The Crossover NBA Show

Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week is Sports Illustrated staff writer Rohan Nadkarni. Mannix and Nadkarni run through a few NBA superlatives, from the most interesting team and player, to the coach with the most pressure, to the team that could be next season's biggest surprise. 

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Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week is ESPN's Ramona Shelburne. Mannix and Shelburne dive into Shelburne's five-part podcast series "The Sterling Affairs" which reexamines Donald Sterling's rise and unceremonious fall as an NBA owner, from Sterling's purchase of the San Diego Clippers, his relationship with Jerry Buss, his obsession with Magic Johnson, his fall in 2014 and the strange, almost unexplainable connection he has to his wife, Shelly. 

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Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week is Wizards coach Scott Brooks. Mannix and Brooks discuss a disappointing 2018-19 season in Washington, from missing the playoffs for the first time in Brooks three years as coach, to John Wall's injury to the front office and rosteer changes that came at the end of it. Plus how Brooks sees Wall's future and the strides Bradley Beal made last season. 

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Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week is Sarah Kustok, Nets analyst for YES Network and NBA insider for FS1. Mannix and Kustok take a deep dive into the future of Carmelo Anthony, why USA Basketball chose to pass on his services, the NCAA retreating from the 'Rich Paul rule,' Kevin Durant's first public comments about the Warriors, Mikhail Prokhorov's legacy and more

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Joining SI's Chris Mannix from Las Vegas this week is Marc Stein, NBA reporter at the New York Times. Mannix and Stein dive into the 2019 USA Basketball team, from the dozens of players who declined invitations, those that accepted and how the team shapes up for the FIBA World Cup. Plus Carmelo Anthony's NBA future, the Raptors next move, what a post-Warriors NBA could look like in 2019-20 and where the Lakers fit into it.

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Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week is Lakers coach Frank Vogel. Mannix and Vogel discuss Vogel's early days working for Rick Pitino, how he nearly took a job on Pitinio's staff at Louisville, how the Lakers situation came together, his relationship with LeBron, how he plans to work with Jason Kidd, expectations for this season and more.

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Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week is Howard Beck, senior writer at Bleacher Report. Mannix and Beck talk about the Wizards decision to elevate Tommy Sheppard--and what Sheppard needs to do to differentiate his regime from Ernie Grunfelds. Plus who had the better offseason--Lakers or Clippers? And if Houston is a better team now than the one that ended last season.

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Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week is ESPN draft analyst Fran Fraschilla. Making his annual return to the pod, Fraschilla weighs in on Zion Williamson's short week, the Ja Morant/Jaren Jackson tandem in Memphis, his concerns about RJ Barrett, the super sized second round big men and more.

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Joining SI's Chris Mannix is Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Ryan Saunders. Saunders tells Mannix about the best age-related joke he heard last season, growing up in a coaching family, when he first got the itch, shared coaching philosophies with his legendary father, Flip Saunders, getting the job last season, keeping it and how he hopes to put his imprint on the Wolves moving forward.

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Joining SI's Chris Mannix this week is LA Times columnist Arash Markazi. Mannix and Markazi dive into a wild weekend in Los Angeles, where the Clippers outmaneuvered the Lakers for Kawhi Leonard, how Paul George fits into the mix, the future of the Raptors post-Kawhi and what the Lakers do now. Plus: Russell Westbrook is on the trading block.

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