What Luka & De'Aaron Fox's Extension's Mean for the West (w/ Rachel Nichols)

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🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Chris Mannix and Rachel Nichols break down Luka getting a big extension from the Lakers and why Bronny James wasn't among the players at his press conference. We also get into if Giannis will join the Bucks at training camp, where Russell Westbrook will end up in free agency, how long De'Aaron Fox will be with the Spurs after signing a max extension, and what the Connecticut Sun's massive asking price means for an eventful future of the WNBA

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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.
0:14.2	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!
0:38.5	Well, the off season wasn't very long.
0:42.6	The break from this podcast wasn't very long.
0:46.1	I think it was 10 days, two weeks, something.
0:48.0	Some of that effect, Rachel Nichols. We were going to take a break, but then you just come back and give the people what they want.
0:52.0	It's just stuff happening still, right?
0:53.6	Like when I saw Luca Donchich at the LA practice facility and later at the Backstreet
0:59.4	Boy concert, shout out Luca for going to the Backstreet Boys.
1:01.9	I went a few weeks ago.
1:03.8	You knew you had to jump back on the pod feed and talk about that and a few other things
1:09.5	that are going on in the NBA.
1:12.2	So it feels like that, like that ends the offseason.
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