Rockets Concerning Losing Streak & Complicated Star Trades (w/ Rachel Nichols)
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
SI NBA
4.5 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Chris Mannix and Rachel Nichols break down who they think should be all star starters, the Rockets road losing streak out west, if the Grizzlies can find a trade destination for Ja Morant by the deadline, and how Anthony Davis' recent injury history may have complicated a Trae Young deal
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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. |
| 0:19.6 | Bang! |
| 0:23.4 | All right. |
| 0:24.6 | We are back. |
| 0:26.3 | Who, loo. |
| 0:27.1 | Open floor, NBA podcast. |
| 0:29.1 | We talked about the league and all the big stories going on. |
| 0:31.9 | In it, joining me, as she does every week of All the Smoke, Monumental Sports Network, Fox Sports One, and right here on this show, the great Rachel Nichols. Hi, Rachel. I just got back from a trip with the Washington Capitals where they had their dads and mentors with them, which is a cool tradition in the NHL. I wish sort of more NBA teams did this, where they bring, it started out as a dad's trip, But I think, you know, guys fathers die, they have fathers-in-law, they have older brothers, things like that, and they go on a road trip with the team, and they get to experience everything the players get to experience, which is a nice moment for family members who put so much into these players' development. And also, there was so much beer, Chris. There was just so much |
| 1:12.5 | beer the last few days. So I'm eveninging out right now. All right. I had a dad moment about half |
| 1:18.2 | an hour ago. Was on my way out the door, was carrying my son back to his crib, and he peed on me. |
| 1:27.4 | Ah, welcome to having a boy. |
| 1:28.8 | Yes, he peed. |
| 1:30.6 | I couldn't quite figure out how he did it. |
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