Silver addressed the situation in Dallas with McAfee.

Harrison held a news conference on Tuesday in which attendance was limited and recording devices were prohibited.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver joined ESPN's "The Pat McAfee Show" on Thursday ahead of the playoffs, which get underway on Saturday. To little surprise, the Luka Dončić trade, which is still commanding headlines months after it was made,

After the latest PR debacle to come out of Dallas in the wake of the Luka Dončić trade (this time Nico Harrison continuing to trip over himself at every public turn to justify the deal), the Mavericks are perhaps trying to counter the negative vibes engulfing their franchise by throwing a little bit of good news out into the ether.

"The expectation around the Dallas Mavericks' Kyrie Irving is that he will play a good chunk of next season, and there's optimism that he will be back for the Mavericks by January, and he's got before that a $44 million player option.

The Dallas Mavericks suffered a big blow to their playoff hopes when Kyrie Irving sustained a torn ACL in early March. Now, as it stands, the team will have to wait some time to get the All-Star point guard back in action.