Translation: Sarver would sue the ever loving shit out of us for this and discovery would uncover way too much stuff about other owners that we don’t want others to see
I don't know about uncovering too much about other owners. Just because that's how Sarver behaves, doesn't mean other owners do.
But if they tried to take his team, he'd definitely sue the shit out of them and he'd likely win.
People seem to think that because the NBA was able to take the Clippers from Donald Sterling, that taking the franchise is now the punishment for saying racist/sexist shit.
The stuff with Donald Sterling went back decades, included racist dealings in his real estate business and they had recordings of him saying that shit.
Sarvers seems to be he said/she said over him using the n word when repeating something someone else said and apparently making sexist comments/unwelcome advances towards some women. Can't really take his team away for he said/she said.