Under the Radar Underperformers (w/ Evan Turner)
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
SI NBA
4.7 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Chris Mannix and Evan Turner break down some teams we don't plan on talking about this season and discuss why the Kings are the most hopeless team in the NBA, why the Hornets should have the talent to finish at .500 in a weak eastern conference, why the Pelicans need to be in win now mode after trading away next years draft pick, how the Grizzlies have already been bit by the injury bug before the season has even begun, 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! |
| 0:28.5 | All right, Evan Turner, 10-year NBA veteran, former number two overall pick of the draft, |
| 0:30.2 | National College Player of the Year. |
| 0:41.1 | You have been part of this podcast for one week, and you already started to make some news. I woke up the day after our first show to see all these aggregators out there jump on your take that Austin Reeves is not a third |
| 0:49.1 | option on a championship team. Do you want to begin with that? Yeah, no. |
| 0:55.0 | So for one, I'm a big Austin Rees fan. |
| 0:58.1 | I think most of you don't remember how I played, |
| 1:01.1 | but I play like a four-man's version of Austin Reeds. |
| 1:04.4 | Like sometimes I watch him play, and I'm like, dang, |
| 1:07.0 | I wish somebody put me in that role because it's fun. |
| 1:13.3 | He's a sign of a a lot and, you know, |
| 1:20.0 | obviously he's so talented. I think when it comes to your third option, not only do you have to be a guaranteed 20-20 plus in this era, even in a playoff time, you got to be ready to throw in 25, |
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