New Anti Tanking Rules & NCAA Portal Chaos (w/ Rachel Nichols)

Open Floor: SI's NBA Show

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🗓️ 30 December 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Chris Mannix and Rachel Nichols wonder if LeBron will announce his retirement during all star weekend, if the Clippers win streak is for real, who the Hawks might be able to trade Trae Young to, the league's new proposed anti tanking measures, and if the recent string of pro's returning to college could continue taking on a life of it's own

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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.
0:17.2	And now it begins.
0:18.3	Now it begins.
0:19.5	Bang!
0:23.6	This is the Open Floor NBA podcast.
0:26.6	We talk about the league and all the big stories going on in it.
0:30.1	Back with me once again, as she is every week from Fox Sports One, all the smoke,
0:35.7	monumental sports now.
0:36.9	And of course, right here on the Open open floor podcast, the great Rachel Nichols.
0:41.0	Hi, Rachel.
0:41.8	I brought you visual aids last week when we discussed the AD trade possibility.
0:47.6	I have a different kind of visual aid for you this week.
0:50.2	Hit me.
0:50.7	All right.
0:51.2	This is from, well, on behalf of your open floor family. Oh, oh, what
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