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Dan Woike: Donald Sterling saga helps show how to remove Suns owner Robert Sarver

Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver stands with the Western Conference Championship trophy after the Suns eliminated the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals at Staples Center on June 30, 2021, in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES — Adam Silver said the NBA “addressed it” — the “it” being the behavior of Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver. And the addressing it? Well, it was just a half-measure, the NBA leaving it to its players and business partners to finish the job.

If the league wants to be rid of him — and it’s pretty clear it should — it’s leaving the dirty work to everyone else, including the fans.

The NBA suspended Sarver for one season and fined him $10 million Tuesday for a litany of unsavory behavior directed at women and people of color. Over an 18-year span, he repeated

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