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Stephen Curry says he spoke to Adam Silver about Robert Sarver’s punishment and is pleased with the sanctions imposed on the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury owner.
The NBA suspended Sarver for one year and fined him $10million after an investigation questioned 320 people over allegations about his behaviour during his 18 years with the Suns.
Sarver last week announced that he intends to sell up after he was found him to have engaged in racist and sexist conduct.
Golden State Warriors superstar Curry revealed he contacted NBA commissioner Silver about the issue and has given his backing to the outcome.
He said during a Warriors media day: “[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.
“There should be a standard around what’s tolerable and what’s not.”
Curry added: “I think the outcome was exactly what should have happened.
“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.”
