LeBron James shared his thoughts on the NBA's suspension of Suns owner Robert Sarver. The NBA announced Tuesday that Sarver would receive a $10 million fine and a one-year suspension for allegations of racism and misogyny during his 17 years as owner.
Silver said it was hard to compare"somebody who commits an inappropriate act in the workplace in somewhat of an anonymous fashion" to what Sarver did.
"From a personal standpoint, I was in disbelief to a certain extent about what I learned that had transpired over the last 18 years in the Suns organization," Silver said."I was saddened by it, disheartened. I want to, again, apologize to the former and, in some cases, current employees of the Phoenix Suns for what they had to experience. There's absolutely no excuse for it. We addressed it. I, of course, have been following what's been said since we issued those findings.
The committee that conducted the investigation included two Black men and two women among its five members. owner Donald Sterling in 2014, when Silver suspended Sterling for life in the wake of audio recordings of Sterling making racist comments."I think what we saw in the case of Donald Sterling was blatant racist conduct directed at a select group of people. While it's difficult to know what is in someone's heart or in their mind, we heard those words. ...
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