LeBron responds to the Robert Sarver saga across the NBA. Explained:
from having any role with the two organizations, and has been fined $10 million.
The investigation painted a picture of a hostile workplace, headed by Sarver, who would embarrass employees and make them feel uncomfortable with behavior that ranged from what the investigation called “sophomoric” to discriminatory. But fault did not lie with Sarver alone; the investigation found that the Suns organization was a “difficult place for women to work, particularly if they have young children” and that executives occasionally treated women differently there than men.
The report did not deduce a definitive reason for his actions, but its authors wrote that “Sarver often acted aggressively in an apparent effort to provoke a reaction from his targets; Sarver’s sense of humor was sophomoric and inappropriate for the workplace; and Sarver behaved as though workplace norms and policies did not apply to him. Witnesses observed that Sarver “lacked a filter” and “thrive off” saying and doing things to make others uncomfortable.
Sarver then sent an email to the NBA league office complaining about the officiating during game, mentioning several other instances, but also “he purported to quote the Warriors player as saying the N-word spelled out with an “a” at the end,” according to the report. The report outlines six times when Sarver made vulgar or sexual jokes to employees. It found he sent around pornographic material to male Suns executives, including a video and photos of a naked woman.
Sarver commented about the “sex lives, bodies, and sexual orientation” of players, including at least once about a player’s partner. “In another instance, when the Suns were recruiting a free agent in 2015, Sarver made a joke that the team should have players impregnate local Phoenix strippers so they would feel connected to the area, giving the Suns a potential edge in free agency recruitment.”
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