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Sixers Beat Reporter Made Shockingly Honest Admission About Former GM's Twitter Burner

Colangelo was general manager of the Sixers for two years. | Bill Streicher-Imagn Images

If you missed it or otherwise forgot this obscure chapter in Philadelphia 76ers history, you would be forgiven because other similar wild and nearly unbelievable stories have come out of the Philadelphia 76ers rebuilding period over the last decade or so. But at one point, a general manager stepped down from his post with the team after he was tied to social media "burner" accounts that shared sensitive team information, including health and injury details of players.

The Sixers had the accounts investigated and it was determined that Colangelo's wife established and ran the accounts, sharing sensitive information that Colangelo was the source of. She admitted her involvement, and an investigating law firm painted Colangelo as reckless as the source of the account's inforrmation.

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