NBA commissioner Adam Silver addressed the elephant in the room, and said answers are hopefully coming soon.

Speaking Thursday night before Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Celtics and Mavericks, Silver said the league is continuing to negotiate its next cycle of national media rights with both incumbent and potentially new partners, and added that final deals are ideally near.

“It’s been a long process, it’s ongoing, and we hope to wrap it up in the relative near term,” Silver said.