The Knicks Masterful Run & a Giannis Conclusion Looms (w/ Rachel Nichols)
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
SI NBA
4.5 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Chris Mannix and Rachel Nichols break down how the Knicks' carefully built roster was able to win it all and whether Jalen Brunson is the most improbable superstar of all time. They also get into what Victor Wembanyama should focus on next after the first major loss of his career and where Giannis will end up as the Bucks' NBA draft deadline for trading him approaches.
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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! |
| 0:22.7 | All right, Rachel Nichols, Fox Sports One, |
| 0:26.1 | monumental sports network, all the smoke right here on the SI Open Floor podcast. |
| 0:31.9 | No, I spent the day. I spent the day on Instagram, just watching where the New York |
| 0:37.3 | Knicks were going. Oh, my God. Because there's no... How happy are they? There's no more visible place to win a championship than New York City. So I'm following the Knicks as they go to the Today Show. I'm following the Knicks as they're on the Tonight Show. I'm watching Jalen Brunson on The View. I'm even watching McHale Bridges do the most wild Instagram live. |
| 0:58.8 | I've seen an NBA player do. |
| 1:02.6 | I was going to say there's some bubble Instagram lives. |
| 1:05.1 | I don't think we can bring up there. |
| 1:06.2 | But like that was a wild Instagram live. |
| 1:08.0 | Like, Mikhail Bridges had a couple of cocktails in them. And he was just letting it rip. He was letting it rip on this Instagram live to the point where I saw Jalen Brunson tweet, go, somebody take Mikhail's phone away from them. And he hadn't tweeted in months. Yes. And it was like that was the first tweet in months. You've won a title. You've won a championship. Your finals MVP. what do you want to say to the world? Someone take McHale's phone. I loved it. |
| 1:27.7 | Impressive. read a month. You've won a title. You've won a championship. Your finals MVP. What do you want to say to the world? Someone take McHale's phone. I loved it. It was great. I love that. I mean, |
| 1:32.5 | look, obviously, we love teams like this, whether it's basketball, baseball, whoever, they're |
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