2022 NBA OFF SEASON DRAFT FREE AGENCY TAMPERING ETC

i hereby sentence him to corporate sensitivity training for the crime of doing a slur on social media

does the nba have a DEI committee?

im sure they must

hope he goes the tim hardaway route and uses this to truly better himself

― Spottie, Monday, September 12, 2022 12:53 PM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

honestly this, hoping there are some orgs in the twin cities that can step up

NBA has suspended Suns owner Robert Sarver for one year from the Suns and Mercury organization based on league investigation. Sarver has also been fined $10 million and complete training program focused on respect and appropriate workplace conduct.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) September 13, 2022

what does it even mean to suspend an owner like cmon

he gets to take a year off and relax

glen taylor got suspended over the joe smith contract thing. the NFL has suspended dan snyder and stephen ross in the last year as well. i agree that it seems generally unenforceable aside from the ban on being in the arena

i mean what else could it entail? can they stop him from making money off of the team for a year? i guess theres some revenue sources that go through the league office that they can withhold?

i think it’s supposed to encompass a ban on being involved in team activities, roster building & marketing decisions etc. but no idea how they would enforce that

this seems like a slap on the wrist at most?

he can just pay off the ten milli with money he saved by not paying ayton last season

i would imagine $10 million is the biggest fine in the history of the league by a large margin but for a guy of sarver’s wealth that isn’t very painful

the owner doesnt need to do that stuff anyway though

10 mill to a billionaire is like a technical foul fine for the players

apparently 10 mil is the max possible fine per league rules.

i assume the suspension means he doesn't get to be involved as a governor in any votes on rule changes and all of that stuff though they must get to send someone in his place.

being publicly outed as a big pos and having his toy taken away for a year at the very least cant feel great for him

i mean hes still rich but theres not much the league can do about that

yeah i guess i would really only be satisfied if he was ousted

the sterling option would be good but i bet that has mostly to do with the other owners deciding youre too depraved even for them, which is a pretty high bar

there was a legitimate player revolt over sterling to the point of nearly protesting a playoff game which i think really forced the league’s (as a consortium of owners) hand in that situation. the suns seemed to take more of a “we just work here, man” approach to the sarver stuff which is totally understandable for various reasons incl them having real championship goals to worry about. but i think that helped keep the story on the back burner. also they had sterling on tape which always matters

yeah true re the player revolt, ultimately i think sterling was just worse, and a flagrantly gross dude

yeah the sterling event was unique. no one in ownership (which includes the commissioner) wants to set a precedent that allows their teams to be taken away

(i do find it funny that the nfl basically made jerry richardson sell the panthers but won't do anything meaningful to daniel snyder)

love in the espn article that sarver fully cooperated with the investigation but became incensed that he might actually be *punished* for anything

with sterling the recordings were such a big deal, that always gives these things multiple times the magnitude

if franz can do things like this

Franz Wagner with the stepback three over Giannis 😳pic.twitter.com/aQJV8xPfUX

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) September 13, 2022

he’s apparently been amazing in that tournament

i feel like if he was a free agent tomorrow someone would give him like $125 million. being a wing at that age who looks that good is rare

guess they do have him on tape

The report indicates there are videos of Sarver’s behavior taken by employees, but it doesn’t appear they will be made public. Again, more than what its counterparts can say it has done in ownership investigations.

https://sports.yahoo.com/robert-sarvers-suspension-fine-was-always-the-most-likely-outcome-to-avoid-discovery-in-a-lawsuit-054645546.html

"The Jon Krawczynski Show – Talk North Podcast Network" https://talknorth.com/krawczynski/?amp

Guest this week is Chris Hine, the Star Tribune Wolves beat writer who is gay, talking about Ant. Later he talks more generally about being a gay man in the sports world and how it's hard to ever know where you stand with the athletes you cover and the general widespread homophobia in sports culture across the board.

He mentioned Jokic's comment in a press conference, I had missed that when it happened.

ah ok then

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said that there was no conversation with Robert Sarver about selling the Phoenix Suns, that Sarver "has evolved as a person" during his 18-year ownership tenure and that he has done "many very positive things" in his role.

— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) September 14, 2022

from everything im reading this seems to be silvers low point

silver was not ready for this question was he

. @HowardBeck: "Why should there be a different standard for NBA owner than it would be for everybody who works in this league?"

Adam Silver: "There are particular rights here to someone who owns an NBA team as opposed to someone who is an employee."pic.twitter.com/iS4n5gII9v

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) September 14, 2022

That is opposite of what he should say.

apparently the only thing that will work is if theres footage or sound clips of it i guess. someone needs to leak it asap

silver being unprepared for that question yikes, they really thought they swept this up

apparently the only thing that will work is if theres footage or sound clips of it i guess. someone needs to leak it asap

― Spottie, Wednesday, September 14, 2022 1:09 PM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

... or a player revolt. but that seems unlikely here

That is opposite of what he should say.

― Abel Ferrara hard-sci-fi elevator pitch (PBKR), Wednesday, September 14, 2022 3:59 PM (twenty-five minutes ago)

regardless of how he could massage the messaging, it is simply true that owners have different rights than employees do. not just in the NBA but in any business. silver can't fire an owner, for one. so you're already inherently bargaining yourself down on punishment to begin with

i haven't seen the press conference and maybe silver does come off particularly bad but at the end of the day owners run sports leagues and commissioners exist to do their bidding. NBA fans like to pretend that the NBA is different & more virtuous than other sports leagues but this situation is laying bare that NBA owners are going to protect themselves and send their commissioner out in front of the firing squad to give slimy responses to questions he can't truthfully answer just like the NFL and MLB do

its true. disappointing

Based on some conversations with NBA people around the league there is speculation that the NBA did not want a legal battle with Robert Sarver. So they put the report out there to allow it to run its course - Sponsors reaction, Minority owners reaction, Media, Fans etc..

— John Gambadoro (@Gambo987) September 14, 2022

gambo also said this yesterday

Here is what could happen in regards to the Suns ownership. There is very likely language in the partnership agreement that would allow for the removal of the principal owner for cause. IF the minority owners determine that Robert Sarver violated his fiduciary duties and acted

— John Gambadoro (@Gambo987) September 13, 2022

Read through the Sarver stories a few times now. I gotta be honest…Our league definitely got this wrong. I don’t need to explain why. Y’all read the stories and decide for yourself. I said it before and I’m gonna say it again, there is no place in this league for that kind of

— LeBron James (@KingJames) September 14, 2022

behavior. I love this league and I deeply respect our leadership. But this isn’t right. There is no place for misogyny, sexism, and racism in any work place. Don’t matter if you own the team or play for the team. We hold our league up as an example of our values and this aint it.

— LeBron James (@KingJames) September 14, 2022

REVOLT!

Nice bit of agitation there, bron. Go for it.

Like many others, I reviewed the report. I was and am horrified and disappointed by what I read. This conduct especially towards women is unacceptable and must never be repeated.

— Chris Paul (@CP3) September 15, 2022

I am of the view that the sanctions fell short in truly addressing what we can all agree was atrocious behavior. My heart goes out to all of the people that were affected.

— Chris Paul (@CP3) September 15, 2022

Regarding the reaction to commissioner Adam Silver's comments today about team owners having different rights than employees, NBA spokesman Mike Bass offered this clarification: pic.twitter.com/xT8LyAejev

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) September 15, 2022

so we're all done with pretending silver is good at this, right?

idk feel like hes done some good things but this looking like kind of a disaster

Silver was probably thinking of the contractual rights of NBA owners governing what he as commissioner could do to respond to Sarver's conduct. The NBA has no legal authority to prosecute Sarver under the various laws that protect employees from harassment or workplace abuse. The NBA could only do what they did: investigate, report what they found, fine him, and 'suspend' him. But that wasn't what Silver said, and he deserves to get knocked for it.

CP3 speaking out against his own owner seems like a big deal