Bruce Bowen on Rockets Quitting vs. Lakers, Victor Wembanyama’s concussion, Portland's Cheap Owner | 04.22

The Right Time with Bomani Jones

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🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Bomani Jones is joined by Bruce Bowen to talk NBA playoffs, from the Spurs' chances at a title run after Victor Wembanyama’s concussion to whether the Houston Rockets just embarrassed themselves against LeBron and the Lakers. They also hit Anthony Edwards’ rise as a leader, Rudy Gobert’s redemption, and why CJ McCollum is suddenly playing Madison Square Garden villain against Jalen Brunson.Bomani and Bruce get into: How Wemby has already changed what’s possible on defense, why the paint disappears when he’s on the floor, and how that compares to Tim Duncan never winning DPOY. The Spurs–Blazers series, Wembanyama’s concussion, and what young teams actually learn in playoff collapses. The cheap new vibes in Portland under owner Tom Dundon — from coaching salaries to cutting back on arena T‑shirts. Why the Rockets’ Game 2 performance vs. the Lakers was so disappointing, what accountability really looks like, and how LeBron is still manipulating games at his age. Anthony Edwards’ force-of-personality leadership, how he lifts guys like Rudy Gobert, and what it means for Denver’s title defense. CJ McCollum hunting Jalen Brunson, embracing being “that guy” in the Garden, and what separates elite playoff scorers from everyone else. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Wave.
0:09.2	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the right time, a wave original.
0:13.4	My name is Beaumonti Jones.
0:14.6	Thanks for listening wherever you get your podcast.
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0:18.1	Subscribe, like, rate us, review us, give us five stars. You only give us
0:21.9	four stars. I'm inclined to believe you are a hater. It is that time of week where we have
0:27.1	a guest join us coming to us live from San Antonio. You know the next line? It's just like
0:33.8	Compton. Bruce Bowen, what's going on?
0:56.6	All as well. What's going on with you, Bomani? Hey, man, I feel like we do it a little better over here than you folks to do it in San Antonio right now. Like, y'all are a little nervous after. Look, I was just telling her ride before the show. There's only two ways for that dude to get a concussion in an NBA game.
1:00.5	And that's to hit his head on the basket or what happened right there.
1:03.8	Otherwise, like, how does he ever get hit in the head?
1:05.8	And he wound up hitting chin first.
1:10.6	Victor Wimba-Jama, chin first on the floor and was night night.
1:18.1	It was, it was a, obviously, it's a scary situation because he didn't have his hands to brace his fall.
1:19.5	By the time he was already heading downward, it was, it was face first.
1:23.8	And these are some of the situations that take place in the game that people don't realize,
1:29.2	like, just in a pulling of the chair, losing your balance, it's a variety of things that can
1:35.9	happen. We were just happy that, okay, that was the least of it. I remember the last time I saw
1:41.5	someone hit their chin. Well, it was more or less their mouth.
1:46.2	And all you saw was a spray of chicklets. Yeah. And that's what I was hoping I didn't see him
1:51.9	doing like, oh, there's my tooth over there. There's another particle over there. Yeah, like that
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