Daryl Morey's China crisis, AD's stellar debut, 2020 NBA style of play
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
SI NBA
4.5 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2019
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
On today's show, Ben Golliver offers an Open Floor "State of the Union" address in light of Sports Illustrated's recent staffing changes. Ben is then joined by his new co-host, Rob Mahoney of Sports Illustrated, to discuss Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey's tweet about Hong Kong and the ensuing fallout in China. Should Morey have been fired? Could the NBA have handled its response differently? Are US politicians correct when they accuse the NBA of hypocrisy? From there, Ben and Rob discuss: Anthony Davis's stellar debut, how Davis compares with Giannis Antetokounmpo, and whether the NBA will see major changes in its style of play now that Kevin Durant hast left the Warriors. They close by analyzing Deandre Ayton's summer priorities and Michael Porter Jr.'s Rookie of the Year chances.
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| 1:36.9 | What's up, OpenFloricLow. This has been golver. It's time for a state of union address, |
| 1:41.1 | so please bear with me. By now, you have probably heard that sports illustrator went through staffing |
| 1:45.6 | changes last week that affected Andrew Sharp. It's not my place to get into those details, |
| 1:50.0 | obviously, but I have spoken to Andrew and he sounded to me like he was in good spirits. |
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| 1:59.6 | messages. When it comes to NBA podcast hosting, Andrew is quote unquote, out indefinitely. |
| 2:05.6 | Now I know that's a frustrating and vague term, but it's the truth. Look, no surgery is required, |
| 2:10.8 | but we all know that it could take some time for Andrew to work out what his next move will be. |
| 2:15.2 | Here's the headline from this entire speech, okay? Andrew is a brother to me, and I am hopeful |
| 2:20.3 | that we will be able to co-host an NBA podcast together soon. Once he's ready, I'm ready. I have |
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