Barack Obama 'is 伴う／関わるd in a group 利益／興味d in buying the 不死鳥／絶品 Suns' from 不名誉d owner Robert Sarver, with coach Monty Williams 説 he would 'value the 共同' - but the former 大統領 might have to 支払う／賃金 $3BILLION price tag

Former 大統領 Barack Obama is 報道によれば part of a group 利益／興味d in buying NBA team the 不死鳥／絶品 Suns.?

不名誉d?不死鳥／絶品 Suns?and 水銀柱，温度計 owner Robert Sarver?発表するd his 決定／判定勝ち（する） to sell the teams in September after several sponsors, 含むing Verizon Wireless and PayPal, were ーするつもりであるing to 削減（する） 後援 取引，協定s with both franchises.

Sarver was 手渡すd a one-year 禁止（する） and $10million 罰金 by the NBA に引き続いて a league 調査 into 主張s that he engaged in 人種差別主義, sexism, and いじめ（る）ing.

The NBA 明らかにする／漏らすd it 設立する that Sarver used the N-word on at least five occasions の中で other transgressions, 含むing the use of?language and 行為／行う demeaning to 女性（の） 従業員s, over his nearly two-１０年間 任期 as owner of the Suns and WNBA's 水銀柱，温度計.

With Sarver now looking to find a 買い手 after 存在 圧力d into selling, the 44th 大統領 of the 部隊d Stat es is 報道によれば?in a group that is 利益／興味d in making the 購入（する）.?

'The days of somebody 存在 able to put in a little 量 of money and run the team, those days are over… The one guy who might pull it off and I heard, I'm probably breaking some news here, but I heard Obama is 伴う／関わるd in one of the groups,' 法案 Simmons said on his The Ringer podcast,?経由で NBC Sports.?

Former 大統領，／社長 Barack Obama is 報道によれば part of a group 利益／興味d in buying NBA team the 不死鳥／絶品 Suns

不死鳥／絶品 Suns and 水銀柱，温度計 owner Robert Sarver has 発表するd that he has started the 過程 to sell both franchises after 存在 手渡すd a one-year 禁止（する） and $10million 罰金

Devin Booker (1) and Cameron Payne (15) of the 不死鳥／絶品 Suns in 活動／戦闘 against the 軍人s

不名誉d Sarver is now looking to find a 買い手 for the team after 存在 圧力d into selling

'And that's the one guy who I feel like would make him the actual 直面する, and the money guys would be so happy to have him in the 前線.'

As Simmons said,?Obama would not be the 大多数 owner and he would have to team up with other rich partners but he would be a big 指名する and possible 直面する of the group if it were to make a 企て，努力，提案.?

On the podcast, NBA legend Charles Barkley had said?he wasn't too 利益／興味d in buying the Suns because of the hefty price tag but he did 収容する／認める he could be swayed if Obama called him.?

NBA legend Charles Barkley had said he wasn't too 利益／興味d in buying the Suns because of the hefty price tag but he did 収容する／認める he could be swayed if Obama called him

'If Obama called me, hell yeah I'm buying in,' Barkley said 'I got so much love and 賞賛 for that guy.'?

Barkley is not the only one who seemed to be in support of Obama 存在 part of a possible 企て，努力，提案.?

At Thursday's マスコミ availability, Suns 長，率いる coach Monty Williams was asked about his thoughts on the former 大統領，／社長 潜在的に 存在 part of his team's 所有権 group.

Suns 長，率いる coach Monty Williams was asked about his thoughts on the former 大統領，／社長 潜在的に 存在 part of his team's 所有権 group?

'I don't tend to make comments about 憶測, but I think anybody would value a 共同 with someone like that,' Williams said.?

'For me, as an African-American, even though you may have differences of opinions on 確かな 見解（をとる）s 政治上, whatever that looks like, someone that's been through those 肉親，親類d of experiences from a leadership 見地, I would love to just 選ぶ his brain and just sit and listen for hours about life and 決定／判定勝ち（する）s and things like that.?

'So, I've heard that, also, but it's hard to 推測する on that, 原因（となる） I'm so locked in on the season.'

The news comes as the 不死鳥／絶品 Suns （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 the New Orleans Pelicans 124-111 Friday night, moving 3-1.?

Obama is a big sports fan, pictured with the late Kobe Bryant (中心) during an event with the 2008-2009 NBA 支持する／優勝者 Los Angeles Lakers at the White House in 2010

Sarver bought the franchise for $401 million in 2004 - an NBA 記録，記録的な／記録する at the time - and?Forbes?now values the Suns, who appeared in the 2021 NBA 決勝戦, at $1.8billion. However, the Suns?are 推定する／予想するd to sell for an 概算の $3billion.?

の中で 噂するs of other new team owners, アマゾン 創立者 Jeff Bezos and Oracle 創立者 Larry Ellison. Laurene Powell 職業s, the wife of the late Steve 職業s, is also believed to be in the running. She 現在／一般に has a 20 パーセント 少数，小数派 火刑／賭ける in the Washington Wizards.??

（頭が）ひょいと動く Iger, who has の近くに 関係 with the NBA from his time at Disney (a league sponsor and 組織者 for the 2020 NBA 泡), is also considering buying the Arizona-based franchise.?

Another NBA legend, Shaquille?O'Neal, also 明らかにする／漏らすd would be willing to join a 可能性のある Jeff Bezos 企て，努力，提案.

NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal, also 明らかにする／漏らすd would be willing to join a 可能性のある Jeff Bezos 企て，努力，提案?

Bezos has been a 噂するd 買い手 of the team after Sarver 発表するd his 意向s to sell

'If he wants me on board, I would 喜んで like to talk to him,' O'Neal told TMZ Sports.

'But as far as trying to own a whole team by myself and go up against ― let me tell you something, I'm 脅すd of Big Man JB. Shaq O'Neal is 脅すd of Big Man JB.'

The franchise's valuation, 報告（する）／憶測d by ESPN on Wednesday, would be the second-highest team 所有権 sale in sports history. At the moment, the Denver Broncos' $4.65billion sale in June to the Walton-Penner family is the North American 記録，記録的な／記録する, より勝るing the $2.4billion （判断の）基準 始める，決める by Steve Cohen in 2020 when he bought the New York Mets.

Sarver?最初 bought the team in 2004 for $400million.

In total, the Suns have 30 sponsors on a one-year 契約 until the end of the new season. Put altogether, these sponsors 生成するd $11million in 歳入 last season for the Arizona franchise.?

The 44th 大統領，／社長 is pictured with the NBA commissioner, Adam Silver (left), in 2019

PayPal is the 主要な 利益（をあげる）-making sponsor, as the online 支払い（額） company made $3million in 歳入 for 不死鳥／絶品 last season, but its CEO Dan Schulman 解放（する）d a 声明 説 the company would not 捜し出す to 新たにする its 共同 with the Suns 'should Robert Sarver remain 伴う／関わるd with the Suns organization, after serving his 中断.'?

The Suns office 報道によれば 用意が出来ている for the worst 結果 for Sarver, によれば ESPN. Many, if not all, sponsors sought '付加 attention and talking points' with 不死鳥／絶品 after the NBA's final 報告（する）／憶測 on the 主張s made against the Suns owner was made public, 同様に as Silver's 罰.?

Other than PayPal, these sponsors 含むd ロケット／急騰する Mortgage, Kia, Opendoor, CarMax, Kroger, Beam Suntory, Arizona Public Service, 足跡 and Verizon.?

Suns 少数，小数派 owner Jahm Najafi was one of the 主要な 発言する／表明するs in the 前線 office who had 公然と advised Sarver to 辞職する as owner.?

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver 個人として advised Sarver to sell, ESPN 報告（する）／憶測d, but did not think the Suns owner deserved as much of a 激しい 罰 as 英貨の／純銀の

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver had also 個人として advised Sarver to sell にもかかわらず 存在 of the opinion that the league's 10-month 調査 into the Suns owner's 不適切な 行為／行う was '劇的な different' from the one tied to former LA Clippers owner, Donald 英貨の／純銀の.?

In 2014, 英貨の／純銀の was 手渡すd a lifetime 禁止（する） from the NBA after telling his mistress, V. Stiviano, in a 記録，記録的な／記録するing 得るd by TMZ that she is 'not to bring them to my games,' referring to 黒人／ボイコット people.??

Sarver was not deserving of the same 罰, Silver 結論するd and the NBA commissioner 申し込む／申し出d the Suns owner a path 支援する to the league in 365-days time. The Arizona 実業家 was not caught on tape and there was no indisputable 証拠 to find him 有罪の by default, unlike 英貨の／純銀の.

Sarver's 事例／患者 has drawn comparison's to that of former Clippers owner Donald 英貨の／純銀の (left), who was banned for life and 罰金d $2.5m for 人種差別主義者 comments against 黒人／ボイコット people in 2014

However, several players, 含むing Lebron James, of the Los Angeles Lakers, and Chris Paul, the Suns' point guard, didn't think Silver's 罰 was hard enough on Sarver.?

一方／合間, Golden 明言する／公表する 軍人s 星／主役にする Green called for NBA owners to 投票（する） to 決定する whether Sarver should be 除去するd as 不死鳥／絶品 Suns 大多数 owner as he labeled his 罰 'bulls***'.?

国家の Basketball Players 協会 (NBPA) (n)役員／(a)執行力のある director Tamika Tremaglio echoed a 大多数 of NBA players' 感情s on the 状況／情勢, and said in an ESPN interview that they were '絶対 calling for' a lifetime 禁止（する）.?

The NBA 支配するs 明言する／公表する that in order for an owner to be 除去するd, it needs three-４半期/4分の1s of its board of 知事s to agree to start the 過程. In September, commissioner Silver made it （疑いを）晴らす that he cannot 行為／法令／行動する alon e on 'the 権利 to take away his team,' referring to Sarver, in a 圧力（をかける） 会議／協議会.?

The NBA had the 選択 of giving Sarver a longer 禁止（する） than the one-year 中断. The $10m 罰金 was the 最大限 allowable, as was the 事例／患者 with 英貨の／純銀の's $2.5m 罰金 eight years ago; NBA 支配するs on 最大限 罰金s were changed in 2019.

Lakers 星／主役にする LeBron James 主張するd there is no place for 'tha t 肉親，親類d of 行為' in the league

Paul 攻撃する，衝突する out at the 許可／制裁s, believing that Sarver should have 直面するd a harsher 罰

But Silver 明らかにする／漏らすd that Sarver was likely spared even stronger 許可／制裁ing by the NBA for his 人種差別主義者, misogynistic and 敵意を持った words and 活動／戦闘s because of one 重要な 結論 by 捜査官／調査官s.

Lawyers put in 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 of Sarver's 事例／患者 by the league 決定するd the NBA owner's use of 中傷するs 'was not 動機づけるd by racial animus.'

Had that not been the 事例／患者, Silver 示すd, Sarver's 罰 - a one-year 中断 and $10m 罰金 - would have been far more 厳しい.