Must See 2025 Games & Big Ownership Changes (w/ Rachel Nichols)

Open Floor: SI's NBA Show

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4.7 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Chris Mannix and Albert Breer discuss Michael Porter Jr.'s recent comments on how gambling has affected the league and the pressure it puts on players before discussing some of the games we're most looking forward to after the league wide schedule release. We also discuss if the Portland Trail Blazers will remain in Portland in the long term after the teams sale and why the Celtics will have a new governor after their record breaking sale was complete

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0:00.0	Now playing.
0:01.5	Open floor.
0:03.1	This is Open Floor.
0:05.4	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!
0:22.4	All right.
0:23.1	No better time to talk about the NBA than in the middle of August when the NBA is at its peak.
0:29.9	But that's what we are doing here on the open floor podcast.
0:33.1	Chris Maddox along with Rachel Nichols, all the smoke, monumental sports network.
0:37.2	And of course, does a great job right here on this podcast.
0:40.9	And Rachel, the biggest question, the most important question I have for you is so obvious
0:45.7	that it might not even need asking.
0:47.8	What did you think of the New Heights interview with Taylor Swift?
0:51.4	Dude, glued to it in this household.
0:53.8	I have two daughters, okay? So between the sports angle and the Taylor Swift. Dude, glued to it in this household. I have two daughters. Okay. So
0:55.9	between the sports angle and the Taylor Swift angle, every word of this was parsed. I thought it was
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