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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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CAMDEN, NJ – SEPTEMBER 09: Exterior of Sixers logo at the Sixers Training Complex in Camden, New Jersey during the Julius Erving Youth Basketball Clinic on September 9, 2017 (Photo by Lisa Lake/Getty Images for PGD Global)
CAMDEN, NJ – SEPTEMBER 09: Exterior of Sixers logo at the Sixers Training Complex in Camden, New Jersey during the Julius Erving Youth Basketball Clinic on September 9, 2017 (Photo by Lisa Lake/Getty Images for PGD Global) /

Luke Swiatek

I find this entire situation absolutely hilarious. I mean, if I wore collars like him, I’d probably also need at least five accounts to defend myself too.

On a slightly more serious and unneccessarily deep level, I view this entire situation like the existence of pain. It may not be pleasant, but it lets you know something’s wrong and therefore generally serves a useful purpose. If it didn’t hurt us, we wouldn’t know not to put our hand on a hot stove.

Similarly, this should probably indicate to ownership that something is very wrong with Colangelo, and therefore is useful, even though it certainly will cause the franchise some pain in the short run. Hopefully, this weird little scandal ends up being the impetus for them to move on from Colangelo and his backstabbing burner accounts.

As it so happens, I do know a former general manager who is currently without an NBA job…