Draymond Green called on NBA owners to hold a vote regarding the future of Phoenix Suns and Mercury owner Robert Sarver after the league punished him for what it called “workplace misconduct and organizational deficiencies.”

During Tuesday’s episode of “The Draymond Green Show,” the Warriors star said it’s “absolutely insane” that Sarver could return to his post after serving a one-year ban and paying a $10 million fine. Green also said he believes the sanctions would’ve been more severe if Sarver wasn’t an owner.

“The only way you get suspended for one year and fined $10 million is if you are the owner of an asset and you can’t be fired,” Green said. “Anyone who’s an employee of an NBA team, not an NBA player ... would 1,000% be fired if half of the things that came out of the investigation into Robert Sarver came out to anyone else.”

A lengthy investigation, shared in summary last week by the NBA, found Sarver used the N-word at least five times and was involved in unfair treatment toward female employees that included “sex-related comments” and inappropriate remarks about their appearances. The report also said Sarver engaged in demeaning and harsh treatment toward employees.

The investigation into Sarver’s 18-year tenure as Phoenix’s majority owner came in the wake of a damning ESPN report from November 2021 that detailed racist and misogynistic behavior and accused Sarver of creating a hostile work environment.

In the initial report, coach Steve Kerr, who helped introduce Sarver to former NBA commissioner David Stern and worked for the Suns until he was hired by the Warriors in 2014, defended Sarver, saying, “I never saw anything that suggested racism or misogyny, and I was very surprised to hear those allegations because that’s not the person that I know.”

Kerr has not commented publicly on the report since it came down last week.

Green didn’t address Kerr’s previous comments but went on to say Sarver’s reported behavior “goes against everything the NBA stands for.”

Green said it’s “a little baffling” that Sarver could return to his post on the sidelines next year and return to business as usual. He also questioned why Sarver’s situation was different from that of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, who was banned for life from the NBA after recordings surfaced of him making racist comments.

Three-quarters of the board of governors would have to vote to approve the removal of an owner, according to league policies. It’s worth noting that Sterling was banned, and an official owners’ vote never took place. The Clippers were sold to current owner Steve Ballmer in 2014.

“To think that someone like Robert Sarver that’s acting in that matter can continue to represent us, that’s bulls---,” Green said. “You can’t continue to represent way more people than yourself with those views, with speaking to people the way he did, with treating African Americans and women the way he has. That’s not OK.”

Green asked how someone like Sarver could head an organization whose success “is pretty much built on the backs of African Americans.”

“Let’s say Robert Sarver... returns next year, because it’s only a year, does everything just go back to normal? Are those guys supposed to un-see everything that they just saw and heard? Are those guys supposed to feel comfortable with continuing to work with this guy?” Green said. “Quite frankly, I think it’d be absolutely insane if they were.”

Green believes a vote on Sarver’s fate could give players and NBA fans a better idea of what owners stand for, though he noted that a vote against Sarver selling doesn’t necessarily mean they’re engaging in similar behavior as Sarver.

“What you will know is values. What are the values of others that quite frankly we’re playing for,” Green said. “What are their values? What they believe in? Morals, you’ll just have a better picture of all of those things and you’ll know how to operate yourself.

“It 100% needs to take place, so how do we get to a space and place where it’s going to happen.”

Green is the latest player to react to the Sarver news and express disappointment in the league’s disciplinary actions.

Chris Paul called Sarver’s conduct “unacceptable” and said it “must never be repeated.

“I am of the view that the sanctions fell short in truly addressing what we can all agree was atrocious behavior,” Paul tweeted. “My heart goes out to all of the people that were affected.”

LeBron James said the league “definitely got it wrong” with Sarver’s punishment.

“I love this league and I deeply respect our leadership. But this isn’t right,” James wrote on Twitter. “There is no place for misogyny, sexism, and racism in any work place. Don’t matter if you own the team or play for the team. We hold our league up as an example of our values and this aint (sic) it.”