The Phoenix Suns will have a new owner soon in Mat Ishbia, and his potential arrival couldn’t come at a more opportune moment. The NBA’s shocking investigative findings on former owner Robert Sarver couldn’t be further juxtaposed from the current state of the team. Although injuries have led to recent skids, the Suns are led by a top-10 superstar in…
When general manager James Jones, coach Monty Williams and Phoenix Suns players took to the podium for Media Day 2022, the vast majority of the questions they fielded over the next five hours had little to do with basketball itself. In the wake of the NBA’s findings from an investigation into owner Robert Sarver’s pattern of racist, sexist and misogynistic…...
In the wake of the NBA’s investigative findings last week, which confirmed numerous instances of racist, sexist and misogynistic behavior, Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury owner Robert Sarver is finally on the way out. While the league itself failed to hand out any meaningful punishment, resorting to a one-year suspension, $10 million fine and training course for Sarver, pressure from…
On Tuesday, the NBA came up embarrassingly short of doling out meaningful consequence for Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver in the wake of an investigation confirming numerous instances of racist, sexist and misogynistic behavior. Over the last three days, everyone else has begun to do their part in forcing the league’s hand toward a more severe punishment. After the NBA’s…
The Phoenix Suns’ recent statement regarding Robert Sarver’s transgressions does not square with the organization’s actions.
On Tuesday morning, the long-awaited findings from the NBA’s independent investigation of Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver were announced. In a 43-page report, the investigation corroborated numerous accounts of Sarver that should have pointed to a pattern of racially-charged, misogynistic behavior. According to the NBA, however, they simply exhibited a “sophomoric” and “awkward” sense of humor unfit for the workplace.…
The Phoenix Suns played a basketball game Thursday night, and it couldn’t have felt more inconsequential. Not because they beat a 1-6 Houston Rockets team by double figures. Not because it was an early November contest in an 82-game season, and not because it was the exact type of game a Finals-caliber team won’t remember come May or June. No,…...
On Thursday morning, ESPN’s Baxter Holmes published a story filled with serious accusations of racism and misogyny against Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver, sourced by more than 70 current and former employees. Espo, Saul and Gerald react to these major allegations.
Two of the three essential pieces of the Phoenix Suns’ young core are eligible for extensions, but the clock is ticking. Coming off an unexpected NBA Finals run, both Deandre Ayton and Mikal Bridges have earned big paydays. The Western Conference remains wide open. The path to the franchise’s first championship is in sight. And yet, the Suns continue to…...