Team owner Robert Sarver, who is currently serving a one-year suspension tied to his workplace conduct, announced on Wednesday that he’s starting the process to sell.
Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver, who was recently fined and suspended by the NBA over inappropriate workplace conduct, announced on Wednesday that he’s starting the process to sell the team.
He said in a statement that the “current unforgiving climate” makes it impossible for him to atone for the past.
“As a man of faith, I believe in atonement and the path to forgiveness. I expected that the commissioner’s one-year suspension would provide the time for me to focus, make amends and remove my personal controversy from the teams that I and so many fans love. But in our current unforgiving climate, it has become painfully clear that that is no longer possible — that whatever good I have done, or could still do, is outweighed by things I have said in the past,” Sarver said, seemingly alluding to “cancel culture.”
He noted that he doesn’t want to become a “distraction” to the Suns or the Phoenix Mercury, the WNBA team that he also owns and also plans to sell.
