After the annual spring Board of Governors meetings concluded Friday evening, NBA commissioner Adam Silver held a news conference during which he was asked about a variety of issues — including the investigation of the Mavericks franchise in the wake of February's Sports Illustrated report that alleged a hostile work environment in the team's business office.

The allegations ranged from sexual harassment by former president and CEO Terdema Ussery to a family violence assault charge against former Mavs.com reporter Earl K. Sneed, to which he pleaded guilty.

Within days after Sports Illustrated's report, Mavericks owner Mark Cuban hired interim CEO Cynthia Marshall and hired an investigations team headed by Evan Krutoy and Anne Milgram. Marshall has told The News that she expects the investigation to last into early summer.

Silver indicated a similar timetable Friday when asked for an update about the investigation. Silver also said he has been in communications with the investigators.

"The investigation is still ongoing," he said. "It's been incredibly thorough. It includes interviewing every single employee of the Mavericks' organization, plus every former employee who is willing to make themselves available to the investigators.

"The latest I heard is they hoped to be done by early summer — June, early July time frame," Silver said. "From everything I've heard directly from the investigators, everyone has been completely cooperative. And by the way, it doesn't just include interviews. It includes documents, it includes emails.

"And that's come directly from Mark Cuban. He's told the investigators that and he's told the league office that as well, that he is open book, and he's demanding himself a thorough investigation. So we're waiting for the outcome of that."