The Sixers hired the law firm of Paul/Weiss to independently investigate a potential connection between president of basketball operations Bryan Colangelo and a handful of burner Twitter accounts, league sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. According to Wojnarowski, the 76ers are pushing for a resolution on the situation within the next few days.
The law firm is the same one that was hired by the National Basketball Players Association in 2013 to look into the business practices of former executive director Billy Hunter. According to Wojnarowski, Paul/Weiss is believed to be using cyberintelligence consultants to aid the investigation, with Colangelo giving up his electronic devices as part of the probe.
Wojnarowski reports that the Paul/Weiss investigation has become primarily focused on Colangelo’s wife Barbara as the possible author of a number of tweets that criticized Sixers players and revealed private information about them. The tweets from the anonymous accounts also discussed proposed trades, former Sixers GM Sam Hinkie, and Raptors president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri, who took over for Colangelo in Toronto.
While Colangelo continues to insist that he had no previous knowledge of any of the tweets, which may have been published by his wife, there’s skepticism “inside and outside” the Sixers in regard to that claim, says Wojnarowski.
Describing the Philadelphia ownership group as “angry” and “embarrassed,” Woj writes that there have been discussions about firing Colangelo, adding that team ownership “has been reluctant to separate Colangelo from any family member or close associate responsible” for the tweets.
Rehire Hinkle.
Why drag this thing on. No updates. No breaking news. Fire him now!
All right I will try again without all the extra mustard!
The Process is awful and Sixer Ownership is pure hypocrisy!
Have 2 potential generational talents and a shot at the greatest player in the world. Tell me how it’s awful, and elaborate on how the ownership is hypocrisy?
*inserts Michael Jordan “Stop. Get help.” gif*
Edgy
Bryan.. is that you again?
The league imposed the Colangelos on the Sixers. Hinkie would have taken Simmons. Hinkie would NOT have traded assets to move up 2 spots and get the same caliber player he could get at 3. Draftable Guards at #3 Fultz, Ball, Tatum is a SG/SF depending on lineup, Smith Jr., Fox, Jackson. He would have taken the highest ceiling player.
And wed have the Kings pick.
Coangelo should be fired on how that trade went alone. Imagine if the sixers had Tatum instead of fultz and the pick. Everyone knew trading up was dumb. And it didn’t work out at all. Could of got fultz at 3 maybe or Tatum. We all knew lakers were getting ball. So it was either fultz or Tatum at 3 so dumb. Sometimes I wonder how these executives get jobs and who’s in their ear saying this is a good move.
Totally agree, Hinkie would have gotten Simmons anyway, it was the worst trade ever to get that #1 from Boston, dreadful trade. So please fire this clown right NOW!!!
By the way “the process” is absolutely brilliant & has revolutionized the league, showing a blue print to go from awful to winners, you Orioles fan for some reason you don’t really like the sixers & Philly, so why do you keep commenting on what they do, always negative, (by the way can you tell me where the Orioles play) man you should stick with baseball, you do know this is basketball, right?
Orioles are going through a process… 12 stages of grief when they lose Machado.
Wait Sixers fans. You’re complaining?
Signed: Knicks fan.