After the Sixers choked away a 19-point first-half lead against the Miami Heat on Monday night to fall to 2-11 on the season, head coach Nick Nurse waited more than an hour before beginning his postgame press conference. On Tuesday, it became clear why that was.
According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, the Sixers held a team meeting in which “players and coaches held each other accountable and took fault in the start to the season.” During said meeting, Tyrese Maxey reportedly challenged Joel Embiid “to be on time to team activities” and called him out “about being late ‘for everything’ and how it impacts the locker room, from other players to the coaching staff,” Charania added.