Tuesday night's bombshell report from The Ringer implying that Sixers president of basketball operations Bryan Colangelo could be behind five Twitter accounts that disclosed non-public information, critiqued other front offices and criticized Sixers players, set the internet ablaze. It also sent Colangelo into damage control and forced the Sixers to launch an internal investigation.
After the report surfaced, Joel Embiid reacted and trolled before ultimately saying he didn't believe it. NBA players, executives and even Gabrielle Union, who was mentioned in The Ringer report, offer their own reactions to the wild story.
Let's begin with Union because she is part of this story. One of the alleged Colangelo burner accounts, Eric jr (@AlVic40117560), tweeted, "I sat NEXT to you and [Dwyane Wade] at Beijing Olympics and saw you both being rude nasty to little kid fan," according to The Ringer.
Early Wednesday morning, Union addressed the situation.
Well ain't this interesting. I didnt go to the Beijing Olympics so whoever wrote the tweets created a whole rude celeb fantasy for a very specific reason, an attempt to discredit me for my tweets about athletes not wanting to go to the White House ������ https://t.co/OozdMUziPL— Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) May 30, 2018
Some NBA executives chimed in - Daryl Morey of the Rockets (buddy and former boss of Sam Hinkie), Mark Cuban of the Mavericks and Danny Ainge of the Celtics.
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You need two blue checks to confirm you are not a burner https://t.co/eZPp2KZ3hg— Daryl Morey (@dmorey) May 30, 2018
Actually , that was back in the day. As of the new TPA (Twitter Posting Agreement ) every NBA exec gets assigned 7 burner accounts. Let me know if I can help you get a ��for your accounts. BTW, loved your burner account names. @moreymeister is my fave. #FeelTheBurn https://t.co/SRn6vH6PBd— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) May 30, 2018
So there are still two more burner accounts? Can Cyber Dust help? https://t.co/7LTrnF9uA0— Daryl Morey (@dmorey) May 30, 2018
Dude. I know you have been busy, but we all get our TPS reports weekly. This one had the cover letter that clearly stated "Burner Accounts". So yes, you have 2 left. And @DustMessaging is for DMs of course. HMU there w any ? #FeelTheBurn https://t.co/eFV1vyjB9Y— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) May 30, 2018
�� https://t.co/SKa28yQSzP— Danny Ainge (@danielrainge) May 30, 2018
NBA players:
Are you saying you're no longer happy in philly ? �� https://t.co/i623bIufJR— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) May 30, 2018
Oh this is getting crazy..— Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) May 30, 2018
And we'll close with our old friend Joe Banner.
Remember when the philly media thought I was thin skinned. This is crazy. https://t.co/BkPavn7I1C— Joe Banner (@JoeBanner13) May 30, 2018
More on Collargate:
• Report: Bryan Colangelo at center of bizarre Twitter situation
• Making sense of the alleged Bryan Colangelo Twitter mess
• Sixers launch internal investigation into Bryan Colangelo report
