Sixers need stability amid disastrous start to 2024 NBA season

Former NBA guard Antonio Daniels explained that the Sixers' having a players-only meeting so early in the season should be cause for concern. 

"There's a difference between a check-in and a players meeting," Daniels said during an appearance on Sirius XM NBA Radio. "To say 'team's have players only meetings all the time,' not in the second week of November...If you're having players only meetings 10 games into the season, that's a problem...If you're playing on teams that are consistently having players only meetings, that's not a very healthy environment." 

When the Sixers added George, the biggest concern was his injury history and how that would line up with Embiid. There was never a concern regarding the team's ability to compete, especially out of the gate. Yet, they have looked lost on both sides of the floor, and Embiid has seldom looked capable of turning things around. 

The Sixers need stability. There's no use concerning yourself with where a report came from. Instead, focus on why a report was necessary. If there hadn't been a need for a player's meeting, there would have been nothing to leak. 

Sixers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey went all-in this summer. He added one of the best forwards in the NBA, George, who is supposed to be the ideal fit next to Embiid and Tyrese Maxey. Right now, Philadelphia looks more like a team that needs to blow it up than one that could challenge the Boston Celtics or New York Knicks in a seven-game series. 

Philadelphia is only 14 games into its season, but it already stands on the brink of catastrophe. Many of their issues appear to be ego-based, with Embiid at the forefront of the problems rather than the one providing solutions. 

Something needs to change within that locker room; otherwise, The City of Brotherly Love could become The City of Brotherly Divorce before the end of the season.