Philadelphia 76ers: The Bryan Colangelo crisis and toxicity of celebrity social media
By Bret Stuter
Disqus too
One of the social media accounts, Eric Jr., had a Twitter account handle of @AlVic40117560. Why do I bring that up? Because two DISQUS profiles, Al Vic, and Jacob Reuben, share numerous common traits with the social media accounts called into question.
Al Vic created his Disqus account in April 2016, when the 76ers hired Colangelo. Jacob Reuben created his in February 2017. That marked the 2017 NBA Trade Deadline.
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At that time, Colangelo traded Nerlens Noel to the Dallas Mavericks. Anyone interested in commenting on FanSided articles (as well as plenty of other sites) needs a Disqus account to do so. Not to read articles, simply to comment on them. One earlier article describing Colangelo’s new role with the Philadelphia 76ers was met with long and very descriptive comments from Al Vic, who described, in detail, converstations and statements defending Colangelo’s track record — detail that is not readily available to the public.
Vic described himself thusly:
"“I am a disabled park attendant. Every day Colangelo will pass through my booth on his way to work; every day he stopped and chatted and talked to ME: every morning and every night when he left. Nobody was watching and he did it just for me because, as Casey said, he is a truly stand-up guy, who valued me and his players and the team he worked for.”"
But this parking booth attendant knew terms of Colangelo’s non-compete clause upon leaving the Toronto Raptors. The attendant described intrinsic details of how Colangelo kept his peace upon his firing in Toronto. And he never missed a beat to defend Colangelo nor to berate Sam Hinkie.