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Roundtable: Thoughts on Bryan Colangelo’s alleged burner accounts

By Christopher Kline

BOSTON, MA - MAY 9: Bryan Colangelo of the Philadelphia 76ers looks on during Game Five of the Eastern Conference Semifinals of the 2018 NBA Playoffs against the Boston Celtics on May 9, 2018 at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA - MAY 9: Bryan Colangelo of the Philadelphia 76ers looks on during Game Five of the Eastern Conference Semifinals of the 2018 NBA Playoffs against the Boston Celtics on May 9, 2018 at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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PHILADELPHIA, PA – APRIL 03: Bryan Colangelo talks to the media during the announment of the unveiling of the Doctor J sculpture on April 3, 2018 at the Legends Walk at the practice facility in Camden, New Jersey. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images) /

Rusty Gorelick

In one of my old articles, I said the Markelle Fultz situation reminded me of a Black Mirror episode. Well, this is even weirder. Thanks to Colangelo acting like a child, it’s now hard to see any free agent seriously looking to join the Sixers with him as team president.

The owners need to take serious action, and quickly. If the report is true, he should be fired as soon as possible and the owners, coaches, and players need to make it known that he does not represent or define the culture of the organization.

What makes this even weirder is the fact that he used it to criticize his own players. What leader does that? Seriously? At least Kevin Durant defended himself with his burner account. The fact Colangelo threw his own players under the bus like that shows he should never have a leadership position again.

The players have every right to get mad about this, and they should. But the organization as a whole needs to stick together and focus on the one person causing problems. It does not help at all that this story broke ahead of the most important offseason in recent memory for the Philadelphia 76ers, but if the team says the right things and the players show they will still stick together, then this could prove to be a mere bump in a generally smooth road for Philly going forward.