An NBA and WNBA owner is going on the attack against charges of racism and sexism that haven't been published yet
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- ESPN is getting ready to drop a bombshell report about Phoenix Suns and Mercury proprietor Robert Sarver.
- The story accuses Sarver of racism, sexism, and sexual harassment, per NBA Insider Jordan Schultz.
- Sarver used group accounts to defend himself and "categorically deny" the "baseless claims."
Robert Sarver is in scorching water - or at the least he's appearing like he's.
The Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury proprietor is on the middle of a brewing controversy surrounding the tradition of his skilled basketball franchises. In line with NBA Insider Jordan Schultz, ESPN is on the verge of publishing a damning bombshell report that particulars a number of accusations of racism, sexism, and sexual harassment towards Sarver.
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The allegations have the potential to put the multimillionaire in notorious firm alongside the likes of disgraced former Los Angeles Clippers proprietor Donald Sterling and former Carolina Panthers proprietor Jerry Richardson.
"With sufficient proof to help such claims, there's an actual probability the league would forcibly take away Sarver," Schultz wrote on Twitter Friday night.
Sarver was fast to defend himself by all means vital, mobilizing each of his groups' official social media accounts to "categorically deny" all alleged wrongdoing. The Suns, Mercury, and Footprint Middle made a joint announcement calling the claims "utterly baseless," and Sarver launched his personal assertion rejecting "any insinuation of private or organizational racism or gender discrimination."
-Phoenix Mercury - X (@PhoenixMercury) October 22, 2021
Moreover, the franchises' President and CEO, Jason Rowley, and Suns Basic Supervisor James Jones, provided testaments to Sarver's character. A supply near each groups advised Insider that ESPN requested Rowley and Jones for touch upon its looming story, which is why these two executives have been those appearing as Sarver's character witnesses by way of social media statements.
Rowley insisted that the proprietor is "not a racist and never a sexist" earlier than accusing the ESPN journalist getting ready the report of displaying a "reckless disregard for the reality." Jones, in the meantime, merely stated that "none of what's been stated describes the Robert Sarver I do know, respect and like - it simply doesn't."
-Phoenix Mercury - X (@PhoenixMercury) October 22, 2021
Almost every week after Sarver and his groups took their uncompromising defensive stance, ESPN has but to launch its report. Nonetheless, Schultz's tweet thread and the franchises' subsequent posts have fueled hypothesis that Sarver might be on his means out.
"I've been advised [the ESPN story could be published] inside the subsequent week or two, however that was earlier than I had reported it was coming," Schultz told Arizona's Household Sports activities Director Mark McClune. "With that in thoughts, I wouldn't be stunned if it acquired expedited ... ESPN has been engaged on this story for a few yr with upwards of 50 to 100 individuals on the document."
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"What I used to be advised is that as massive a narrative you assume it's, it's that a lot greater," he added. "It's a monster."
"It's gonna blow the NBA world up."
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