Spurs Gaining on OKC & Clippers Improbable Turnaround (w/ Derek Fisher)
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
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4.5 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Chris Mannix is joined by 18-year NBA vet Derek Fisher to break down how Victor Wembanyama should be in the MVP discussion if the Spurs can overtake the Thunder, the Clippers miraculous turnaround following a 6-20 start to the year, and why both L.A. teams could pull an upset in the playoffs
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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. |
| 0:17.1 | And now it begins. |
| 0:18.3 | Now it begins. |
| 0:19.5 | Bang! |
| 0:22.4 | All right. |
| 0:23.1 | Derek Fisher is here. |
| 0:24.9 | 18-year NBA veteran, former NBA head coach. |
| 0:29.1 | And on Monday, we'll be on the call for NBC Sports for the Spurs Clippers game that will stream exclusively over on Peacock, which means he'll be working with me, |
| 0:38.5 | new teammate for Derek Fisher, which I'm sure he's just so excited about it, |
| 0:43.4 | for all the things he's done in this career. |
| 0:44.9 | Derek, Derek, good to see you, man. |
| 0:46.8 | I appreciate it, Chris, man. |
| 0:47.9 | Thanks for having me on, bro. |
| 0:49.3 | And yeah, like you said, looking forward to the game and should be an interesting matchup, man. |
| 0:55.7 | Both teams are playing good basketball. |
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