Now playing Open Floor.

This is Open Floor.

Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix back at it.

An NBA podcast with Sports Illustrated senior writer.

I think it's time that the world get to know.

My guy Chris Manix.

I think your opinion is shared by everyone.

And now it begins.

Now it begins.

Bang!

All right, Rachel Nichols.

Hello, all the smoke. Monumental Sports Network. I got to read your bio before we get.

I don't have to do this every time. I like to do it. I'd like to, you know, put out your credentials out there, what you're working on these days.

Yes. You know, not that people feel more likely to recognize you on this camera than they are. I feel like if you're here, you probably know who I am. That's true, that's true. Before we get into the show, I got to tell you this, I took my first Waymo today. You did! I took a Waymo to the studio. Can you explain? Because some people don't even have that in their area.

So most don't.

Waymos are the new driverless Ubers, basically.

Ride shares, which I guess aren't really shares.

They're just rides with no driver.

These cars are all over downtown Los Angeles.

They're all over San Francisco.

I think they're in Austin, Texas,

too. Is that the third place? I've always, they're a little weird looking because they've got all the bells and whistles. Well, they get a bunch of cameras on the outside so they can sense what's going on. I'd never taken one up until this point. Where did you ride? Did you run the backseat or the front seat? Backseat. Backseat. I'm not, yeah. I don't know. It's just weird. Like, send the

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