About this episode

Bomani Jones and Bruce Bowen discuss Victor Wembanyama's playoff challenges, the performance of young teams, and the debate over the Knicks' best player.

Bomani Jones is joined by Bruce Bowen to talk through Victor Wembanyama’s playoff growing pains, why OKC is even better than people realize, and what young teams have to learn the hard way in the postseason. They also get into Karl-Anthony Towns’ huge Knicks run, whether KAT has actually been New York’s best player this postseason, and Bruce’s very direct thoughts on James Harden’s effort, accountability, and what stars owe the rest of the locker room. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Bomani Jones

Guest: Bruce Bowen

Topics covered

• playoffs
• NBA
• young teams
• player performance
• accountability

Keywords

• Wembanyama
• playoffs
• Knicks
• James Harden
• Karl-Anthony Towns

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OKC

Places: New York

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