News about Eric Bledsoe

The Chinese Basketball Association suspended two teams convicted of scheduling playoff games, with one club involving former NBA stars Eric Bledsoe and Michael Beasley among its players. Both the Shanghai Sharks, Bledsoe, and Beasley's club, as well as Jiangsu Dragons have been fined 5 million yuan ($727,135). According to the South China Morning Post, officials have been banned for years, and the teams have been kicked out of play. Li Chunjiang and his Dragons counterpart Li Nan were barred from teaching for five and three years, respectively. In addition, Sharks FM Jiang Yusheng was banned for three years, while the Dragons' Shi Linjie was suspended for five years. The tale unfolded over the course of a dramatic weekend of postseason action in the CBA.

According to reports, ex-NBA guard Eric Bledsoe is joining the Shanghai Sharks for domestic violence on the same day as news broke. According to TMZ, police received a call from a woman who said she had been slapped by her boyfriend just before 11:15 p.m. local time. Bledsoe was arrested and released into a sheriff's office in Lost Hills, CA.

Robert Sarver, the suspended Phoenix Suns owner, should resign after NBA investigators' finding that he used racist, misogynistic, and lewd words in the workplace when bullying employees, according to team vice chairman Jahm Najafi in an open letter on Thursday. Sarver's behavior, according to an ESPN article last year that prompted the league to launch an investigation into him, should have "zero tolerance" for the Suns' minorities, according to the Suns minority owner, who was more specific in an ESPN study last year that prompted the league to launch an investigation into his conduct. In his tweeting, Najafi reiterated that he had "no intention" in becoming the team's managing partner. Sarver was banned for one year and fined $10 million by the NBA on Tuesday after a 10-month probe revealed that the Suns owner had used racist words, made crude and sexually suggestive remarks to staff, and had bullying tendencies.

Unless one major conclusion by investigators, Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver was likely to receive even more punishment by the NBA for his racial, misogynistic, and hostile words and conduct, according to Commissioner Adam Silver. Sarver's use of slurs 'was not motivated by racial animus,' according to the law firm who spent almost a year investigating the situation.' Sarver's punishment - a one-year suspension and a $10 million fine - would have been much more severe if that wasn't the case, Silver explained.

Following a league probe into allegations of him using racial insults, creating an inequitable work environment for women, and engaging in harsh and demeaning treatment of employees, Phoenix Suns and Mercury owner Robert Sarver has been suspended for one year and fined $10 million. The NBA revealed on Tuesday that Sarver used the n-word on at least five occasions during his time as owner of the Suns and WNBA's Mercury. ' Mr. Sarver 'engaged in conduct that clearly breached common employment laws, as shown in team and League rules and policies,' read the league's statement.' 'This behavior included the use of racially insensitive words; unethical treatment of female employees; sex-related remark and conduct; and shaming employees, which may have constituted bullying.'