Ben Couch
@viewfromcouch.bsky.social
Digital Content Production @nba ✡️
Formerly: TNT Sports 🏀, MLS ⚽️, Knicks/Liberty/Nets 🏀. Went from the minors to the ⚾️ Hall in 3 seasons.
Formerly: TNT Sports 🏀, MLS ⚽️, Knicks/Liberty/Nets 🏀. Went from the minors to the ⚾️ Hall in 3 seasons.
We've got 50 years between us, but watching Lenny Wilkens coach provided an early realization that a kid from Brooklyn could live an NBA life.
His story only became more remarkable as my knowledge of it deepened. A real one whose greatest gift was sharing every last one of his.
His story only became more remarkable as my knowledge of it deepened. A real one whose greatest gift was sharing every last one of his.
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
We've got 50 years between us, but watching Lenny Wilkens coach provided an early realization that a kid from Brooklyn could live an NBA life.
His story only became more remarkable as my knowledge of it deepened. A real one whose greatest gift was sharing every last one of his.
His story only became more remarkable as my knowledge of it deepened. A real one whose greatest gift was sharing every last one of his.
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The 2025-26 NBA.com GM Survey: www.nba.com/news/2025-26...
2025-26 NBA GM Survey: 49 questions ahead of new season
The annual survey is here. NBA general managers react to key topics before the 2025-26 season tips off.
www.nba.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The 2025-26 NBA.com GM Survey: www.nba.com/news/2025-26...
After 7 seasons, a dream run with @tntsportsus.bsky.social ends September 30. Overseeing the gamenight newsdesk for NBA Digital was everything I'd hoped it could be, from that 1st season & Toronto seemingly(!) ending the Warriors dynasty on through OKC starting what could be the next one.
September 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
After 7 seasons, a dream run with @tntsportsus.bsky.social ends September 30. Overseeing the gamenight newsdesk for NBA Digital was everything I'd hoped it could be, from that 1st season & Toronto seemingly(!) ending the Warriors dynasty on through OKC starting what could be the next one.
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Great Hornets piece by Tom, and this is where he really starts cookin'
July 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Great Hornets piece by Tom, and this is where he really starts cookin'
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I got interviewed about “Basketball, She Wrote” — as both a business & community
On why I chose Patreon, how paywalls can be protective, advice for women navigating sports media, & more:
“It was never that I didn’t belong, I just didn’t have anyone to belong with”
hugefan.club/p/how-caitli...
On why I chose Patreon, how paywalls can be protective, advice for women navigating sports media, & more:
“It was never that I didn’t belong, I just didn’t have anyone to belong with”
hugefan.club/p/how-caitli...
How Caitlin Cooper built a business and a community on Patreon
“It was never that I didn’t belong, I just didn’t have anyone to belong with.”
hugefan.club
July 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I got interviewed about “Basketball, She Wrote” — as both a business & community
On why I chose Patreon, how paywalls can be protective, advice for women navigating sports media, & more:
“It was never that I didn’t belong, I just didn’t have anyone to belong with”
hugefan.club/p/how-caitli...
On why I chose Patreon, how paywalls can be protective, advice for women navigating sports media, & more:
“It was never that I didn’t belong, I just didn’t have anyone to belong with”
hugefan.club/p/how-caitli...
You don’t often get the chance to meet the moment with a game story. James did here — and delivered.
Put it in the Louvre. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Put it in the Louvre. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This one was for all the people who missed birthday parties to watch Ron Baker and Lou Amundson. For those who had no choice but to believe in Cleanthony Early and still left MSG early.
The New York Knicks — excuse me — your New York Knicks are back:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/636...
The New York Knicks — excuse me — your New York Knicks are back:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/636...
The New York Knicks, after 25 long, humbling and frustrating seasons, are back
www.nytimes.com
May 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
You don’t often get the chance to meet the moment with a game story. James did here — and delivered.
Put it in the Louvre. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Put it in the Louvre. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The Lottery is locked, the Mavs are somehow holding the No. 1 pick and the
#NBADraft question is ...
Where is everyone not named Cooper Flagg expected to go?
Good thing the Consensus Mock has arrived!
www.nba.com/news/2025-co...
#NBADraft question is ...
Where is everyone not named Cooper Flagg expected to go?
Good thing the Consensus Mock has arrived!
www.nba.com/news/2025-co...
Consensus Mock Draft: Where we stand after 2025 NBA Lottery
All the speculation ends when the 1st round of the 2025 NBA Draft presented by State Farm begins on June 25.
www.nba.com
May 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The Lottery is locked, the Mavs are somehow holding the No. 1 pick and the
#NBADraft question is ...
Where is everyone not named Cooper Flagg expected to go?
Good thing the Consensus Mock has arrived!
www.nba.com/news/2025-co...
#NBADraft question is ...
Where is everyone not named Cooper Flagg expected to go?
Good thing the Consensus Mock has arrived!
www.nba.com/news/2025-co...
LOL absolutely dying at the East being headed directly toward Knicks-Pacers.
The basketball gods listen, and the basketball gods said Aight bet.
#yallwantedthe90s
The basketball gods listen, and the basketball gods said Aight bet.
#yallwantedthe90s
May 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
LOL absolutely dying at the East being headed directly toward Knicks-Pacers.
The basketball gods listen, and the basketball gods said Aight bet.
#yallwantedthe90s
The basketball gods listen, and the basketball gods said Aight bet.
#yallwantedthe90s
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I was just on NPR Member Station KCRW's "Press Play" where I fact check the Trump HHS Review targeting transgender healthcare.
Listen to me speak here:
www.kcrw.com/news/shows/p...
Listen to me speak here:
www.kcrw.com/news/shows/p...
Politics of gender-affirming care, Russia’s pursuit of Ukrainian territories
A new report from Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services tries to discredit gender-affirming care, contradicting leading medical experts who say it can save lives.
www.kcrw.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I was just on NPR Member Station KCRW's "Press Play" where I fact check the Trump HHS Review targeting transgender healthcare.
Listen to me speak here:
www.kcrw.com/news/shows/p...
Listen to me speak here:
www.kcrw.com/news/shows/p...
As good as instant analysis gets
my thoughts on the grizzlies firing taylor jenkins
March 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
As good as instant analysis gets
The ultimate offense. 🫢
Clearly, he microwaved fish in the clubhouse. Fair call by management, tbh.
March 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The ultimate offense. 🫢
Make it make sense
The Grizzlies have announced they and head coach Taylor Jenkins will "part ways." A shocking move so late in the season from a legit playoff team.
March 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Make it make sense
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Tim's book on Doncic, titled The Wonder Boy, drops tomorrow. I've read it, and it's fantastic—kind of becomes completely clear how something like the deal with the Lakers could've happened. He was incredibly plugged into it all. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/tim-m...
The Wonder Boy
ESPN’s Tim MacMahon goes behind the scenes of Luka Dončić’s years with the Dallas Mavericks—before his trade to the Lakers stunned the basketball wor...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Tim's book on Doncic, titled The Wonder Boy, drops tomorrow. I've read it, and it's fantastic—kind of becomes completely clear how something like the deal with the Lakers could've happened. He was incredibly plugged into it all. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/tim-m...
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Most of the Pistons' phenomenal turnaround has taken place away from the eyes of the national audience, but they're on ESPN tonight. If you haven't already, you should check them out. They rule: yhoo.it/4huJy5z
5 reasons why the 'boring' Detroit Pistons are worthy of your attention (and Shaq's too)
Here are five things worth knowing about the 2024-25 Detroit Pistons, who’ve been one of the best stories in the NBA all season long.
yhoo.it
March 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Most of the Pistons' phenomenal turnaround has taken place away from the eyes of the national audience, but they're on ESPN tonight. If you haven't already, you should check them out. They rule: yhoo.it/4huJy5z
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Armchair Analyst: Lucho, Evander & a new MLS frontier as the intra-league transfer market heats up.
And from where I sit, it really does look like FC Cincinnati are the big winners here.
www.mlssoccer.com/news/lucho-a...
And from where I sit, it really does look like FC Cincinnati are the big winners here.
www.mlssoccer.com/news/lucho-a...
February 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Armchair Analyst: Lucho, Evander & a new MLS frontier as the intra-league transfer market heats up.
And from where I sit, it really does look like FC Cincinnati are the big winners here.
www.mlssoccer.com/news/lucho-a...
And from where I sit, it really does look like FC Cincinnati are the big winners here.
www.mlssoccer.com/news/lucho-a...
I just tried to jog -- JOG -- a mile coming off a cold and I have never felt more 40.
LeBron is a wizard.
LeBron is a wizard.
February 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I just tried to jog -- JOG -- a mile coming off a cold and I have never felt more 40.
LeBron is a wizard.
LeBron is a wizard.
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If you're a woman/NB with experience in media who has been thinking about launching a newsletter or wants to contribute to online media, I'd love to chat with you about a project some of us have been talking about.
Shoot me a DM!
Shoot me a DM!
January 31, 2025 at 8:57 PM
If you're a woman/NB with experience in media who has been thinking about launching a newsletter or wants to contribute to online media, I'd love to chat with you about a project some of us have been talking about.
Shoot me a DM!
Shoot me a DM!
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Serious question: can the president just spend all his time in office suing people and then use the litigation as a "legal" way of accepting bribes via "settlements"?
January 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Serious question: can the president just spend all his time in office suing people and then use the litigation as a "legal" way of accepting bribes via "settlements"?
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Obligatory reminder: Fan vote accounts for 50% of the total, with the balance coming from players (25%) and media (25%).
Reserves will be chosen by the coaches.
Reserves will be chosen by the coaches.
NBA releases third fan voting returns for All-Star starters. Vote closes Monday.
January 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Obligatory reminder: Fan vote accounts for 50% of the total, with the balance coming from players (25%) and media (25%).
Reserves will be chosen by the coaches.
Reserves will be chosen by the coaches.
Mannnnn the more I think about it - and this is just my speculating - but everyone seems to be locked on Jimmy for Beal, when Jimmy for Book is right there.
January 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Mannnnn the more I think about it - and this is just my speculating - but everyone seems to be locked on Jimmy for Beal, when Jimmy for Book is right there.
January 2, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Rest in Peace to my childhood hero Rickey Henderson who I had the pleasure of covering with the Angels and getting to know in recent years in Oakland. The greatest player of all-time pound for pound was just as great as a person. Huge loss for Oakland, baseball and the world. RIP
December 21, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Rest in Peace to my childhood hero Rickey Henderson who I had the pleasure of covering with the Angels and getting to know in recent years in Oakland. The greatest player of all-time pound for pound was just as great as a person. Huge loss for Oakland, baseball and the world. RIP
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One of the more troubling considerations from media analysis…
It's already starting.
December 8, 2024 at 1:15 PM
One of the more troubling considerations from media analysis…