Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison and CEO Rick Welts spoke to select members of the media behind closed doors on Tuesday, just a day before the Mavericks’ Play-in Tournament game on the road against the Sacramento Kings.

Harrison said Tuesday that he has three years remaining on his contract, and he intends to remain in Dallas for the entirety of it.

After months of endless Chicken Little-ing about the NBA's early-season ratings challenges, the league's most vocal critics have little to crow about as the playoffs get underway, since overall TV deliveries were largely of a piece with last year's numbers.