UNC's Shocking Michael Malone Hire & Lakers Injury Woes (w/ Rachel Nichols)
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
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4.5 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Chris Mannix & Rachel Nichols break down the Chicago Bulls finally cleaning house in their front office, why Michael Malone decided to forgo a return to the NBA to coach at the University of North Carolina, how major injuries to Luka Dončić and Austin Reaves have doomed the Lakers’ promising season, and whether the showdown between Nikola Jokić and Victor Wembanyama is a preview of things to come 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! |
| 0:22.9 | All right, Rachel Nichols. |
| 0:24.6 | Fox Sports One, All the Smoke, |
| 0:26.5 | monumental sports network. |
| 0:28.0 | Your wizards were in town. |
| 0:29.7 | Yes. |
| 0:30.1 | You and I were both there. |
| 0:31.7 | We were both there. |
| 0:32.3 | For the huge tilt. |
| 0:33.8 | Huge, huge tilts. |
| 0:35.3 | I saw the Manchurian candidate look on the face of my guy, Brian Keefe, at the end of that game. |
| 0:41.2 | Really like Brian. He's a good guy. I like a good guy. Massachusetts native. I'm a fan. But man, he has got to find ways to pull the positive out of everything, doesn't it? He's just, well, we got good minutes from a guy that will never be on our team next year |
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