Sixers, Bryan Colangelo agree to part ways

The Sixers and president of basketball operations Bryan Colangelo have agreed to part ways, reports ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (Twitter links). According to Wojnarowski, the club will hold a news conference this afternoon with team ownership to make the move official.Wojnarowski notes (via Twitter) that Colangelo’s departure is expected to be labeled as a resignation, but he won’t be leaving his post in Philadelphia entirely of his own accord. The veteran executive found himself mired in controversy last week after a report from Ben Detrick of The Ringer linked five “burner” Twitter accounts to Colangelo.Of those five anonymous Twitter accounts, which were strikingly similar in terms of content, tone, follows, and likes, four seemingly shared inside information on the 76ers and tipped team strategy — they also criticized current and former Sixers players, including Markelle Fultz, Joel Embiid, Jahlil Okafor, and Nerlens Noel, and defended Colangelo’s track record with the franchise.After Detrick sent an inqui

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