{"id":1651518,"date":"2022-09-21T14:06:49","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T18:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1651518"},"modified":"2022-09-21T14:07:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T18:07:43","slug":"nba-suns-owner-sarver-announces-plans-to-sell-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nba-suns-owner-sarver-announces-plans-to-sell-team\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA-Suns owner Sarver announces plans to sell team"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnba-suns-owner-sarver-announces-plans-to-sell-team%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1651518&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>(Reuters) \u2013     Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver on Wednesday said he is seeking buyers for the team a week after being suspended for a year and fined $10 million by the National Basketball Association (NBA) following an investigation into allegations of workplace misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>An independent investigation found that Sarver, who bought the Suns and the WNBA\u2019s Phoenix Mercury in 2004, engaged in inequitable conduct toward female employees, including \u201csex-related comments\u201d and inappropriate remarks on female employees\u2019 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Sarver, who cooperated fully with the investigation process, was also found to have used a racial slur on at least five occasions \u201cwhen recounting the statements of others\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWords that I deeply regret now overshadow nearly two decades of building organizations that brought people together \u2013 and strengthened the Phoenix area \u2013 through the unifying power of professional men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball,\u201d Sarver said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a man of faith, I believe in atonement and the path to forgiveness\u2026 But in our current unforgiving climate, it has become painfully clear that that is no longer possible \u2013 that whatever good I have done, or could still do, is outweighed by things I have said in the past,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor those reasons, I am beginning the process of seeking buyers for the Suns and Mercury.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said he did not want to be a distraction to the teams and would focus on becoming a better person while supporting the community in meaningful ways.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the best course of action for everyone,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The NBA commissioned its investigation following an ESPN report in November 2021 that detailed allegations of racism and misogyny during Sarver\u2019s tenure. Sarver denied the allegations and said he welcomed an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Sarver purchased the Suns in 2004 for $401 million. The team was valued at $1.8 billion at the beginning of last season, according to Forbes. <\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles; Editing by Toby Davis)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/nba-suns-owner-sarver-announces\/file-photo-nba-houston-rockets-at-phoenix-suns-3\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI8K0W0-BASEIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI8K0W0-BASEIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Reuters) \u2013 Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver on Wednesday said he is seeking buyers for the team a week after being suspended for a year and fined $10 million by<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1889107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1651518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_finder_url":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/nba-suns-owner-sarver-announces\/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nba-suns-owner-sarver-announces","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1651518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1651518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1651518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1889107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1651518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1651518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1651518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}