The NBA Is Back On NBC (w/ Michael Grady)

Open Floor: SI's NBA Show

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🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Chris Mannix is joined by play-by-play announcer Michael Brady, who will be calling games for the leagues return to NBA this season, to discuss the many broadcasting jobs he's had along the way, the level of rehearsal they prefer before going on air, their most intriguing storylines heading into this season, and more

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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!
0:22.7	All right, Michael Grady, you have come a long way.
0:26.7	You have come from doing a radio show in your bathroom to doing a podcast at hotel room.
0:37.0	Maybe you haven't come that far.
0:40.7	It's been a mighty long way.
0:42.2	It's been a mighty long way, though.
0:43.8	And you were a part of those early, those early years on radio and NBA guest on that,
0:51.8	on that show on a fairly regular basis,
0:54.3	which I appreciated quite a bit.
0:57.2	And yeah, yeah, we, I've always appreciated you.
1:01.8	And of course, you may not, you may remember,
1:04.1	you may not remember when I, I think it was when I
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