The skeleton Mavs did look like a legitimate playoff team on Wednesday night, though, handling the Sacramento Kings and advancing to what should be a very fun play-in game against the Memphis Grizzlies, with the winner of that advancing to play the Monstars — er, the Oklahoma City Thunder. Same idea.

"There's no regrets on the trade," Harrison said during a round table discussion. "Part of it is doing the best thing for the Mavs."

Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison spoke to media with CEO Rick Welts, who discussed the team’s business side and development of a new arena.