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Open floor.

This is Open Floor.

Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix back at it.

An NBA podcast with Sports Illustrated senior writer.

I think it's time that the world get to know.

My guy Chris Manix.

I think your opinion is shared by everyone.

And now it begins.

Now it begins.

Bang!

All right.

We are back and back at full strength.

I am back from the, I'm back from the shortest paternity leave.

I can think of Rachel Nichols.

I was only gone for about a week. I appreciate you and Evan Turner taking the reins of the show last week. Excellent job, as usual.

But I am back, and I am a proud father as we record this. The learning has begun. The father of

learning has begun. So you were so blessed. Evan and I talked about this, the first pod you missed. I was going to say, so you were so blaz.

Evan and I talked about this, the first pod you missed. I said, I've never seen, because he's a parent also, I've never seen someone more blazze going into the birth of their child. I was like, Chris, your whole life's going to change. Things are going to be different. Oh, my God, are you ready? You're having a son. and you were just like, yeah, it'll be fine, whatever.

And you're like, my wife's amazing.

She's got amazing family.

They'll take fine, whatever. And you're like,

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