Adam Silver Embraces Anxious Leadership Style While Distancing Himself From David Stern Era

Adam Silver monitors social media criticism the way a stockbroker tracks market swings, begins and ends each day with media briefings, and freely admits his anxious approach to running the NBA is deliberate. "There's a lot coming at us all the time, and I think there's plenty to be nervous about," Silver told The Atlantic. "I think maintaining a state of mild paranoia is necessary." One person close to Silver told the magazine that league employees, worn out by the commissioner's neurotic dis...