Will LeBron Take Less Money & Knicks Rollercoaster Season Continues (w/ Evan Turner)
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
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4.5 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Chris Mannix and Evan Turner break down how the Lakers have remained the NBA’s hottest team and whether LeBron James will take less money to contribute to a contender next season. They also discuss how the Knicks are caught in another rough spell and Jayson Tatum winning Player of the Week as another step in his remarkable comeback.
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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 | Back! |
| 0:25.2 | All right, Evan Turner is back. |
| 0:28.5 | Naismith College basketball player for the year. |
| 0:34.9 | Number two overall draft pick, 10-year NBA veteran and international man of mystery. |
| 0:36.7 | Every time I look up, E.T., you're somewhere else. |
| 0:54.3 | You're on the NBC set this past week. Now you're, I guess, in Chicago, which looks pretty damn cold as I sort of spot you through this soon. What's going on? It's 45 degrees. So I'm in rainy. I'm a grill out later. So the spring is coming. I feel like it's summertime here, to be honest with you. |
| 0:59.9 | But it's always great to get a little gloom day, you know, over after the wintertime. |
| 1:01.5 | But other than that, I just been chilling, man. |
| 1:06.7 | I'm headed back to New York this weekend and do NBC sports again, do Peacock. |
| 1:09.1 | So I'll be on TV once again on Monday. |
| 1:12.0 | Who knew this voice could make it so far? |
| 1:12.9 | God is good. |
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