Harden and Westbrook deep dive, California vs. the World, the West's future powers
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
SI NBA
4.5 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2019
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
On today's show, Ben Golliver and Rob Mahoney dive deep into Rob's Sports Illustrated NBA preview story on the Houston Rockets. How will James Harden and Russell Westbrook actually work together? Are the Rockets as unstable as they appear from the outside? Are they title contenders? Then, Ben and Rob take questions from the Open Floor Globe, assessing Tilman Fertitta's competence, fielding rosters for a "California vs. the rest of the world" showdown, and welcoming the coming galactic battle between Zion Williamson and Giannis Antetokounmpo. They close by discussing the West's best rising powers and taking on a brutal critique of Portland, Oregon, from an Irish tourist.
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| 1:39.6 | What's up OpenFloor Globe? This has been Dolver with The Washington Post. I am joined on the |
| 1:44.4 | other line by Rob Mahoney of Sports Illustrator. Now Rob, this is a very big week for you. |
| 1:49.4 | I know you have a huge magazine story on the Houston Rockets. It's going to be hitting the internet |
| 1:55.2 | on Tuesday, I believe, and hitting newsstands, I would guess, what usually Thursday or Friday |
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