During an all-employees call Wednesday afternoon, held just hours after majority owner Robert Sarver announced that he would be selling the Phoenix Suns, the team's president and CEO, Jason Rowley, addressed questions from team staff about the organization's future; whether punishment would be forthcoming for specific leaders of the franchise who were considered culpable in a yearslong pattern of workplace misconduct; and about whether the team would acknowledge specific allegations after publicly siding with Sarver when those allegations first surfaced, team sources told ESPN.

Rowley noted that Sam Garvin, a minority owner who was originally part of the ownership group that Sarver led to buy the team in 2004, would remain the team's interim governor as the sale process begins, giving him control over all managerial decisions for the organization, those sources said.

Sarver's impending absence provided the team with "clarity" and that questions about Sarver's role moving forward -- "the elephant in the room" -- were behind the team, Rowley said.

Rowley also addressed a question, said to be submitted by several staffers, about why the organization hasn't specifically addressed allegations after quickly standing beside Sarver when the allegations were first noted.