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,

It's been almost three months since the Dallas Mavericks traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers, and people are still baffled by how such a deal could happen. Bleacher Report writer Greg Swartz named the deal the "worst" in NBA history.

ESPN's Tim McMahon said that Nowitzki has cut ties with the franchis e following the fallout from the Luka Dončić deal. Both he and Mark Cuban have become staunch critics of the organization.