The Sixers‘ ownership group convened in New York on Tuesday evening, talking for several hours about whether head of basketball operations Bryan Colangelo should be fired based on the findings in an investigation into several burner Twitter accounts, league sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. According to Wojnarowski, the 76ers could reach a decision on Wednesday.
As Wojnarowski has previously reported, the investigation into those Twitter accounts, which published tweets critical of Sixers players and revealed sensitive information, has increasingly focused on Colangelo’s wife Barbara.
Both Colangelo and his wife were interviewed by investigators for several hours on Sunday and Monday. While those interviews took place separately, Sixers ownership is struggling to separate Colangelo from his wife when it comes to the tweets in question, if she did in fact post them, Wojnarowski writes.
With Colangelo’s future up in the air, the Sixers are looking ahead to next month’s free agent period with the intent of putting Brett Brown “front and center” in presentations to top players, according to Wojnarowski, who adds that the hiring of Monty Williams as Brown’s top assistant could have an impact on discussions with free agents too. Both Brown and Williams have strong reputations with players around the NBA.
The 76ers could also rely on assistant GMs Marc Eversley and Ned Cohen to help navigate the coming offseason if they decide to move on from Colangelo, Woj observes.
This franchise is on the rise despite Colangelo. They need to cut this dead weight immediately and move on. We all remember him when the Celtics are drafting a top 5 pick next year that Colangelo gifted them for a bag of magic beans.
If he’s trying to pass the buck to his wife, she needs to ditch him.
If she did indeed post the messages, I doubt he was clueless.
If he was clueless, he would still have had to tell her all of that information in such a way for her to feel compelled to post, and to post in that defensive/negative tone.
Basically – no smoke without fire.
These guys are in a priveledged position and should get their houses in order in accordance with that priveledge…
“Get their houses in order”. It’s 2018, not Game of Thrones
It’s a biblical phrase, predates that dungeons and dragons nonsense
He’s definitely getting fired. RIP.
RIP? Burn in hell seems more appropriate lol.
Why is he still around??? Fire him now or better yesterday.