Posts about Robert Sarver










LeBronโs tweet read:
Read through the Sarver stories a few times now. I gotta be honestโฆOur league definitely got this wrong. I donโt need to explain why. Yโall read the stories and decide for yourself. I said it before and Iโm gonna say it again, there is no place in this league for that kind of behavior. I love this league and I deeply respect our leadership. But this isnโt right. There is no place for misogyny, sexism, and racism in any work place. Donโt 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.
Definitely puts more pressure on the league when its face publicly calls out like this, which is great given the fact that itโs unanimously agreeable that the $10 million fine and one-year suspension was nothing for someone of Sarverโs wealth and position in the league.Curious to see if this would lead to more voices to raise against this and eventually force the league to make any further punishments.
In the 2013-14 season Dragic almost made the all start team with 20,3 points and 6 assists per game on 50,5 fg% and 40.8 3P%. After hearing the news he went to the gym sadly where Robert Sarver told him that he is actually very happy. When Goran asked him why, Sarver told him that it's because he doesn't have to pay him 1 milion dollar bonus which he would have to otherwise if he was selected for the all star game. Dragic said that he wanted out of Phoenix right after that event.
Dragic told that story on a popular Slovenian basketball podcast (Dvokorak):
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0vtKCCzaLdmLc5rGCVbXlt (40:12 )
Edit: Literal translation goes like this: "He came to the gym and said that he is happy.... Actually happy. So I asked him why are you so happy? He told me that it's because he doesn't have to pay me 1 million dollar bonus. And I was like, what kind of owner doesn't want his own player to make the all star team. After that I said to myself .. I really don't see myself being in this place any longer."
