Phoenix Suns coach Monty Williams and players Devin Booker and Chris Paul acknowledged this Monday that they surprised the investigation of the owner of their franchise, Robert Sarver, who also owns Real Mallorca, of LaLiga Santander, who displayed abusive and offensive behavior toward NBA team employees.
“There was an emotional impact, a time when I didn’t believe what I read in the report. You start thinking about how those things affect people, the team, the community. At the same time, I think about my children, who live in a world where these things continue to happen, it annoys me,” he said. Monty Williams at Phoenix Suns media day.
“I don’t like it, I never liked it, when I read the report I wasn’t happy, I was annoyed. And when you read it and see it over and over again, it annoys you,” he added, when asked about his reaction to the use of highly discriminatory expression of Afro-Americans said Sarver.
Last week, the NBA sanctioned Sarver, owner of the Phoenix Suns and the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, with a one-year suspension and a $10 million fine for abusive behavior in the work environment and abusive treatment of his employees.
Williams said “at any time” he considered leaving the Suns after this scandal and considers that the best way to get out of this situation is “respect and love”. “I think if we continue to show respect and love for each other we can move forward in the right way. That brings us together,” he said.
Suns star Devin Booker, admitted he was surprised to read the report about Sarver, who decided to sell the franchise. “It’s hard for me, I don’t know Sarver, Sarver didn’t welcome me with open arms, but at the same time I’m not insensitive to those affected, and I understand other people’s experiences. It’s hard, because not the person I met,” he said.
Booker confirmed that he had never spoken to Sarver and said so “Now that he has decided to sell the franchise”, the team can fully concentrate on their goal, to compete for the ring.
He went with them Chris Paul, one of the players who raised his voice in recent days to demand justice and support for people who suffered Sarver’s abusive treatment. “My thoughts are with those affected. It’s hard to read the report. I was pissed off, but we have to move on,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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