The Suns are for sale. We have known this for a month since Robert Sarver, suspended and financially sanctioned by the NBA, has decided to put his NBA and WNBA franchises up for sale. We are talking about a price of more than three billion dollars, and that would be a record for an NBA franchise.
“The days when someone could put in some money and run the team are over,” said Bill Simmons, our colleague from The Ringer. “It was another era. The only guy who could get away with it, and I know I’m throwing in a scoop, is that I heard Obama was involved in one of the groups. And he’s the only guy that I think could be the face of it, and investors would be so happy to have him on the front lines. »
Former President of the United States, barack obama played basketball in high school and college, and he’s a big fan of the NBA in particular, and basketball in general. He is also one of the people who have invested in the Basketball African League.