'Those behaviors, not just in sport, but just in society in general, those are behaviors that are unacceptable and we have to hold ourselves to a higher standard and we have to protect those who can't protect themselves,' General Manager James Jones said.
"There is no place for discrimination on any level in our league, in our sport, a global sport," he said.Devin Booker, who has known Sarver longer than any player on the team, after the Suns made him a lottery pick in the 2015 draft, offered a personal perspective on how he felt about the findings of the investigation.
"It brings some closure to a long period of discomfort and uneasiness, but it also gives us a pivot point to continue to focus on raising the standards of our organization and leading by example," he said. So this could prove to be a distraction this season, but Booker said Sarver choosing to sell the team may change that.
When looking into the investigation, a chunk of Sarver's usage of the word came out of a conversation he had back in 2016 with then head coach Earl Watson. "At the same time, I know that there's a different generation of young people that are 20, 30 years younger than I am that have a different perspective about that word," said Williams, who is 50."It's become a socially accepted word. I don't think that's something we should bow down to and when you run into situations like this, you realize why."
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