Tag: burner accounts

NBA fans are convinced a burner Twitter account leaked the Ime Udoka relationship scandal before the news broke

NBA fans have so many questions.

Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka is likely facing a suspension for the entirety of the upcoming NBA season, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

Udoka, who led his team to the NBA Finals last year during his first season as a head coach, reportedly engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a team staffer. Wojnarowski described the relationship as “consensual” and “intimate” while The Athletic’s Shams Charania used the word “improper” in his reporting.

Here is everything else that we know so far about the reported scandal.

One additional aspect of this story that has captured the attention of some NBA fans, however, is a tweet that was posted at 9:14 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

The tweet curiously stated that if there is one person who will never get fired for “sleeping around” it is Udoka.

Note that this tweet was posted more than an hour before 10:35 p.m. EST when Woj first posted about disciplinary action for Udoka. This was also several hours before 12:50 a.m. EST, which was when Charania first reported that Udoka had an “intimate” relationship with a staffer.

Additionally, this account had previously tweeted details about the NBA salary cap that only someone with a comprehensive understanding of the league would know.

Of course, this could be the strangest coincidence of all time. But due to the sensitive information involved, some NBA fans are wondering if this Twitter account may be a burner that belongs to someone close to the situation.

NBA fans react to the Bulls reportedly talking to former 76ers exec Bryan Colangelo

Yes, it’s THAT Colangelo. With the burner accounts.

Before today, it was pretty hard to fathom that Bryan Colangelo could potentially be an executive for an NBA team again. At least in the near future.

While he got some love for building the foundation for the 76ers and the whole “process,” he also traded up for Markelle Fultz who ended up…well…we still don’t really know. If that’s not enough for you, remember the whole thing about the burner account his wife supposedly set up? Yeah, this is that same guy.

Yet, somehow, here he is two years later being considered for a job again. Colangelo interviewed for the Chicago Bulls GM job after they reassigned former executives John Paxson and Gar Forman.

What a transition that would be for Bulls fans. Go from the guys who’ve turned your favorite team into a dumpster fire to the guy who has his own share of issues. Spectacular.

NBA Twitter, as it always does, had some pretty good jokes. Particularly about his collars. The a

The account that was supposedly a burner account for his wife got into it with a fan on Twitter after the fan said Colangelo’s collars were big. The response? “That is a normal collar. Move on. Find a new slant.”

So, of course, NBA Twitter took that and ran with it today.

And Bulls Twitter? Bulls Twitter was just sad. Poor, poor Bulls Twitter.

What a time. There are going to be so many jokes next season if the Bulls hire him. They probably won’t, but we can dream.

Kevin Durant still uses his burner accounts to clap back on Twitter

Burners are fine but give us more KD please

Kevin Durant is one of the greatest basketball players of all time, but he’s also one of the greatest tweeters we’ve ever seen, too.

His Twitter efficiency rating is off the charts. He dunks on basketball Twitter nerds that show him charts and Twitter trolls at rates we’ve never seen before from a Finals MVP. For that, Durant is appreciated.

What we shouldn’t appreciate are his burner accounts. Durant got caught using a burner account to respond to trolls after he won his first championship with the Warriors back in 2017.

Turns out he still uses his burner accounts to respond to folks talking trash about him. He told us so in an appearance on Matt Barnes’ and Stephen Jackson’s “All the Smoke” podcast.

“With certain people I’m going to come at them on my regular account, but if I’m trying to do my thing, dip in, I got the burners. I just slipped up that one time. You know why I slipped up that one time.” 

Gotta say, fam. I do appreciate the dedication Durant has here to the burner.

But I’m also with Matt Barnes here. Kevin Durant is… well… Kevin Durant. The burns always hit harder when we know it’s him there and not @iheartKD2738539. The effect lasts longer.

I mean, there are STILL people, to this day, asking “who the BLANK wants to look at graphs while having a hoops convo” because, bruh, WHO WANTS TO LOOK AT GRAPHS WHILE HAVING A HOOPS CONVO!?

He’s right. He usually is. But when he’s on the burner we never really know that’s the case.

Burners are cool or whatever, but nah, we need more KD.

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