The Kawhi Leonard Aspiration Scandal Continues (w/ Pablo Torre)
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
SI NBA
4.5 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Chris Mannix talks to Pablo Torre about his ongoing investigation into the Kawhi Leonard/Steve Ballmer cap circumvention scandal, how the paper trail continues to grow, and what Adam Silver might say about the league's investigation at all star weekend
Chris also speaks to NBA hall of famer George Karl about the new Amazon documentary 'Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association', his time in the ABA with the San Antonio Spurs, and what he thinks of today's game
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| 0:00.0 | Now playing Open Floor. |
| 0:03.0 | This is Open Floor. |
| 0:05.0 | Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix back at it. |
| 0:08.0 | An NBA podcast with Sports Illustrated senior writer. |
| 0:11.0 | I think it's time that the world get to know. |
| 0:14.0 | My guy Chris Manix. |
| 0:15.0 | I think your opinion is shared by everyone. |
| 0:17.0 | And now it begins. |
| 0:18.0 | Now it begins. |
| 0:19.0 | Bang! |
| 0:20.0 | All right, welcome back. everyone. And now it begins. Now it begins. Bang! |
| 0:24.6 | All right, welcome back. |
| 0:27.4 | Open Floor, NBA podcast, talk about the league. |
| 0:29.8 | All the big stories going on in it. |
| 0:32.0 | Happy All-Star weekend, everybody. |
| 0:34.7 | The NBA's marquee event is here. |
| 0:36.1 | The mid-season classic. |
| 0:39.0 | Not exactly mid-season, a few weeks after midseason, |
| 0:44.3 | but it is the NBA's crown jewel of their midseason. You got the festivities on Saturday, |
| 0:49.4 | headlined by the dunk contest, all-star weekend on, all-star game, I should say, on Sunday. |
| 0:54.8 | We're going to get into all of that on Monday or Tuesdays pod next week. |
| 0:56.1 | So don't worry. |
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