Inside the Players-Only Meeting That Shifted the 76ers’ Season Forever
“The organization was built around one guy who doesn’t trust anyone and mostly keeps to himself,” one former Sixers staffer said. When Embiid appeared in just 19 games last season, that isolation created organizational chaos …
Tension escalated after a November players-only meeting was leaked to ESPN’s Shams Charania, with grievances directed at Embiid becoming public. The breach damaged locker room trust and appeared to affect Embiid most significantly.
“People left that night feeling like they had turned a corner. Everyone promised to keep the details in-house. And then they wake up and all the details are out,” a person close to a player said.



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