Robert Sarver

Phoenix Suns star Chris Paul says the sanctions imposed against team owner Robert Sarver for workplace racism and sexism fell short in truly addressing what ...

We hold our league up as an example of our values and this aint it." "I love this league and I deeply respect our leadership. "Y'all read the stories and decide for yourself.

Sarver was suspended one year and fined $10 million, but he was allowed to retain ownership of the Suns.

Also, the Sarver punishment was handed down during the offseason, so the players do not have an immediate option to stop a game from being played or hold a protest. In addition, the NBPA called for an immediate harsh punishment and players around the league expressed strong, direct outrage about his behavior. The league decided not to go down that path this time, and it's unclear if the votes from other owners would have been there in this scenario. It's also worth noting that Silver does not have the power to unilaterally remove Sarver, or any other owner, from the league. Silver noted, in part, the lack of any audio or visual evidence against Sarver, a different context for his actions and the positive support Sarver received from many people who were interviewed. The future Hall of Famer [added](https://twitter.com/CP3/status/1570220418191228928) he felt "the sanctions fell short in truly addressing what we can all agree was atrocious behavior."

National Basketball Association Commissioner Adam Silver defended his decision to suspend Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver for a year and fine him $10 ...

Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver was likely spared even stronger sanctioning by the NBA for his racist, misogynistic and hostile words and actions because ...

It’s very involved, and I ultimately made the decision that it didn’t rise to that level. “I don’t want to rest on that legal point because of course there could be a process to take away someone’s team in this league. The Sterling investigation — from when the audio tapes of him making racist remarks to a girlfriend were released, to Silver’s announcement of the lifetime ban — took three days. “It’s hard to make those comparisons to somebody who commits an inappropriate act in the workplace in somewhat of an anonymous fashion versus what is a huge public issue now around this person,” Silver said. “This case is very different,” Silver said. The NBA had the option of giving Sarver a longer ban than the one-year suspension. But the league did not have discussions about removing Sarver as owner during the Board of Governors meetings. … I am of the view that the sanctions fell short in truly addressing what we can all agree was atrocious behavior. “I was and am horrified and disappointed by what I read. “I think if they had made findings that, in fact, his conduct was motivated by racial animus, absolutely that would have had an impact on on the ultimate outcome here. “I love this league and I deeply respect our leadership. Silver said he would keep the details of those conversations private.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver has defended his decision to not impose a lifetime ban on Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver. | TAG24.

It's hard to even make those comparisons to somebody who commits an inappropriate act in the workplace in an anonymous fashion, compared to what is a huge public issue." "His track record of hiring, his track record of support for particular employees. "The consequences are severe here for Mr. It's just a very different proposition." is different than holding a job. I took all of that into account."

NBA commissioner Adam Silver was steadfast Wednesday that he and the league doled out the right punishment to Phoenix Suns and Mercury owner Robert Sarver ...

“And I have to make the decision and it didn’t rise to that. “Someone who owns an NBA team as opposed to somebody who is an employee — the equivalent of a $10 million fine and a one-year suspension, I don’t know how to measure that against a job. It’s beyond the pale in every possible way to use language and behave that way but that was wholly of a different content than what we saw in that earlier case.” He also explained why he treated disciplining an NBA team owner as different than a league or team employee if they had used the same language or behavior. “What we saw in the case of Donald Sterling was a blatant racist conduct directed at a select group of people,” Silver said. He said there was no discussion at the league’s Board of Governors meeting this week — which concluded before his news conference — about trying to strip the Suns from Sarver.

What does the removal of Clippers owner Donald Sterling tell us about what it would take for disgraced Suns owner Robert Sarver to be ousted?

Maybe that pushes Sarver into a year’s hibernation, his absence talked about only if the Suns return to the NBA Finals for the second time in three years. A big part of what the NBA is about is promoting diversity, tolerance and respect for all people.” The report makes that clear. It exists at the pleasure of league ownership, a group generally uneasy with the idea of asset removal because of misdeeds. And every page of the investigative report makes that even clearer. “I don’t want to rest on that legal point because of course there could be a process to take away someone’s team in this league. The league and its report suggests that not everyone has a Sarver horror story to tell, that there’s context that needs to be kept private. The NBA suspended Sarver for one season and fined him $10 million Tuesday for a litany of unsavory behavior directed at women and people of color. The league never punished Sterling for any of that other stuff, acting only after the tape was made public by his former girlfriend, V. I am of the view that the sanctions fell short in truly addressing what we can all agree was atrocious behavior. And the addressing it? Adam Silver said the NBA “addressed it” — the “it” being the behavior of Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver.

An NBA probe found Suns owner Robert Sarver said the N-word at least five times and committed other acts of misogyny and racism, leading to questions about ...

[some](https://twitter.com/linzsports/status/1569723721991979008?s=20&t=v78Di8rXIlVgzs6LDBm-Qw) to point to how the evidence of his behavior toward women make that position more problematic. The Mercury is the WNBA team of Britney Griner, who has become the surprise focus of the U.S. Sarver denied the allegations, through his lawyers, to ESPN, saying he welcomed the investigation. [Phoenix Suns Owner Robert Sarver Suspended And Fined $10 Million For Racist Language](https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2022/09/13/phoenix-suns-owner-robert-sarver-suspended-and-fined-10-million-for-racist-language/?sh=235c18dc7825) (Forbes) [Allegations of racism and misogyny within the Phoenix Suns: Inside Robert Sarver's 17-year tenure as owner](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/32440987/phoenix-suns-robert-sarver-allegations-racism-misogyny) (ESPN) [exposé](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/32440987/phoenix-suns-robert-sarver-allegations-racism-misogyny) in November found Sarver consistently acted inappropriately toward employees, according to interviews among current and former Suns employees, causing the NBA to launch a probe into the allegations. [tweeted](https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/1570184138010812416) Wednesday night the NBA “definitely got this wrong” and “there is no place in this league…for misogyny, sexism, and racism.”

Former Miami Heat player LeBron James was among the several NBA players to react to saga of Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver. Sarver was suspended for one ...

He can also be read in the [CLICK HERE](https://www.si.com/nba/heat/miami-news/miami-heat-nba-2k23-ratings-revealed) [CLICK HERE](https://www.si.com/nba/heat/miami-news/miami-heats-jimmy-butler-still-considered-among-leagues-villains) [CLICK HERE](https://www.si.com/nba/heat/miami-news/report-suggests-russell-westbrook-a-good-fit-for-the-miami-heat) I love this league and I deeply respect our leadership. I said it before and I’m gonna say it again, there is no place in this league for that kind of behavior.

The consequences for an NBA owner simply aren't as severe compared to others.

… There is no place in this league for that kind of behavior,” and [ Suns guard Chris Paul stating](https://twitter.com/CP3/status/1570220418191228928), “The sanctions fell short in truly addressing what we can all agree was atrocious behavior.” The executive director of the players union, [ Tamika Tremaglio, went one step further,](https://twitter.com/ttremaglioNBPA/status/1570229804758175749) saying, “Mr. There’s still time for the players, the public and corporate sponsors to demand stronger action. Because the outcome in this case is profoundly disappointing—and not just to media commentators. Eight years ago, it was a groundswell of player outrage, and the threat of a potential strike during the playoffs, which helped build momentum for Silver to permanently banish Clippers owner Donald Sterling for making racist remarks. He’d rather be able to say, affirmatively and unequivocally, that the NBA truly does hold everyone to the same standards. Reputationally, it’s hard to even make those comparisons to somebody who commits an inappropriate act in the workplace in somewhat of an anonymous fashion, versus what is a huge public issue now around this person.” The equivalent of a $10 million fine and a one-year suspension, I don’t know how to measure that against a job. But the league does know now what the man is capable of: crude and belittling remarks, bullying of subordinates, racist language and misogynistic comments that created a hostile, fearful climate for countless Suns employees over the last 18 years. Silver’s response: “There are particular rights here of someone who owns an NBA team, as opposed to somebody who is an employee. Or, as we asked Silver on Thursday: How can Sarver retain his standing in the NBA, when the same behavior would have triggered the immediate, unconditional termination of any team or league employee? And Silver would need a minimum of 23 owners to back him even if he wanted to force Sarver to sell. How many seconds would elapse, in this alternate history, before the NBA’s Board of Governors threw that bid in the shredder and effectively told Sarver to, well, go (blank) himself?

Chris Paul: Like many others, I reviewed the report. I was and am horrified and disappointed by what I read. This conduct especially towards women is ...

AK – [4:23 PM](https://twitter.com/KamBrothers/status/1570146333553729540) [Mike Vorkunov](https://twitter.com/MikeVorkunov)@ [MikeVorkunov](https://twitter.com/MikeVorkunov) Silver said that was in “context…he was reporting about particular behavior of a player.” – [3:48 PM](https://twitter.com/MikeVorkunov/status/1570137469827293189) [NBA on ESPN](https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA)@ [ESPNNBA](https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA) [https://t.co/B1R8h4SIoQ](https://t.co/B1R8h4SIoQ) [pic.twitter.com/klORUaLyi5](https://t.co/klORUaLyi5)– [7:49 PM](https://twitter.com/DuaneRankin/status/1570198096117919744) [Marc J. [It really shouldn’t fall on them to make up for punishment this light, but the reality is that how players and Suns staffers — and, of course, sponsors — react will have a significant influence on what happens next in terms of a potential external push to urge Sarver to sell the team](https://marcstein.substack.com/p/the-sarver-suspension). [@Baxter Holmes](https://twitter.com/Baxter)report. NBA commissioner Adam Silver (paraphrasing) on Robert Sarver: Said he’s in disbelief, disheartened and apologized to Suns employees. Adam Silver confirms he had the option to give Robert Sarver a longer suspension. [@ESPNLosAngeles](https://twitter.com/ESPNLosAngeles)with [@John Ireland](https://twitter.com/LAIreland)from 1-4pm PT. Adam Silver said the NBA did not know about Robert Sarver’s behavior before ESPN’s article. [#NBA](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23NBA)owners behaved badly, so why was only one banned for life? “What I have access to is a bit different than the public,” he said, because investigators offered confidentiality. [@Amin Elhassan](https://twitter.com/DarthAmin)joins us on [@getcallin](https://twitter.com/getcallin)at 1:30 ET to discuss this week’s events, and where the developing situation may go from here.

Adam Silver has held the reputation over the years as being different from other league commissioners. His press conference Wednesday put that notion to ...

Until then, and absolutely no sooner, Sarver will not actually be held accountable, and certainly not by Adam Silver, just another employee paid handsomely to deal with and maintain a system that allows billionaires to operate however they please. The NBA should have called for a governors vote on Sarver. Sarver, whose suspension could technically exceed that length if the Suns make the playoffs and don’t get swept in the first round, has arguably gotten worse over the years as it pertains to his view of minorities and women. Through legalese, Silver stood by the report that, despite several examples that would point to the contrary, there was no animus directed toward minorities or women. I will say it’s the second-longest suspension in the history of our league, just to put it in some sort of context,” Silver said. Except, well, according to Silver, that is not actually the case.

Robert Sarver seated at basketball game. The fact that Sarver's behavior was allowed to go on so long—and that the Suns aren't the only team to deal with toxic ...

[reported](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34584665/phoenix-suns-owner-robert-sarver-suspended-year-fined-10-million-investigation-finds-conduct-clearly-violated-workplace-standards) that Sarver did not fight the investigation, but that he did fight the punishment. One section of the Sarver report is devoted to an allegation that he has said that he “hates” diversity. The investigators conclude that the story is true, and that he said it in a “contrarian” way. “League sources told ESPN’s Baxter Holmes and Adrian Wojnarowski that he was unaccepting of the idea that he deserved a one-year suspension and a $10 million fine for his behavior. Whether Sarver is as racist as Sterling is somewhat beside the point: racism and misogyny are not simply, or even primarily, problems of animus. He once exited a shower and stood naked in front of a male employee—one of several acts, the report found, performed “not with an intent to make a sexual advance toward anyone, but with an intent to be provocative and/or attempt humor.” (Sarver has said that he disagrees with “some of the particulars of the NBA’s report,” and has apologized for “words and actions that offended our employees.”) On the apparent basis of that conclusion, the N.B.A. “A big part of what the N.B.A. “On behalf of the entire NBA, I apologize to all of those impacted by the misconduct outlined in the investigators’ report,” the N.B.A. “In light of these accounts and the totality of the evidence reviewed by investigators, the investigation makes no finding that Sarver’s conduct was motivated by racial or gender-based animus,” the report reads. This is how the report explains most of Sarver’s actions: as the result of a sense of humor that was “sophomoric and inappropriate for the workplace.” That conclusion leans heavily on the fact that he apparently offended indiscriminately—men and women, Black people and white people. [investigative piece](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/32440987/phoenix-suns-robert-sarver-allegations-racism-misogyny) describing a long history of alleged sexist and racist behavior by Robert Sarver, the owner of the N.B.A.’s Phoenix Suns and the W.N.B.A.’s Phoenix Mercury.

The Phoenix Suns will name minority owner Sam Garvin as interim governor to lead the franchise while Robert Sarver serves his suspension.

[Garvin will take charge immediately](https://twitter.com/Baxter/status/1570495131912142850) and already was attending a board of governors meeting in place of Sarver on Wednesday. “Robert Sarver is also taking responsibility for his actions. As a result, Sarver is not allowed to be present at any NBA or WNBA facility, practice facility or office area. Garvin also worked at the Heinz company as a sales merchandiser. He has a masters of international management specializing in marketing from Thunderbird. [ESPN’s Baxter Holmes reported Thursday](https://twitter.com/Baxter/status/1570493017177591810).

NBA stars LeBron James and Chris Paul blasted the NBA for imposing what they consider a light punishment on Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver for racist and ...

I was and am horrified and disappointed by what I read,” he said on Twitter Wednesday. “I love this league and I deeply respect our leadership. This conduct especially towards women is unacceptable and must never be repeated. Like many others, I reviewed the report. I said it before and I’m gonna say it again, there is no place in this league for that kind of Y’all read the stories and decide for yourself.

League sanction hasn't stopped the tidal wave of reaction from high-profile luminaries, proclaiming that the one-year suspension and $10 million fine are not ...

The report confirmed Sarver made inappropriate comments about the physical appearance of female employees and other women and made inappropriate workplace physical conduct toward male employees.” While I have no interest in becoming the managing partner, I will work tirelessly to ensure the next team steward treats all stakeholders with dignity, professionalism and respect.” We owe it to you: employees, players, partners, and your families to provide the same positive workplace environment we would require of any other business. The fact that anyone would find him fit to lead because of this “ownership” position is forgetting that NBA teams belong to the communities they serve. I first and foremost want to give my deepest thanks to all of you who garnered the courage to share your experiences, as difficult as it may have been, to help piece together a clearer picture of what work life must have been like for you over these past 18 years. The report confirmed Sarver engaged in conduct demeaning of female and pregnant employees. I am of the view that the sanctions fell short in truly addressing what we can all agree was atrocious behavior. I said it before and I’m gonna say it again, there is no place in this league for that kind of behavior. The report confirmed Sarver made crude and sexually inappropriate comments in professional settings. I was and am horrified and disappointed by what I read. I love this league and I deeply respect our leadership. League sanction hasn’t stopped the tidal wave of reaction from high-profile luminaries, proclaiming that the one-year suspension and $10 million fine are not adequate given the severity of Sarver’s actions.

'I am of the view that the sanctions fell short in truly addressing what we can all agree was atrocious behavior,' says Phoenix Suns star Chris Paul of the ...

One huge difference was that Clippers owner Donald Sterling was forced to relinquish his team and was barred from any involvement with the NBA with a lifetime ban, paving the way for Steve Ballmer to take over. It’s no surprise to hear Chris Paul speaking publicly on the matter. The public clamor