The president of the Philadelphia 76ers just ‘resigned’ over a massive Twitter scandal Never tweet At least not from a burner account. Last week, The Ringer published an extensive report on suspicious connections between Philadelphia 76ers basketball operations president Bryan Colangelo and five burner accounts on Twitter that sent numerous tweets criticizing other NBA executives. of the current and former players of the Sixers. and the leakage of privileged medical information about said players. The tweets sent shockwaves through the NBA. Today Colangelo resigned his positions with the 76ers. The scandal placed Colangelo, a member of what is widely considered the first family of the NBA, along with his father Jerry Colangelo, the former owner of the Phoenix Suns and director of USA Basketball, in the midst of the biggest scandal in the NBA in the history. years. Among other objectives, the tweets sent by those burner accounts criticized 76ers franchise player Joel Embiid, team's first-round draft pick Markelle Fultz, former player Jahlil Okafor and other league general managers. Although Colangelo denied having control of four of those accounts, he admitted owning one of the most innocuous accounts that did not tweet sensitive information, the Philadelphia 76ers owner group immediately announced that it was opening an independent investigation into the matter.