# At Sloan, NBA commissioner Adam Silver talks candidly about players’ mental

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> Camaraderie of past years is missing in the era of headphones and social media.

> “When I meet with them, what surprises me is that they’re truly unhappy,’’ Silver told The Ringer’s Bill Simmons during an hour-long panel discussion at the 13th annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference on Friday afternoon. “A lot of these young men are generally unhappy.’’

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