Rewinding the most shocking events that took place during the off-season of the North American League which is about to start its 2022/23 campaign.
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the track will return This Tuesday, October 18, in the middle of the spotlight on the National Basketball Associationafter one preseason busymarked ‘earthquake’ Kevin Durant -who threatened to change the league by asking to leave the Brooklyn Netsbefore signing the peace-, the scandal of robert sarver in phoenix sunsthe suspension of Ime Udoka as a technician of Celtics and the blow of Draymond Green with his companion jordan pool.
The bomb exploded on June 30 within hours of the opening of free agency. whiledisappointed in a season marked by ups and downs in Brooklyn Nets, asked to leave the franchise. Before this news, more than half of the NBA has requested information about his situation and he thought of finding a way to get his hands on one of the most determined players in the league.
The phoenix sunsin search of the last suffering step towards the ring, the boston celticstouched by the lost finals a few days before, but also Miami Heat, Portland Trail Blazers and New Orleans Pelicans dreamed of including him. However, the situation calmed down after a few weeks, when the player changed his mind and decided to honor his contract with nets and try to go for a ring on the side Kyrie Irving Y Ben Simmons.
“I committed to this team for four years, with the idea of playing here. Last season they saw what happened, the injuries, and had a little insecurity, I wanted to be in a stable team. I thought about those but Let’s continue“he said while when the situation is explained.
the server case
off the track, the NBA facing a Phoenix Suns scandal After discovering an investigation a abusive behavior in the work environment and abusive treatment His employees by owner Robert Sarver.
The North American League He was punished with a one-year suspension and a fine of ten million dollars.. However, the serious findings of the report prompted the great anger from most of the environmentled by stars like LeBron James or both Chris-Paulof to Sunthat these measures are considered insufficient.
Among the revelations of the investigation of NBA it has been decided Sarver used very serious racist insults on at least five occasions against the African-American population. The NBA it was also determined that the franchise owner did a lot sexist and derogatory comments about women.
In that context, Serverwho also owns the phoenixmercury of WNBA and shareholder of Majorca of spanish football, decided to sell the basketball franchises. “Words I deeply regret for nearly two decades where I built teams that brought people together, and strengthened the Phoenix area.”he said then, after a dark page of American basketball.
Just ten days after the case broke ServerThe boston celtics They are in the center of the spotlight. Ime Udokathe rookie coach who led the franchise to the Finals, received a one year suspension of his franchise for “violation of internal rules”.
already learned Udoka had a “consensual relationship” with a female team membermatter violates domestic policy of set of Boston. Between the controversies, Celtics provided the technical direction of the team to Joe Mazzullaassistant of udoka, which will have the difficult challenge of maintaining, at least, the high level seen last season. Moreover, it is not yet clear what will happen to the former coach, who is still part of the team.
Nor the Golden State Warriorschampions of NBA, saved them from the busy preseason of the League. During a recent training session, a few days before the start of the competition, Draymond Green punched teammate Jordan Poole. His act was recorded by an unknown person and published shortly after by ‘TMZ’. The Warriors promised to fully investigate what happened and take legal action for the dissemination of the video, although in the end they decided to fine Greenwithout suspending him.
“I was wrong for what I did on Wednesday (of last week) and for that I apologized to the team and to Jordan, but I wanted to go one step further. Publishing the video (of the punch) is something that causes a lot of shame. It’s something I’m not comfortable with, and that’s something that affects me, but it’s also the feeling of discomfort that Jordan has, that this team has, that this franchise has.”expressed Green in a recent press conference.
For his part, the technical Steve Kerr admitted what happened the biggest crisis he experienced in the Warriors locker room during his long and successful administration. This Tuesday, more than four months later, the action returns to the tracks of NBA for the new season, including Warriors called to defend his scepter and leave the controversies of another step in the preseason.
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