The Right Time with Bomani Jones

On today’s episode, Vinnie Goodwill of Yahoo Sports joins Bomani Jones to recap some NBA offseason headlines. They start off the show by saying how shocking the Damian Lillard news was (0:58) and how it most likely won't help keep Giannis in Milwaukee (2:16). Continuing with the Giannis topic, Bo and Vinnie say why the Bucks would want Amen Thompson from the Rockets in return (15:24). After the break, Bo explains why it would be a mistake for the Lakers to acquire Deandre Ayton (31:45) and if the Denver Nuggets are now back to being the best team in the Western Conference again (41:15)? Bo and Vinnie round out the show by reacting to the Detroit News article on who Malik Beasley owed money to. (45:30) . . . Subscribe to Supercast for Ad-Free Episodes: https://righttime.supercast.com/ Subscribe to The Right Time with Bomani Jones on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts and follow the show on Instagram, Twitter, and Tik Tok for all the best moments from the show. Download Full Podcast Here: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6N7fDvgNz2EPDIOm49aj7M?si=FCb5EzTyTYuIy9-fWs4rQA&nd=1&utm_source=hoobe&utm_medium=social Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-right-time-with-bomani-jones/id982639043?utm_source=hoobe&utm_medium=social Follow The Right Time with Bomani Jones on Social Media: http://lnk.to/therighttime Support the Show: Go to zbiotics.com/BOMANI to learn more and get 15% off your first order when you use BOMANI at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode of The Right Time, Bomani Jones discusses the Ace Bailey saga, LeBron James' future and the Malik Beasley investigation. Bo starts off the show by asking what did Ace Bailey actually want out of all of this (1:28) and whoever was representing him was making terrible decisions (11:57). Bo moves onto LeBron James opting into his $52M deal with the Lakers which makes life difficult for Rich Paul (13:36) and begs the question - is LeBron still severely underpaid (14:28) ? Bo rounds out the basketball discussion by saying Malik Beasley betting on props won't bother the general public (26:20) but why this will continue to ruin the integrity of the sport as long as we can bet from our phones (29:40). And finally, we have another round of If You Haven't Heard stories involving weight loss products, air conditioning in the summer and a dating app based on your search history (35:28). Then Bomani listens to some voicemails about the time a fight broke out during a pickup basketball game. (45:57) If You Haven't Heard Contributors: Emily Stewart, Business Insider, "The rise of Ozempic has Americans chasing dubious muscle-building miracles" https://www.businessinsider.com/americans-obsessed-exercise-shortcuts-lose-weight-easily-fitness-workout-hacks-2025-6 Matt Fuchs, Time, "Can Air Conditioning Make You Sick?" https://time.com/7293248/can-air-conditioning-make-you-sick/ Jason Parham, Wired, "An Experimental New Dating Site Matches Singles Based on Their Browser Histories" https://www.wired.com/story/an-experimental-new-dating-site-matches-singles-based-on-their-browser-histories/ . . . Subscribe to Supercast for Ad-Free Episodes: https://righttime.supercast.com/ Subscribe to The Right Time with Bomani Jones on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts and follow the show on Instagram, Twitter, and Tik Tok for all the best moments from the show. Download Full Podcast Here: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6N7fDvgNz2EPDIOm49aj7M?si=FCb5EzTyTYuIy9-fWs4rQA&nd=1&utm_source=hoobe&utm_medium=social Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-right-time-with-bomani-jones/id982639043?utm_source=hoobe&utm_medium=social Follow The Right Time with Bomani Jones on Social Media: http://lnk.to/therighttime Support the Show: Download the DraftKings Pick Six app NOW and use code BOMANI. Better payouts. Bigger wins. Only with Pick6 from DraftKings. The Crown is yours. Go to zbiotics.com/BOMANI to learn more and get 15% off your first order when you use BOMANI at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode of The Right Time, Bomani Jones is joined by Tom Haberstroh of Yahoo Sports to discuss the 2025 NBA Draft. The show begins with Tom assessing Cooper Flagg as a prospect (1:54) and why he compares to Kevin Garnett (4:02). They move onto criticizing the New Orleans Pelicans trade (15:30), if "Chinese Jokic" could dominate the NBA (23:56) and UNC's struggles with sending impact players to the league (28:05). After the break, Tom shares why Wake Forest actually has the highest hit rate for quality NBA talent (35:45) and why selecting a player whose dad played in the NBA often works out (40:33). Bo and Tom round out the show by ridiculing the younger generation of basketball players for lacking personality (52:54) and if we collectively forgot to hate on Cooper Flagg for going to Duke. (1:01:46) . . . Subscribe to Supercast for Ad-Free Episodes: https://righttime.supercast.com/ Subscribe to The Right Time with Bomani Jones on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts and follow the show on Instagram, Twitter, and Tik Tok for all the best moments from the show. Download Full Podcast Here: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6N7fDvgNz2EPDIOm49aj7M?si=FCb5EzTyTYuIy9-fWs4rQA&nd=1&utm_source=hoobe&utm_medium=social Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-right-time-with-bomani-jones/id982639043?utm_source=hoobe&utm_medium=social Follow The Right Time with Bomani Jones on Social Media: http://lnk.to/therighttime Support the Show: Go to zbiotics.com/BOMANI to learn more and get 15% off your first order when you use BOMANI at checkout. Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/icdnkphp #CashAppPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode of The Right Time, Bomani Jones is joined by Turner Sports' Adam Lefkoe. They discuss Adam's recent stint covering Roland Garros and life in Paris. Later, they break down the bizzare situation with Ace Bailey seemlingly avoiding the Philadelphia 76ers, and how he compares to Shedeur Sanders. After the break, Adam asks Bomani a series of random questions about the Thunder & Eagles future, a potential Caitlin Clark World tour, and what smoking weed with Stephen A. Smith would be like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode of The Right Time, Bomani Jones discusses the Oklahoma City Thunder winning their first NBA Title, defeating the Indiana Pacers in game 7 of the NBA Finals. Later, he breaks down the tragedy of the Tyrese Haliburton achilles injury & the Houston Rockets trading for Kevin Durant. He wraps the show by listening to viewer voicemails about "that time you went up against a former athlete". Subscribe to Supercast for Ad-Free Episodes: https://righttime.supercast.com/ 00:00 - Introduction 01:00 - Thunder win NBA title 20:41 - Haliburtion's terrible injury 36:40 - Durant gets traded 45:30 - Voicemails Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode of The Right Time, Bomani Jones discusses the Indiana Pacers winning game 6 of the NBA finals over the Oklahoma City Thunder. He also breaks down the ramifications of the Los Angeles Lakers selling for $10 billion and why Shedeur Sanders has to have better judgment after being pulled over twice for speeding this past month. 01:10 - Pacers force Game 7 15:11 - Lakers big payday 29:57 Shedeur Sanders gets caught speeding Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode, 3x NBA Champion Bruce Bowen joins Bomani Jones to discuss Game 5 of the NBA Finals and the San Antonio Spurs draft plans. The show starts with Bo and Bruce saying why it's crucial for younger NBA players to save their money to be better off when their career is over (6:10). They move onto the Oklahoma City Thunder's Game 5 NBA Finals win over the Indiana Pacers and why Jalen Williams did something Scottie Pippen could never do (15:46). After the break, Bruce says why the Pacers still have a chance in this series (32:51) and why teams should stay away from acquiring Kevin Durant (41:03). The show wraps up with Bruce weighing in on the San Antonio Spurs having the #2 pick in the NBA Draft and why Dylan Harper would be a no brainer. (47:51) . . . Subscribe to Supercast for Ad-Free Episodes: https://righttime.supercast.com/ Subscribe to The Right Time with Bomani Jones on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts and follow the show on Instagram, Twitter, and Tik Tok for all the best moments from the show. Download Full Podcast Here: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6N7fDvgNz2EPDIOm49aj7M?si=FCb5EzTyTYuIy9-fWs4rQA&nd=1&utm_source=hoobe&utm_medium=social Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-right-time-with-bomani-jones/id982639043?utm_source=hoobe&utm_medium=social Follow The Right Time with Bomani Jones on Social Media: http://lnk.to/therighttime Support the Show: Download the DraftKings Pick Six app NOW and use code BOMANI. Better payouts. Bigger wins. Only with Pick6 from DraftKings. The Crown is yours. Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/icdnkphp #CashAppPod Go to zbiotics.com/BOMANI to learn more and get 15% off your first order when you use BOMANI at checkout. Celebrate the progress you’ve already made. Visit ⁠BetterHelp.com/BOMANI⁠ today to get 10% off your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode of The Right Time, Bomani Jones discusses the Oklahoma City Thunder winning Game 4 of the NBA Finals and Desmond Bane being traded. Bo starts off the show by praising Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's finish to Game 4 (2:35) and why he'd rather see SGA create space for himself than fake a fall (3:26). Bo continues by saying it's the most wide open NBA Finals we've ever seen (10:04) and jokes that Lu Dort would've been in the NFL if he was born in the United States (11:36). Bo weighs in on the Memphis Grizzlies trading Desmond Bane to the Orlando Magic by declaring that it is not a "blockbuster" (15:37) and that this may mean Ja Morant will be moved next (21:48). And finally, we have another round of If You Haven't Heard stories involving Hollywood dying, difficulties of teaching middle schoolers and private equity companies buying everything (28:52). Then Bomani listens to some voicemails about the time your mom showed up to ruin something fun. (41:17) If You Haven't Heard Contributors: Lane Brown, Vulture, "Hollywood Has Left L.A." https://tinyurl.com/53vw4ta7 Doree Shafrir, Slate, "I Teach Middle Schoolers. I’m Seeing Something in the Kids That’s Getting Worse Every Year." https://slate.com/advice/2025/06/work-advice-middle-school-teacher-frustrated-with-kids-today.html Issie Lapowsky, Vanity Fair, "How Private-Equity Billionaires Killed the American Dream" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/megan-greenwell-bad-company-interview . . . Subscribe to Supercast for Ad-Free Episodes: https://righttime.supercast.com/ Subscribe to The Right Time with Bomani Jones on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts and follow the show on Instagram, Twitter, and Tik Tok for all the best moments from the show. Download Full Podcast Here: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6N7fDvgNz2EPDIOm49aj7M?si=FCb5EzTyTYuIy9-fWs4rQA&nd=1&utm_source=hoobe&utm_medium=social Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-right-time-with-bomani-jones/id982639043?utm_source=hoobe&utm_medium=social Follow The Right Time with Bomani Jones on Social Media: http://lnk.to/therighttime Support the Show: Download the DraftKings Pick Six app NOW and use code BOMANI. Better payouts. Bigger wins. Only with Pick6 from DraftKings. The Crown is yours. Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/icdnkphp #CashAppPod Go to zbiotics.com/BOMANI to learn more and get 15% off your first order when you use BOMANI at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode, ESPN & MSG basketball analyst Monica McNutt joins Bomani Jones to discuss Game 3 of the NBA Finals and the New York Knicks search for a head coach. The show starts with Bo and Monica agreeing that while the Pacers may not be better than the Thunder, they can certainly win the NBA title now that they're up 2-1 (1:51). They continue to praise the Pacers by saying how they're putting the great OKC defense in shambles (5:50) and when the stakes are high they never look scared in the moment (11:54). After the break, Bo and Monica agree it was time to move on from Tom Thibodeau as coach of the Knicks and why he got everything he could out of their current roster (31:00). Bo still predicts Jason Kidd will end up as head coach (32:03) and Monica believes the team needs to explore the availability of Kevin Durant (40:21). They round out the show by saying that the organization is left in a great spot but there is now pressure to win in New York. (51:05) . . . Subscribe to Supercast for Ad-Free Episodes: https://righttime.supercast.com/ Subscribe to The Right Time with Bomani Jones on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts and follow the show on Instagram, Twitter, and Tik Tok for all the best moments from the show. Download Full Podcast Here: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6N7fDvgNz2EPDIOm49aj7M?si=FCb5EzTyTYuIy9-fWs4rQA&nd=1&utm_source=hoobe&utm_medium=social Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-right-time-with-bomani-jones/id982639043?utm_source=hoobe&utm_medium=social Follow The Right Time with Bomani Jones on Social Media: http://lnk.to/therighttime Support the Show: Discover faster, more reliable search with Perplexity today. Download the app or ask Perplexity anything at perplexity.com! https://pplx.ai/bomani-jones Download the DraftKings Pick Six app NOW and use code BOMANI. Better payouts. Bigger wins. Only with Pick6 from DraftKings. The Crown is yours. Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/icdnkphp #CashAppPod Go to zbiotics.com/BOMANI to learn more and get 15% off your first order when you use BOMANI at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode, Tyler "DragonflyJonez" of the Jenkins & Jonez Podcast joins Bomani Jones to discuss 'cool' NBA players and Jason Kidd potentially heading to New York. The show begins with the duo saying there is a 'death of cool' in the NBA right now (2:00) and why the 90's had players that would become your favorite even if they weren't superstars (17:34). After the break, Bo and Tyler agree it was time for the Knicks to move on from Tom Thibodeau (30:44) and that bringing in Jason Kidd would be a smart addition (40:12). They round out the show by saying how disappointing Lil Wayne's Tha Carter VI album is (46:01) but he still has the best 5 year run out of any rapper ever. (49:34) . . . Subscribe to Supercast for Ad-Free Episodes: https://righttime.supercast.com/ Subscribe to The Right Time with Bomani Jones on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts and follow the show on Instagram, Twitter, and Tik Tok for all the best moments from the show. Download Full Podcast Here: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6N7fDvgNz2EPDIOm49aj7M?si=FCb5EzTyTYuIy9-fWs4rQA&nd=1&utm_source=hoobe&utm_medium=social Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-right-time-with-bomani-jones/id982639043?utm_source=hoobe&utm_medium=social Follow The Right Time with Bomani Jones on Social Media: http://lnk.to/therighttime Support the Show: Discover faster, more reliable search with Perplexity today. Download the app or ask Perplexity anything at perplexity.com! https://pplx.ai/bomani-jones Download the DraftKings Pick Six app NOW and use code BOMANI. Better payouts. Bigger wins. Only with Pick6 from DraftKings. The Crown is yours. Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/icdnkphp #CashAppPod Go to zbiotics.com/BOMANI to learn more and get 15% off your first order when you use BOMANI at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices