Appearing on Thursday's episode of The Pat McAfee Show, Silver explained the Mavs "aren't going anywhere" because they are trying to build a new arena in Dallas and there were no "ulterior motives" behind the move to send Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers.

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.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver can see both sides of the Luka Dončić deal. Shortly after the trade was made, Silver defended the Dallas Mavericks, saying he believes the team did what it believed "was in the best interest of the organization."