The Bryan Colangelo burner Twitter account scandal comes weeks before a huge 76ers offseason that could include LeBron James

There is never an opportune moment for a team's president of basketball operations to be caught up in a burner Twitter account scandal, but the timing is especially inopportune for the Philadelphia 76ers.

On Tuesday, The Ringer's Ben Detrick published a report alleging that Sixers president Bryan Colangelo had several burner Twitter accounts that he used to defend his work with the team, blame Joel Embiid's management of his health and role with the team, suggest Jahlil Okafor failed physicals and could not be traded because of it, question Brett Brown's coaching, and criticize former team GM Sam Hinkie and other NBA executives.

While it's unclear if the tweets were indeed sent from Colangelo, they had several commonalities, from the subjects of the tweets to the accounts followed. When Detrick reached out to the 76ers about two of the accounts, intentionally not mentioning the other three, the other three accounts he didn't mention were set on private shortly after that.

The 76ers on Wednesday announced they would conduct an independent investigation into the accounts. According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, Colangelo was calling the people mentioned in tweets from the accounts to tell them he wasn't involved.

While it's unclear where the process may go next, there's a sense that the 76ers will need to save face. The NBA Draft (in which the Sixers have the 10th pick) is less than four weeks away, and free agency is just over a month away.

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