Adam Silver: Facts Must Be Determined for Bryan Colangelo's Burner Accounts

The report by The Ringer's Ben Detrick doesn't look good for Philadelphia 76ers president Bryan Colangelo, but NBA Commissioner Adam Silver will not rush to judgment. 

According to Tim Bontemps of the Washington Post, Silver says the first step must be to figure out the facts of the situation. In the aftermath of the report, Philadelphia announced it would investigate the matter.    

Detrick's report alleged that the 53-year-old Sixers executive could be behind five burner Twitter accounts, with the 76ers executive already owning up to controlling one of the accounts. A 76ers fan account later made a potential bombshell discovery that possibly linked Colangelo's wife's phone number to three of the burner accounts.

It's not clear what could come from Philadelphia's investigation, but if Colangelo is behind all five accounts, he could be in some hot water.

The accounts were used to defend Colangelo while ripping his predecessor, Sam Hinkie, as well as current and former Sixers, such as Joel Embiid and Jahlil Okafor. Not only that, but the accounts also bashed Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri. Colangelo was part of Toronto's front office from 2006-13.

On Wednesday, Colangelo denied having any involvement in the scandal to Yahoo Sports' Jordan Schultz: "Someone's out to get me. ... This is clearly not me."

It's up to the Sixers and the NBA to determine if Colangelo was behind the accounts or not. For now, the situation remains unclear.