LeBron Leaves the Lakers & Ja Morant Traded (w/ Evan Turner)
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
SI NBA
4.5 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Chris Mannix and Evan Turner break down LeBron James' decision to leave the Los Angeles Lakers and speculate on whether he'll take less money to sign with a team like the Warriors. They also discuss what the Blazers might do with their crowded roster after trading for Ja Morant and where Jalen Duren might land after contract talks with the Pistons fell apart.
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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. |
| 0:17.1 | And now it begins. |
| 0:18.3 | Now it begins. |
| 0:19.6 | Bang! |
| 0:29.3 | This is the Open Floor NBA podcast where we talk about the league and all the big stories going on in it. |
| 0:31.1 | And on this busy week, Evan Turner is back. |
| 0:34.9 | The former Naismith College Basketball Player of the Year. |
| 0:42.1 | Number two overall draft pick, 10-year NBA veteran ET. |
| 0:43.1 | What's happening, man? |
| 0:44.3 | Chilling, man. |
| 0:45.6 | Living a good life, man. |
| 0:49.9 | Just left the little agility hills workout with my daughter this morning. |
| 0:55.3 | We did a thousand toe taps, thousand kicks this morning with the soccer ball. |
| 0:56.8 | So we're just, you know what I mean? |
| 1:01.6 | We're going from girly girl to gearing up and a being tapping into our roots. |
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