The Knicks Are Headed to the Finals! | Real Ones

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🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Logan Murdock, Raja Bell, and Howard Beck are back with another edition of Real Ones, and they jump right into the New York Knicks making the Finals for the first time in 27 years! What are their chances of winning the Finals, considering they’re getting even more time to rest while San Antonio and OKC battle it out for the Western Conference? What’s next for the Cavaliers after getting swept by the Knicks? Should they re-sign James Harden following his abysmal conference finals? Do they need a complete overhaul? Plus, a Game 5 Western Conference Finals preview and the mailbag! Intro - (00:00) Knicks advance to the NBA Finals - (02:00) What’s next for the Cavaliers? - (21:32) Game 5 WCF preview - (52:35) Mailbag - (55:00) https://www.theringer.com/2026/05/26/nba/thunder-spurs-dynasty-nba-offseason-trade-rumors-victor-wembanyama Hit the mailbag: realonesmailbag@gmail.com Hosts: Logan Murdock, Raja Bell, and Howard Beck Producers: Victoria Valencia, Clifford Augustin, and Jeff Shearin Production Supervision: Ben Cruz and Conor Nevins Additional Production Support: John Richter and Chris Wohlers The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit https://fanduel.com/playwithaplan to learn more about the resources and helplines Order and it will come. Like today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's popping? Real ones. Welcome Murdoch here. Howard Beck and Roger Bell in a minute.
0:09.8	The Knicks are going to the NBA finals. I know you've heard that. I can smell the chopped cheese from 3,000 miles away. It's popping in New York. I already know it's 75 degrees.
0:20.0	It's spring. It's a vibe. And it's going to be a
0:24.5	vibe for the next week and a half in New York. So we just try to summon that energy on this
0:29.1	real one's pod of the excitement that's going on in New York with the NBA finals there.
0:34.8	Then we talk about the disappointment in Cleveland. Do you even run the Cavs team back as currently constructed?
0:40.0	I don't know.
0:40.6	I really don't know.
0:41.4	I think they've reached the ceiling.
0:42.5	But we'll get into all of that.
0:43.9	Then we get a quick update on the San Antonio, Oklahoma City series.
0:50.4	Then we have a really fun mailbag, man.
0:51.9	Really, really fun episode.
0:53.8	Shout out to my New Yorkers. Shout out to Big Baller Ben. Shout out to Spike. Shout out to all the hummies. Yeah, man. Real ones. Up next. The Ringer NBA show is brought to you by Fandul. The conference finals are here. Think you know how it'll go down? Take your shot with Fandul and get closer to the action.
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1:49.0	Real ones.
1:49.8	Logan Murdoch here, Howard Beck there.
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