Stephen A. Smith apologizes for likening Suns Mat Ishbia to Donald Sterling
"I certainly did not mean to compare him to a person that was thrown out of this league and has been widely recognized as a racist"
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Jay Williams blasts Stephen A. Smith’s Mat Ishbia ‘worst owner’ take
"Nah. That’s not analysis. That’s performance."
Mat Ishbia expects Stephen A. Smith to apologize for ‘worst owner’ comment
"I think he’ll apologize to me because it’s disrespectful to put my name aligned with anybody that was kicked out of the league"
Stephen A. Smith claims Suns’ Mat Ishbia becoming ‘worst owner’ in NBA history
"Mat Ishbia needs to understand that right now you are on the verge of being recognized as the worst owner in the history of basketball."
Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia claps back at ESPN reports about Kevin Durant trade talks
"Everyone talking about the drama and storylines, some are right and some are just wrong."
Phoenix Suns providing free TV antennas to fans
Phoenix fans can fill out a form and the Suns will ship them an antenna for free.
Suns owner Mat Ishbia says local TV deal is ‘the right thing to do for the fan‘
"The biggest no-brainer of them all."
Woj post apparently edited to remove line about Suns owner Mat Ishbia
Even without the line in question, Woj's piece remains fairly unambiguous.
Charles Barkley on Mat Ishbia-Nikola Jokić clash: ‘If another fan wouldn’t have let the ball go, he would have got tossed.’
"If that had been a regular fan, he would have got tossed."
Nuggets’ coach Michael Malone: ‘I don’t give a s***’ on Suns’ owner Mat Ishbia being the fan in the Nikola Jokić incident
"Do you think the fan's the owner of the Suns make any difference?" "I don't give a s***. I really don't care. ...I think it's crazy that Nikola got a technical foul."
Suns/Mercury owner Mat Ishbia says ‘no one is surprised’ by Diamond lawsuit to try to stop broadcast deal
"Nobody is surprised by this lawsuit and it will not stop the Phoenix Suns and Mercury from making our games available to as many people as we possibly can."
Suns/Mercury owner Mat Ishbia says ‘I think others will follow’ from RSNs to broadcast TV
"Cable subscriptions are going down in the country, and so you don’t want to have less fans watching your product. So, how do you fix that? How do you solve for that?"
Former Michigan State basketball player Mat Ishbia donates $1 million to V Foundation for pediatric cancer research
Dick Vitale relayed the story of Ishbia's donation live on ESPN's Michigan-Michigan State broadcast Thursday.
