It has been an eventful day in Philadelphia, where the Sixers announced that president of basketball operations Bryan Colangelo has resigned from his position following an investigation into several burner Twitter accounts connected to him. Independent investigators hired by the franchise concluded that Colangelo’s wife Barbara was behind the tweets, but suggested that Colangelo himself was “careless” and “in some instances reckless” with sensitive information, a charge he strongly disputed in his own statement.
Kyle Neubeck of PhillyVoice.com provides another fascinating detail on the saga, writing that multiple people who spoke on the condition of anonymity indicated that special advisor Jerry Colangelo attempted to intervene on his son’s behalf, delaying the team’s decision. According to Neubeck’s sources, the elder Colangelo may have threatened to interfere with Sixers relationships around the NBA.
As the 76ers look to recover from an unexpected and unusual setback, let’s round up a few more notes out of Philadelphia…
- While head coach Brett Brown will run the basketball operations department on an interim basis, he said today he has no interest in taking on that role permanently, tweets TNT’s David Aldridge.
- According to Sixers principal owner Josh Harris, the club would like to have a new general manager in place before the start of free agency on July 1. However, Harris acknowledged that a full-fledged search may take a little longer than that (Twitter link via Aldridge).
- In the view of Jake Fischer of SI.com, the Sixers should exercise patience when it comes to picking a new GM, focusing on finding the perfect fit for the job rather than rushing to bring someone new on board within the next few weeks.
- With a big summer looming for the Sixers, ESPN’s Kevin Pelton takes a closer look at the next steps for the franchise, both in terms of possible player acquisitions and front office changes.
- Bryan Kalbrosky of HoopsHype offers up some names to watch as the Sixers’ search for a GM gets underway.
David Griffin. Just make it happen already.
Wouldn’t it be interesting if the hired griffin and LeBron came to Philly in the same off-season? The dominoes are being set up.
Can you imagine if they brought Hinkie back??
I’d take that as a 2nd option.
Hire lebron as gm, his salary wont count against the cap…do it will smith!
Yea a 30 mil per year GM, but playing for the veteran’s minimum.
Jackie Moon.
#TTP #TrustTheProcess
Finally they got rid of this clown! I hope they can bring Hinkie back, he’s the man for Philly!
I wonder if Collangelo’s wife is having an affair and that’s how she got the information.
Sure she is, with hubby the GM.