Luka Surging For MVP & Confusing Anti-Tanking Proposals (w/ Rachel Nichols)
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
SI NBA
4.5 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Chris Mannix and Rachel Nichols break down how Luka Dončić is making a late-season MVP push, Adam Silver’s very complicated anti-tanking proposals he outlined at the annual Board of Governors meetings, why the Sixers could surprise someone in the first round of the playoffs, and the increasingly complex trade situation involving Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks.
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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 Mannix. |
| 0:15.4 | I think your opinion is shared by everyone. |
| 0:17.1 | And now it begins. |
| 0:18.3 | Now it begins. |
| 0:19.5 | Bang! |
| 0:38.0 | All right, Rachel Nichols. Fox Sports won all the smoke. Monumental Sports Network. Who you'll be working for this evening, are you? That's true. Yes. And I just got off the plane from curling. Oh. So at the World Curling Championships. Wait, curling continues after the Olympics? They still played the sport all four years. It's exciting. So they just at the world curling championships. Wait, curling continues after the Olympics? |
| 0:54.0 | They still play the sport all four years. It's exciting. So they just had the world championships. I just got off the plane. And tonight, yes, I will be on the monumental sports broadcast for a little bit. That's big. So huge, huge. It's a big, big game for the Wizards. Every game is a big game for the Wizards. You know why? |
| 0:55.2 | They all count the same. |
| 0:55.8 | They all do. |
| 0:56.5 | They're one of 82. |
| 0:57.2 | They are. |
| 0:54.1 | Coming down the Wizards. Every game is a big game for the Wizards. I'm not going to get you in trouble. You know why? They all count the same. |
| 0:55.3 | They all do. |
| 0:55.9 | They're one of 82. |
| 0:56.8 | They are. |
| 0:57.3 | Coming down the home stretch. |
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