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NBA commish on Robert Sarver discipline: 'I don’t have the right to take away his team'

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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on Wednesday defended the discipline handed down to Phoenix Suns team owner Robert Sarver and said he did not "have the right" to take the team away.

Silver faced calls to increase the discipline on Sarver in a fashion he similarly did with former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling. Silver forced Sterling to sell the team after racist remarks were caught on a leaked tape.

"I don’t have the right to take away his team. I don’t want to rest on that legal point because of course there could be a process to take away someone’s team in this league," Silver said. "It’s very involved, and I ultimately made the decision that it didn’t rise to that level. But to me, the consequences are severe here on Mr. Sarver."

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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is pictured as he takes questions from reporters during a pre game press conference. The Boston Celtics visited the Golden State Warriors for Game One of the NBA Finals at the Chase Center in San Francisco June 2, 2022.  (Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

The Sterling investigation to Silver’s announcement of his lifetime ban took three days. The investigation into Sarver was more extensive, having been conducted over the course of about 10 months, involving 80,000 documents and other materials.

"This case is very different," Silver said of the Sarver probe. "It's not that one was captured on tape and the other isn't. ... Mr. Sarver ultimately acknowledged his behavior."

The NBA suspended Sarver for one year and fined him $10 million after the NBA’s investigation into claims of a toxic work environment found he

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