The 76ers (2-11) are off to their worst begin since the 2015-16 season.
Fashionable NBA historical past means that heads roll when a franchise with a massive payroll and title aspirations doesn’t reside as much as expectations. Nonetheless, the Sixers should not anticipated to make any drastic modifications to their teaching or front-office employees.
In response to The Athletic, the roles of head coach Nick Nurse and president of basketball operations Daryl Extra should not in peril regardless of the staff’s woeful begin. The report got here within the aftermath of an ESPN report divulging particulars of a heated locker room meeting wherein Tyrese Maxey known as out Joel Embiid’s tardiness.
The Athletic offered further particulars on the assembly, noting that Maxey advised Embiid: “Joel, you realize I like you. But it surely begins with you, and your habits.” The Sixers guard reportedly known as out Embiid for being “late to too many staff features” similar to observe and movie room periods.
The main points of the closed-door assembly despatched shockwaves by way of the NBA world, with analysts similar to Kendrick Perkins questioning if “the belief” stage had already been damaged throughout the franchise. Talking on “NBA Today” on ESPN, Perkins opined that phrase of the assembly received out to the media as a result of Embiid had misplaced the assist of his locker room.
The 76ers entered the 2024-25 season with the third-shortest odds to win the title, behind solely the Celtics and Thunder. A month into the season, Philadelphia has misplaced the religion of oddsmakers, dropping to tenth, per ESPNBet.
The one factor working within the Sixers’ favor is the mediocrity of the Jap Convention. As of Wednesday, the East had solely 4 groups with information above .500 in comparison with 11 within the West. The Sixers can nonetheless realistically make the playoffs regardless of their early season struggles.
