Clippers Sink Deeper While the Lakers Take Off (w/ Rachel Nichols)
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
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4.5 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Chris Mannix and Rachel Nichols discuss what desperate moves the Clippers might make as their season slips away further, if the Lakers will add another center to pair with their thriving big 3, if the Hawks will remain patient and stick with Trae Young through this season, and what has gone wrong with the average Cavaliers this season
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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! |
| 0:22.1 | All right, Rachel, this is, of course, a basketball podcast. |
| 0:26.4 | I've heard that. |
| 0:27.4 | But I got to at least touch on at the top, the biggest story at sports right now. |
| 0:33.6 | And that is Lane Kiffin's exit from Old Miss to LSU. |
| 0:39.4 | I cannot get enough of this story. |
| 0:41.4 | I was texting my NBA editor over the weekend. |
| 0:44.8 | Yes. |
| 0:45.1 | And I just said to her, I'm like, inject this story into my veins. |
| 0:48.5 | I can't read enough about Lane Kiffin and his will he or won't he go to LSU. |
| 0:55.3 | Like he is one of the great villains in our time. |
| 0:59.0 | I mean, he's sort of playing it masterfully. |
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