NBA Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver was fined $ 10 million (approximately NT $ 311 million) by the league and banned from participating in league activities for one year for repeatedly making racial and sexist remarks in the past. Many people felt that the punishment was too light; Faced with public pressure, Saffo also announced that he would sell the Suns and WNBA Phoenix Mercury, which also allowed Suns star point guard Chris Paul to experience the team for the fourth time in his career. owners.
“In the current climate of me unforgivable, the situation has become very clear, no matter what good things I have done in the past, or I can do good things, I cannot cover the problems that have happened in the past, so I will start looking for new buyers. for the Suns and Mercury teams “.
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With the sale of Safo to the Suns, star point guard Paul also encountered the situation of replacing the team owner again. Paul first met the team when he played for the New Orleans Hornets (now New Orleans Pelicans) in 2011. The owner has been replaced. At the time, Hornets owner George Shinn was unable to manage the team due to cancer, so she was handed over to the league. Only in 2012 was it bought by NFL New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson. The team was renamed the Pellicani in 2013.
With Paul’s move from the Pelicans to the Los Angeles Clippers in 2014, Clippers owner Donald Sterling was exposed to racist comments. Upon verification, the league announced that Sterling was fined $ 2.5 million and suspended for life. Sterling Lin was also forced to sell the team and be replaced by Microsoft founder Steve Ballmer.
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Paul was traded to the Houston Rockets in 2017. It didn’t take long for owner Leslie Alexander to announce the sale of the team, which was eventually bought by Texan billionaire Tilman Fertitta, when the Suns first entered the championship game. time, they did not expect to meet the situation of the team changing hands again, but this time Paul was optimistic, because after the League sentenced Savo to punishment, Paul thought that the punishment was too light and even more serious. He underlines the desire to see Sappho punished more severely.
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