“I think if they had made findings that, in fact, his conduct was motivated by racial animus, absolutely that would have had an impact on on the ultimate outcome here. “It was relevant," Silver said after the league's Board of Governors meetings concluded.
Had that not been the case, Silver indicated, Sarver's punishment - a one-year suspension and $10 million fine - would have been far more severe. The law firm that spent nearly a year digging into the situation determined Sarver's use of slurs “was not motivated by racial animus." NEW YORK (AP) - Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver was likely spared even stronger sanctioning by the NBA for his racist, misogynistic and hostile words and actions because of one key conclusion by investigators, Commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday.
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