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The Right Time with Bomani Jones

Danny Parkins on Lakers losing to Rockets, Harden Playoff Struggles & Celtics' Red Flags | 04.30

The Right Time with Bomani Jones

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Music, Sports, News

4.812.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Bomani Jones and Danny Parkins break down a chaotic first round, starting with the Lakers struggling to close out Houston and the moment everyone’s talking about: Reed Sheppard picking LeBron James clean in crunch time. Is this series slipping away… and are we watching a real regression from L.A.? Plus, Parkins makes the case for something wild: trusting James Harden and the Cavaliers in the East. Is Harden actually underrated in the playoffs—or are we setting ourselves up for the same ending? They also dive into: Why the Eastern Conference feels wide open (and kinda shaky) Whether the Knicks, Celtics, or Cavs can actually be trusted The Thunder’s looming dynasty potential 👀 Why modern NBA playoffs feel more unpredictable than ever And to close it out, Parkins shares details on his “Cubs for a Cure” fundraiser supporting brain cancer research. You can donate HERE https://www.mlb.com/cubs/tickets/specials/cubsforacure 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.

0:13.2

My name is Beaumani Jones.

0:14.6

Thanks for listening wherever you get your podcast.

0:16.3

Thanks for watching us on YouTube.

0:18.1

Subscribe, like, rate us, review us, Give us five stars. You only give us four

0:22.0

stars. I'm inclined to believe you are a hater. We got Danny Parkins in on Thursday. What's going

0:27.8

all, man? Good morning, Bo. God, these NBA playoffs are a marathon, my man. It's a marathon.

0:34.7

We really just got to get through like the next two and a half weeks or so.

0:40.0

Yeah. Right. That's a long time. But that's the key. Like once we can, once we can start getting some teams out of here in the second round. Like we've gotten some help already, right? Oklahoma City. Did they part? Make quick work. San Antonio did they part. The Lakers had their

0:56.4

opportunity to do their part last night because it's worse with them because Dave Gaines

1:01.1

could be way far west. You know what I'm saying? But they didn't do it. They had nothing for us.

1:06.8

We're just raising the question. I talked about this to be a goodwill on Wednesday show.

1:11.7

They really did play over their heads in those first three games, right?

1:16.4

The question is whether or not we are witnessing a regression to the mean in this case,

1:22.1

because they got Austin Reeves back, and I don't know if that hurt or helped.

1:25.9

Yeah, I think Austin Reeves, like, clearly was knocking off some rust and had some fatigue.

1:31.5

Like a lot of his shots were coming up short, you know, obviously very different players.

1:35.7

We kind of, we saw with Joel Embed, like Mbid came back and game one was not good.

1:40.4

And then game two, he was dominant.

1:42.1

So I think the Lakersakers that might be like their biggest

1:44.3

sign for optimism is that in theory austin reeves should have fresher legs than the rest of the

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