The NBA playoffs have arrived with a lot of interesting storylines developing, but after commissioner Adam Silver's recent appearance on The Pat McAfee Show there's another topic that is becoming more of a talking point this month.

The NBA’s ratings discourse this season has arguably generated more headlines than the actual play on the court. That’s a bit of hyperbole, but the sentiment is true. This year, more than usual, the NBA’s “declining” ratings sparked a disproportionate amount of discussion.

Adam Silver joined the Pat McAfee Show on Thursday, which allowed him to enter a setting to get quite candid about the current state of the NBA, as well as offer a peek behind the curtain about the league's future. Of course, the Luka Doncic trade, which sent the Slovenian superstar to the Los Angeles Lakers, came up.