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Suns Owner Robert Sarver Suspended 1 Year, Probe Finds He Used N-Word

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Suns Owner Robert Sarver Suspended 1 Year, Probe Finds He Used N-Word​


Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver was just hit with a massive penalty after an extensive investigation into alleged workplace misconduct ... getting banned from the league for one season and forced to pay a $10 million fine. The NBA released the findings of its investigation after interviewing 320 current and former Suns employees ... and determined Sarver said the N-word at least five times "when recounting the statements of others." It's worth noting -- the league says Sarver's use of the N-word was not motivated by racial hate or prejudice. The league also concluded Sarver did not treat female employees equally and made inappropriate comments about their appearance. The NBA also states Sarver engaged in inappropriate physical conduct toward male employees.

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LeBron James, Chris Paul 'Horrified' by Robert Sarver Report: 'Our League Definitely Got This Wrong'​


LeBron James and Chris Paul are disappointed with the way the NBA is handling the league's investigation into Phoenix Suns and Mercury owner Roberts Sarver. On Wednesday, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver addressed the media following the league's announcement that Server would receive a singles year suspension and mandatory conduct training after an investigation revealed the franchise owner had shown racist and misogynistic behavior towards past and present employees.

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PayPal says it will not continue its sponsorship if Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver returns after ban​


PayPal, the jersey patch partner of the Phoenix Suns, said Friday it would not be renewing its sponsorship with the team should majority owner Robert Sarver continue in his role following his one-year suspension for racist and misogynist remay. The company's sponsorship deal with the Suns, which began in 2018 and also includes the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and Spanish soccer team Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, all owned by Sarver, is set to expire after the
2022-23 season. Sources told ESPN that the PayPal deal with the Suns was worth $3 million during the 2021-22 season.

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Phoenix Suns minority owner Jahm Najafi calls for Robert Sarver's resignation​


Phoenix Suns vice chairman and minority owner Jahm Najafi, the team's second-largest stakeholder, called for majority owner Robert Sarver's resignation in an open letter to team employees released on Thursday night, saying there should be "zero tolerance'' for lewd, misogynistic and racist conduct in any workplace. Najafi, who has been critical of Sarver since the allegations were first reported by ESPN in November, is one of three vice chairmen for the Suns, with several other minority investors also part of the ownership group.

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NBPA executive director wants the NBA to ban Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver for life​


NBPA executive director Tamika Tremaglio, saying she was speaking on behalf of NBA players, on Friday called for a lifetime ban of Phoenix Suns majority owner Robert Sarver, who was given a one-year suspension by the league for racist and misogynist remarks. "We are absolutely calling for that [lifetime ban]," Tremaglio said in an interview on ESPN's NBA Today. "We do not want him to be in a position where he is managing or engaging with individuals who are engaging with our players or the players themselves. We are absolutely clear from the findings that are in the report that we do not want him to be in that position."

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Robert Sarver says he's starting process to sell NBA's Phoenix Suns, WNBA's Phoenix Mercury​


Owner Robert Sarver on Wednesday announced that he has begun the process to sell both the NBA's Phoenix Suns and WNBA's Phoenix Mercury franchises. Sarver was suspended one year and fined $10 million last week after an NBA investigation found that he used the N-word at least five times "when recounting the statements of others. "Sarver also was involved in "instances of inequitable conduct toward female employees," including "sex-related comments" and inappropriate comments on employees' appearances. Sarver bought the teams in July 2004 for about $400 million. With approximately one-third of the stake, he is not the lone owner, but he is the primary one. Forbes recently estimated the value of the Suns at $1.8 billion.

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Phoenix Suns in shock as Robert Sarver saga hangs over team entering season​


The Suns are moving on to a new chapter with owner Robert Sarver planning to sell the team, but the mood at media day revealed a team still in shock. Sarver announced his intentions last week following the results of an NBA investigation. The details of the report, which confirmed Sarver had a history of racist, sexist and misogynistic acts, seemed to shake the organization. The report's confirmation of Sarver's repeated use of the N-word, which was brought to light by an ESPN investigation released last year, seemed to strike the strongest chord.

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'The walls were closing in': Inside the seven days that led to Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver's stunning exit​


It looks like all the world like a glorious, carefree day at the Silverleaf Country Club in Scottsdale, Arizona.The setting for the charity golf tournament benefiting Phoenix Suns stars Chris Paul's and Devin Booker's foundations -- the private, Tom Weiskopf-designed course in the canyons of the McDowell Mountains -- is Phoenix high life at its finest. Julius Erving is there. So are PGA pro Jon Rahm and former Cleveland Cavalier JR Smith. Golf carts buzz through the majestic Sonoran Desert. Don Julio 1942 trophies are handed out to the winning foursome, led by Phoenix Mercury star Diana Taurasi. Paul and his wife, Jada, are seen dancing at the end of the night. But pictures can tell only part of the story. Or, in this case, a reel viewed by more than 339,000 of Paul's 11.5 million Instagram followers. Not even a hint of the chaos that had been going on behind the scenes: a high-stakes, multibillion-dollar game of chicken -- one that Paul, Booker and various power brokers around the league had participated in, which finally convinced Sarver to sell his franchises instead of fight the one-year suspension levied on him by NBA commissioner Adam Silver.

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Phoenix Suns likely to fetch record sale price for an NBA team, bankers say​


As Robert Sarver prepares to sell the NBA's Phoenix Suns and the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, investment bank officials who have managed the sales of professional sports franchises told ESPN that they expect the transaction's final price to set a record. "It'll be the highest price ever paid for an NBA team," one investment bank official said. Sarver has chosen the investment bank Moelis & Company to oversee the sale, a source close to the situation confirmed to ESPN. Sportico reported Monday that Sarver had chosen the bank. A spokesperson for Moelis & Co. declined to comment. Moelis served as a financial adviser in the May 2022 sale of Chelsea Football Club to a consortium led by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital, which bought the team for $5.3 billion. Moelis also acted as a financial adviser in the 2015 sale of the Atlanta Hawks to a group led by Tony Ressler for $850 million.

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The Robert Sarver Situation Must Prompt Reform Across Pro Sports​


Sarver’s ownership has had real human costs for the sport and needs to prompt permanent changes in how the NBA and the other major sports deal with owners. Sarver is hardly the only example of egregious owner misconduct, but he should become the example that drives a change. It’s important to absorb the human toll of Sarver’s tenure. Writing on the Culture in Sports weblog, Dr. Jeremy Piasecki, whose expertise is in toxic work environments, calculated the more than 17 years of hostility directed at African Americans and women as 6,200 days of documented racialized, misogynistic and awful behavior coming from Sarver and others in his workplace. That brings us to the players and their union, the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA). Sarver’s conduct had to have spilled over into the players’ lives and careers and creates some critical questions on where this goes next and how a solution can be reached that will protect the NBA, its players, and all of its employees from future Sarvers. It is the players who wield the most influence and who have the most options at their disposal to create a better future.

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NBA owners let others do the work to get Robert Sarver to sell Suns, Mercury | Opinion​


In a perfect world, NBA owners would have taken matters into their own hands and voted to oust Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury owner Robert Sarver. But as NBA commissioner Adam Silver said last week when addressing Sarver’s one-year suspension and $10 million fine for repugnant workplace behavior, the process of forcing Sarver to sell “is a very involved process. ”Among 29 other NBA owners, there was little appetite to take a formal vote to begin that process. “There was no discussion around the process of removing him,” Silveracknowledged. Golden State’s Draymond Green said, “So what I would say is why don't we pose a vote?” I get Green’s point. He wants to know who stands where. But there’s no reason – from the NBA’s standpoint – to take a vote when the outcome is known.

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Sources: Adam Silver apologizes to Suns employees, says he takes responsibility for NBA letting them down​


In comments to Phoenix Suns employees before the team's season-opening win over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday, NBA commissioner Adam Silver apologized multiple times on behalf of the league office for enduring years of workplace misconduct under Suns majority owner Robert Sarver, according to sources who were present. "I'm incredibly empathetic to what many of you have lived through," Silver said to a group of hundreds of employees, including some team executives and the team's interim governor, Sam Garvin, who all gathered in the lower bowl of the team's arena hours before the game.


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Sarver Still Searching For A Whale To Bid Up The Price Of His Phoenix Suns​


Moelis & Co., the investment bank handling the sale of the Phoenix Suns for Robert Sarver, has yet to find a “whale” interested in buying the NBA team.

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Barack Obama 'is involved in a group interested in buying the Phoenix Suns' from disgraced owner Robert Sarver, with coach Monty Williams saying he would 'value the partnership', but the former President might have to pay $3BILLION price tag​


The NBA revealed it found that Sarver used the N-word on at least five occasions among other transgressions, including the use of language and conduct demeaning to female employees, over his nearly two-decade tenure as owner of the Suns and WNBA's Mercury. With Sarver now looking to find a buyer after being pressured into selling, the 44th President of the United States is reportedly in a group that is interested in making the purchase.

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Barack Obama 'is involved in a group interested in buying the Phoenix Suns' from disgraced owner Robert Sarver, with coach Monty Williams saying he would 'value the partnership', but the former President might have to pay $3BILLION price tag​


The NBA revealed it found that Sarver used the N-word on at least five occasions among other transgressions, including the use of language and conduct demeaning to female employees, over his nearly two-decade tenure as owner of the Suns and WNBA's Mercury. With Sarver now looking to find a buyer after being pressured into selling, the 44th President of the United States is reportedly in a group that is interested in making the purchase.

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