird run that’s coming
Would love to hear what these Bucks defensive principles are
November 16, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Would love to hear what these Bucks defensive principles are
Just caught up on the Bucks game last night.
—Marques’s Three Mile Island line for MT blindsided me
—Teams rely on the Bucks blowing perimeter switches for paint touches.
—Bucks can’t get enough non-GA paint touches.
—nothing that’s wrong isn’t fixable. Lotta possibilities yet for this team.
—Marques’s Three Mile Island line for MT blindsided me
—Teams rely on the Bucks blowing perimeter switches for paint touches.
—Bucks can’t get enough non-GA paint touches.
—nothing that’s wrong isn’t fixable. Lotta possibilities yet for this team.
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Just caught up on the Bucks game last night.
—Marques’s Three Mile Island line for MT blindsided me
—Teams rely on the Bucks blowing perimeter switches for paint touches.
—Bucks can’t get enough non-GA paint touches.
—nothing that’s wrong isn’t fixable. Lotta possibilities yet for this team.
—Marques’s Three Mile Island line for MT blindsided me
—Teams rely on the Bucks blowing perimeter switches for paint touches.
—Bucks can’t get enough non-GA paint touches.
—nothing that’s wrong isn’t fixable. Lotta possibilities yet for this team.