The Right Time with Bomani Jones
Bomani Jones weighs in on sports, pop culture, social topics and more, with your comments on Mondays, friends of the show on Wednesdays and Domonique Foxworth on Fridays.
Episodes
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 ...
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June 30, 2025 • 56 mins
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...
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June 27, 2025 • 66 mins
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 t...
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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 Cl...
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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".
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June 20, 2025 • 43 mins
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...
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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...
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June 16, 2025 • 51 mins
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...
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June 13, 2025 • 53 mins
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 shambl...
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June 11, 2025 • 61 mins
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 ...
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June 9, 2025 • 54 mins
On today's episode of The Right Time, Bomani Jones discusses the Oklahoma City Thunder winning Game 2 of the NBA Finals over the Indiana Pacers. Bo starts off the show by declaring why Tyrese Haliburton shouldn't be considered a superstar yet (1:12) but Shai Gilgeous-Alexander can certainly be the best player on a championship winning team (7:31). Bo also makes the prediction that Chet Holmgren will end up in the Hall of Fame at th...
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June 6, 2025 • 28 mins
On today's episode of The Right Time, Bomani Jones reacts to Game 1 of the NBA Finals and Aaron Rodgers signing with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Bo starts off the show by saying why he's happy he never gave an official prediction for the NBA Finals between the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder (0:33). Bo gives props to Rick Carlisle (4:51) and says why Tyrese Haliburton must take the last shot regardless if he's a 'superstar' o...
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Bomani Jones is joined by Travonne Edwards, host of 'The G.O.T.E.' podcast with Seth Curry, to discuss all things NBA Finals related. The show starts off with Bo saying it's a very convenient time for Travonne to be living in Indiana with the Pacers in the NBA Finals and the Caitlin Clark experience with the Fever (00:39). They move onto the NBA Finals where they debate if Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is a true superstar (8:09), how imp...
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June 2, 2025 • 61 mins
On today's episode of The Right Time, Bomani Jones discusses the New York Knicks offseason and Inside The NBA moving to ESPN. Bo starts off the show by acknowledging that the NBA Finals between the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder is set, but he'll be previewing that during Wednesday's show (2:12). Bo brings up an article from The Athletic written about the Knicks right after their Game 6 Eastern Conference Finals loss (3:4...
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May 30, 2025 • 65 mins
Bomani Jones is joined by Domonique Foxworth for another edition of Foxworth Friday. On today’s episode, the guys start off by chatting about Bo's AI chatbot lying to him (4:34)! They switch gears to discuss someone who most likely has strong thoughts about AI, Aaron Rodgers, and why he's holding the Pittsburgh Steelers hostage by not making a decision which negatively impacts the rest of the team (13:35). After the break, Bo and D...
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On today’s episode of The Right Time, Michael Smith, co-founder of Inflection Point Entertainment, joins Bomani Jones to discuss Around The Horn coming to an end after 23 years. The show starts with a mini discussion on New Orleans and imagining what Bo would've been like if he grew up in NOLA (2:10). Bo talks about Michael's career path and how he achieved so much at an young age (14:18) and why they both felt like Around the Horn...
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May 23, 2025 • 54 mins
On today’s episode of The Right Time, Elle Duncan of ESPN joins Bomani Jones to discuss The New York Knicks' collapse and the ongoing WNBA drama. The show starts with Elle describing the events she witnessed at Madison Square Garden Wednesday night by saying why she won't make fun of Knicks fans (3:14) and that every A-lister was at this game (4:35). Bo explains why he wished the Knicks won the game in overtime (5:53) and loves tha...
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May 21, 2025 • 66 mins
On today’s episode, Jason Goff of The Ringer & Chicago Sports Network joins Bomani Jones to mainly discuss Chicago Bears QB Caleb Williams. The show starts with Bo saying how people get very angry when he criticizes Scottie Pippen, who happens to be Jason's favorite all-time Chicago Bulls player (1:17). They get into Seth Wickersham's new book, American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback, where Caleb Williams' father, Carl, says...
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On today's episode of The Right Time, Bomani Jones reacts to the NBA Conference Finals being set and the newest Caitlin Clark vs Angel Reese tussle. Bo starts off the show by saying this is the most fun outcome we could've gotten for the NBA Conference Finals because we are exiting the dynasty saga era (2:14). Bo continues to explain why we're trending towards a 1 superstar per team phase in the NBA (9:10) and why these remaining f...
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May 16, 2025 • 67 mins
Bomani Jones is joined by The Kid Mero of 7 PM in Brooklyn to discuss the New York Knicks vs Boston Celtics playoff series. Bo and Mero start off the show joking about their bodies failing them once they reached the age of 40 (0:50) and how they can't recover from injuries like they used to (2:13). Bo praises Mero for wearing a Knicks Dominican Republic version of a Karl-Anthony Towns jersey (6:30) and Mero says why KAT and Mitchel...
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