Adam Silver Addresses Kawhi Scandal & Sixers or Celtics? (w/ Rachel Nichols)

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🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Chris Mannix and Rachel Nichols debate if we're underrating or overrating the Sixers and Celtics going into this season before getting into Adam Silver addressing the Kawhi Leonard scandal publicly, if the league will want to take on Steve Ballmer, and Silver's rough comments on the rising costs of watching an NBA game at home and in person

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0:00.0	Now playing.
0:01.5	Open floor.
0:03.1	This is Open Floor.
0:05.3	Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix back at it.
0:07.7	An NBA podcast with Sports Illustrated senior writer.
0:11.5	I think it's time that the world get to know.
0:14.1	My guy Chris Manix.
0:15.4	I think your opinion is shared by everyone.
0:17.2	And now it begins.
0:18.3	Now it begins.
0:19.6	Bang!
0:25.2	This is the Open open floor NBA podcast.
0:29.6	We talk about the league and all the big stories going on in it.
0:32.7	I am in Las Vegas this week.
0:34.1	No NBA out here. Of course, I'm here for the Canelo Alvarez, Terrence Crawford showdown that's happening Saturday,
0:41.0	live on Netflix, big boxing event here in Las Vegas.
0:44.8	So coming to you from my luxurious hotel room here at the Fontaine Blue.
0:50.2	It looks nice.
0:51.4	It is nice.
0:52.2	It is nice.
0:52.7	I like the Font of blue down here.
0:54.3	That voice, of course, is Rachel Nichols.
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