{"id":294817,"date":"2022-09-21T20:18:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T18:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=294817"},"modified":"2022-09-21T20:18:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T18:18:42","slug":"sarver-says-hes-starting-process-to-sell-suns-mercury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/sarver-says-hes-starting-process-to-sell-suns-mercury\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarver says he&#8217;s starting process to sell Suns, Mercury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Owner Robert Sarver on Wednesday announced that he has begun the process to sell both the NBA&#8217;s Phoenix Suns and WNBA&#8217;s Phoenix Mercury franchises.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a man of faith, I believe in atonement and the path to forgiveness,&#8221; Sarver said in a statement Wednesday. &#8220;I expected that the commissioner&#8217;s one-year suspension would provide the time for me to focus, make amends and remove my personal controversy from the teams that I and so many fans love. But in our current unforgiving climate, it has become painfully clear that that is no longer possible &#8212; that whatever good I have done, or could still do, is outweighed by things I have said in the past. For those reasons, I am beginning the process of seeking buyers for the Suns and Mercury.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sarver bought the teams in July 2004 for about $400 million. With approximately one-third of the stake, he is not the lone owner, but he is the primary one. Forbes recently estimated the value of the Suns at $1.8 billion. The NBA commissioned an investigation in the wake of an ESPN story in November 2021 detailing allegations of racism and misogyny during Sarver&#8217;s 17 years as owner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarver was suspended one year and fined $10 million last week after an NBA investigation. 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