Trade Deadline Moves Begin While Harden Wants Out...Again (w/ Rachel Nichols)
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
SI NBA
4.5 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 3 February 2026
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Chris Mannix and Rachel Nichols break down Jaren Jackson Jr. being dealt to the Jazz and why Utah is still going to tank creatively to land a future star in this years draft. We also discuss if the Timberwolves are trying to set up their own trade for Giannis Antetokounmpo after making a move of their own, hw better the Celtics are with the newly acquired Nikola Vučević, and what is going on exactly with James Harden demanding a trade out of the blue
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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! |
| 0:22.6 | All right. Now it begins. Bang! All right. |
| 0:23.7 | Open Floor, NBA podcast on a very busy Tuesday afternoon in the NBA. |
| 0:31.1 | Chris Manix, Rachel Nichols, Fox Sports One, All This Book, |
| 0:34.4 | monumental sports network, of course, right here on this podcast. |
| 0:38.2 | I'm glad we chose early afternoon Eastern time to record this, Rachel, because in the last 45 minutes to an hour, we've had one blockbuster deal, |
| 0:53.1 | Jared Jackson, Jr., going from the Memphis Grizzlies to the Utah Jazz. |
| 0:56.9 | And another deal involving Detroit, Chicago, and Minnesota that may lead to another deal. |
| 1:03.0 | We're not sure. |
| 1:03.6 | There's a lot kind of going on in the league. |
| 1:05.4 | Plus, we've got some James Hardin reporting from me that we can get into on the show as well. |
| 1:13.7 | How are you, Rachel? |
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