The Knicks Have No Excuses, Celtics Collapse & Nuggets Window Closes | 05.04

The Right Time with Bomani Jones

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4.8 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Bomani Jones reacts to a wild NBA playoff weekend as the Celtics’ season ends, the Nuggets’ championship window gets a lot more complicated, and the New York Knicks suddenly have no excuse not to win the East. Bo breaks down why Boston may no longer be the same team that won the title, what Jason Tatum’s injury means for the Celtics going forward, and why the margins have gotten so tight for recent NBA champions. Then, he looks at Nikola Jokic, the Nuggets’ playoff exit, and why the backlash to Denver says as much about NBA discourse as it does about Jokic himself. Plus, Bomani explains why the Knicks should now be viewed as the favorite in the East, why Madison Square Garden is facing its biggest basketball pressure in decades, and why New York fans are right to expect this team to get it done. He also discusses his viral clip discussing The Wire vs. The Sopranos, the return of Verzuz and takes more of your voicemails! 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.
0:13.5	My name is Beaumani Jones.
0:14.9	Thanks for listening wherever you get your podcast.
0:16.5	Thanks for watching us on YouTube.
0:18.4	Subscribe, like, rate us, review us, give us five stars.
0:21.5	You only give us four stars.
0:22.9	I'm inclined to believe you are a hater.
0:25.9	We're going to talk about who going to win or who better win the East in a few minutes.
0:30.7	But first, we're going to talk about who did not win the East.
0:34.5	I know, again, Ryan, this feels like we societyally are like just being negative
0:39.4	as a culture by immediately going there. But the Celtics, what a way to go out. Right.
0:46.7	I can't even go as far as I want because this is an EPMD lie. My brother would say all the time.
0:51.7	What a way to go out, out like a sucker.
0:54.5	And I don't think that they went out like suckers, right?
0:58.6	That is not fair.
1:00.4	They did go out with a starting lineup that had Rod Harper Jr., Baylor, what's his name?
1:09.5	Shireman.
1:10.4	And did he start Luca Garza?
1:13.0	Luca Garza started.
1:14.2	No, Luca Garza, who is a very, wow, he's in the league.
1:20.5	You know what I mean?
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