Ben McCormick
@caseofthebens.bsky.social
2x Muskego tee-ball sportsmanship award winner. Writer. Just here for the zipline.
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
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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.
I think we need to use the soccer term “out of favor” way more when talking about guys glued to the bench in other sports.
Andre Jackson Jr isn’t benched, he’s out of favor
Andre Jackson Jr isn’t benched, he’s out of favor
November 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I think we need to use the soccer term “out of favor” way more when talking about guys glued to the bench in other sports.
Andre Jackson Jr isn’t benched, he’s out of favor
Andre Jackson Jr isn’t benched, he’s out of favor
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loading up “oh you mean epsteins best friend?” into the family holiday argument arsenal like im van helsing equipping a wooden stake
November 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
loading up “oh you mean epsteins best friend?” into the family holiday argument arsenal like im van helsing equipping a wooden stake
I’m surprised the Bucks could get so much more athletic and younger but still feel so old and unathletic against these teams
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I’m surprised the Bucks could get so much more athletic and younger but still feel so old and unathletic against these teams
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Today on ye olde Milwaukee Record: The Mothership, 2005 Riverwest plane crash, AmFam parking lots, Ladybird, great profile on great local DJ AKStan from great new writer Lily Mihelich. Fun!
Whether at a Bucks game or the Art Museum, DJ AKStan is a house connoisseur
“Part of what I’m trying to do is push the boundary to where people are having fun, but they’re also being introduced to new music.”
milwaukeerecord.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Today on ye olde Milwaukee Record: The Mothership, 2005 Riverwest plane crash, AmFam parking lots, Ladybird, great profile on great local DJ AKStan from great new writer Lily Mihelich. Fun!
Cannot normalize that a whole political party (even parties in some senses) are covering for a president who knowingly engaged in Epstein’s sex trafficking.
Remember: one of Trump’s favorite plays is keeping something in the news long enough it normalizes.
Remember: one of Trump’s favorite plays is keeping something in the news long enough it normalizes.
Emails from Jeffrey Epstein released by Democrats say President Trump "knew about the girls" and spent time with a victim.
Epstein emails released by Democrats say Trump 'knew about the girls' and spent time with a victim
Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2011 email Donald Trump had “spent hours” at Epstein’s house with a victim of sex trafficking and said in a separate message years later Trump “knew about the girls."
bit.ly
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Cannot normalize that a whole political party (even parties in some senses) are covering for a president who knowingly engaged in Epstein’s sex trafficking.
Remember: one of Trump’s favorite plays is keeping something in the news long enough it normalizes.
Remember: one of Trump’s favorite plays is keeping something in the news long enough it normalizes.
Gander rise up
this has to be the single greatest image in the history of sports
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Gander rise up
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This Saturday afternoon, I'll be at Lion's Tooth in Bay View at 4 p.m. talking about my book, Building the Milwaukee Bucks. Stop by for a fun discussion about the Bucks' origins and much more! Hope to see you there. #Bucks
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This Saturday afternoon, I'll be at Lion's Tooth in Bay View at 4 p.m. talking about my book, Building the Milwaukee Bucks. Stop by for a fun discussion about the Bucks' origins and much more! Hope to see you there. #Bucks