2018 NBA OFFSEASON

woj is for breaking news bombs, not for cold takes like this

The amount of media members that want in on the story and the fact that so many prominent NBA people are revelling in it, doesn't suggest a lot of goodwill around the league towards Colangelo

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— Danny Ainge (@danielrainge) May 30, 2018

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rip 76ers

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― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, May 30, 2018 2:26 AM (six hours ago) Bookmark

i love that simmons went from breaking u pwith tinashe bc she was acting like a kardashian to actually dating a kardashian

god I wish "fake news" never became a thing that people say
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this Colangelo story is delicious

uhh lol

Ben Simmons Broke Up With Tinashe For Doing "Kardashian Sh*t"; Breakdown of What That Means (Photos) https://t.co/UTPrYm7QXq pic.twitter.com/AUFbHuiK0c

— Robert Littal (@BSO) May 26, 2018

Kendall Jenner is dating NBA star Ben Simmons https://t.co/IabZqjVHPb pic.twitter.com/frrQWsub4E

— Page Six (@PageSix) May 30, 2018

i guess we know who one of wpjs sources is lol

Nevertheless, Colangelo is denying he is responsible for those tweets and many league executives seem to believe this: It is hard to fathom a GM risking his job in such a reckless manner. Many are giving him the benefit of doubt on that level alone. It just doesn’t add up. https://t.co/BDn3n0os2a

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 30, 2018

it's funny that espn stole woj just as he was losing his fastball

ya, wonder if some ppl stopped feeding him the good stuff because he went to espn

it's not hard to see the conflict of interest there - espn needs to m/l maintain good relationships with the major sports leagues

part of it also cld be some of the sources were shams and he was passing the info to woj

yeah the fact that Shams has so much juice maybe suggests whatever framework Woj left behind at Yahoo was really putting in work

“It just doesn’t add up” is a thing credulous media people say when confronted with hard evidence that someone they’ve been reasonably friendly or perhaps worked with is a egomaniacal asshole who just does irrational things

There’s another good example floating around America somewhere now but I can’t put my finger on who exactly

This is such a fantastically good story tho I love it

This is our GM. pic.twitter.com/0BPJlSZecN

— Eric Jr. of South Philly (@Sixers_Nation_) May 30, 2018

“It just doesn’t add up” is a thing credulous media people say when confronted with hard evidence that someone they’ve been reasonably friendly or perhaps worked with is a egomaniacal asshole who just does irrational things

There’s another good example floating around America somewhere now but I can’t put my finger on who exactly

― gritty tigger reboot (agent hibachi), Wednesday, May 30, 2018 12:57 PM (thirty-four minutes ago) Bookmark

^^

players should be suspended by their teams if they date a Kardashian or Jenner.

the phrase "it doesn't add up" is especially funny because if you read the article's laying out of the evidence it does literally add up!

it's so obvious lol

Steve Clifford was hired as the Magic HC btw

i think the missing piece for these people is Colangelo hasn't been actually previously said at any time that he likes to use phantom twitter accounts to attack his own players and personnel, it is kind of weird that he wouldn't have mentioned it before.

new Lowe podcast is he and Arnovitz talking about the Colangelo stuff

interesting, I'm not completely down on Clifford, he didn't have much to work with on the hornets though i still think they underperformed this year. maybe it was the Dwight curse tho

I think he'll be good in Orlando. Clifford is good at getting a bad team with some talent to play to their proper level. I don't know if he can take a talented team the next step.

the hornets offense looked very pretty at times during their good year

P.J. Tucker played Game 7 after three root canals. Didn't even tell teammates. Was unreal.

— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) May 30, 2018

whoa. very tough guy.

the reason i dont think bron has the heroics in him to beat the dubs is hes already maxed out just barely beating indy and the celtics

LeBron James has eight games with a Game Score of 30 or more THIS POSTSEASON.

There are only 18 players in the history of the NBA who have at least eight games with a 30-plus Game Score in their postseason CAREERS.

LISTEN FOR MORE > https://t.co/3ChnusLaPY pic.twitter.com/33BJ6eDXar

— Andy Bailey (@AndrewDBailey) May 30, 2018

oh wrong thread well

new Lowe podcast is he and Arnovitz talking about the Colangelo stuff

― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, May 30, 2018 3:06 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

spoiler alert for non-pod ppl--they can't really come up with a plausible alternative to it being colangelo. they more or less confirm that the accounts tweeted stuff about fultz that is true but is not widely known and hasn't been reported (guessing it's the family trauma/offcourt thing).

guy cmon

Bryan Colangelo tells me via text: "Someone's out to get me. ... This is clearly not me." Colangelo adds that he's "hopeful to resolve this soon."

— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) May 30, 2018

I’m excited for the future where fans demand Sam Hinkie to return to the 76ers (he’ll surely make the Steve Jobs comparison) and we soon find out that it was Hinkie or someone close to Hinkie that leaked the story. I love Philly.

theres def a non zero chance the hinkie is the leaker

guy cmon

It clearly came from someone inside or close to the organization, right?

The AI story is such nonsensical bullshit.

ya the leaker even says that they found the accounts before claimed AI exploits

it seems clear that the accounts tweeted recent and confidential information that wouldn't have been known outside the organization

i bet a sixers employee he was following on twitter just looked at the account(s) and figured out it was him

man that mustve been so fun for them lol

it pretty funny that he replicated his feed across all the accounts so he cld read important tweets he needed while also doing his sock puppet business

i bet a sixers employee he was following on twitter just looked at the account(s) and figured out it was him

Yeah. Exactly. He uses his phone number or e-mail address to create the account and they appear on someone who has his personal phone number or e-mail’s “recommended follows”.

I imagine the number of people interested in burning Colangelo or the 76ers broadly is lengthy.

I once read a post on Hacker News that described working for the (Hinkie-era) 76ers. They said it was as dysfunctional as the worst Valley startup but with shittier weather. 😂

prescient

76ers twitter really is just infowars for basketball

— Jack (@Jack_Michael17) June 17, 2017

solid wrap up of the best drama of the season in this thread

Weirdest stories of the 2018 NBA season, ranked:

1. Colangelo burner accounts
2. Markelle Fultz loses the ability to play basketball
3. Kawhi injury saga
4. Rockets/Clippers tunnel fight
5. KD burner accounts

— Yaya Dubin (@JADubin5) May 30, 2018

kd burner accounts are not weird at all

i would promote portis/mirotic into the top 5 instead of that but solid list nonetheless

excellent list

had forgotten about JR throwing soup. cavs drama comes and goes so fast.

fast as soup

38. NBA tries to institute "Weeks" like NFL but nobody actually uses it

lol i didnt even know about this