Stephen Curry discussed Robert Sarver decision in 'private conversation' with NBA commissioner
Multiple high-profile NBA players have weighed in on the fiasco involving Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver and what has led to his suspension and sale of the team, including reigning NBA Finals MVP Stephen Curry.
On Sunday, the Golden State Warriors star revealed that he even had a private conversation with NBA commissioner Adam Silver regarding Sarver's punishment.
What exactly went down in that conversation?
"[I] got [Silver's] point of view of what decisions and, I guess, mechanisms he had to intervene and bring down a punishment that was worthy of the actions that we were all responding to and representing the league as a whole and protecting the integrity of the league and the standard that we set terms of from execs, ownership, all the way down to players," Curry said during the Warriors' media day availability on Sunday, via ESPN. "There should be a standard around what's tolerable and what's not."
The league was met with backlash after announcing on Sept. 13 that Sarver would be suspended for one year and fined $10 million for numerous instances of misconduct including using the N-word on several occasions and making sexual comments toward female employees. Star players such as LeBron James and Curry's teammate Draymond Green fired back at the NBA, saying the punishment wasn't nearly harsh enough, although the quick sale of the team appears to be more to everyone's liking.
"Honestly, I thought with the punishment that was handed down, it would have dragged out a little longer, but I'm glad we got to a point where hopefully the team is up for sale sooner than later and can kind of move on knowing that's where it should be," Curry said.
This isn't the first time in very recent history that Curry has used his own platform to speak out against racial injustice. The star point guard revealed in a Rolling Stone interview published earlier this month that he regretted not boycotting a 2014 playoff game against the Los Angeles Clippers after Clippers owner Donald Sterling was accused of making racist remarks. Sterling received a lifetime ban from the NBA.
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