At the restaurant, when the bill arrives, he slips away to empty the water from the olives. Once his Uber Eats ride arrives, he does the trick of “incomplete order”, when it was full. When his children ask him to take a €3 carousel ride, he refuses, claiming that the machine pollutes horribly. And when the person in charge of the carousel assures that everything works with electricity, he throws a mandal at him and runs away. Ladies and gentlemen: the rat.
“I knew a guy who was so stingy he hired a blind maid to save electricity”. A tirade signed Pierre Doris, which suggests that the late actor crossed paths with Robert Sarver during his time on earth. Why this bastos? In 2013-14, although pushed back to the gates of the Playoffs with the Suns – despite a record of 48 wins for only 34 losses – Goran Dragic slams his first big individual season: 20.3 points on 51% shooting including 41% from 3-pointers, 3.2 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 1.4 interceptions. The Slovenian point guard, then 28 years old, believed hard to be selected for the All-Star Game in New Orleans, but it did not happen. Dragic not being the most « bankable » whoever, his name passes completely through the popular vote, suffragan – on the backcourt of the Eastern Conference – of a Stephen Curry – Kobe Bryant – Chris Paul podium. However, the non-selection of the Slovenian is not perceived as a snob. Like a 2019 version of Tobias Harris, Goran delivered a superb season as a soloist, in which he “only” lacked collective ambitions and popularity.
This Tuesday, in an interview for the Slovenian podcast Frljoke with Googy, Goran Dragic returned to his non-selection to the All-Star Game. The opportunity to deliver a rather incredible anecdote about Robert Sarver, the owner of the Phoenix Suns since 2004.
“After the announcement [de la non-sélection de Dragic au All-Star Game, ndlr] , Robert Sarver came to the gym and said he was happy. Really happy. So I asked him why he was so happy? He told me it was because he didn’t have to pay me a million dollars in bonuses […]
I thought to myself, what kind of owner doesn’t want his own player to be on the All-Star team. After that, I thought… I really don’t see myself in this place anymore. – Goran Dragic, for Slovenian Podcast Frljoke with Googy
There, if the greed brigade passes, Sarver takes life. This attitude dishonors him and helps to understand how, from 2011 to 2020, the Suns did not play a single Playoff campaign. When the top of the organization chart favors the flouze to the competition, it becomes difficult to send, 82 evenings in the year, a group of warriors ready to leave blood and sweat on the floor. But hey, this anecdote is just one more element in the flood of testimonies aimed at revealing the oddity of Robert Sarver. Basketball, but not only. On October 23, 2021, we headlined: “Robert Sarver in turmoil: accusations of racism, sexism and sexual harassment for the owner of the Suns…? ». Allegations of more than 70 employees of the Suns institution, relayed in an investigation paper by Baxter Holmes for ESPN. Since ? Nothing new, until this release of Dragic which confirms what we already knew about the strange – not to say ” toxic “ – personality of Robert Sarver.
Eight months after the accusations of racism, sexism and sexual harassment aimed at him, Robert Sarver is being talked about for his love of sorrel. The dollars before the All-Star selections, Chris Paul and Devin Booker will be happy to learn that they represent a budget hole in the eyes of a weird owner, who dreams of a title without the expense of the “rhinestones and glitter” type. .
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