With the Philadelphia 76ers starting the season 2-11, tensions and speculations of what is happening have been rising. Notably, Monday night, Tyrese Maxey and the team had an emergency meeting to discuss what’s wrong.

According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, Joel Embiid was called out by Maxey. This is due to him not being a leader and not being able to show up on time to team activities.

“In the meeting, Maxey challenged Embiid to be on time to team activities, calling out the former league MVP about being late “for everything” and how it impacts the locker room, from other players to the coaching staff.” Shams Charania wrote on ESPN.

Kyle Lowry did call for this meeting to happen, and the biggest “elephant in the room” was Embiid. Embiid has been noticeably lacking since last season.

Beyond Embiid getting called out, Philadelphia’s players are demanding head coach Nick Nurse to push them harder. Coaches responded by wanting their players to pay more attention to detail and practice with a purpose.

Overall, the meeting was a positive one, which saw coaches and players share the blame for the way they began this season.

According to the NBA, led by Joe Dumars, the league has decided to suspend Joel Embiid for three games for getting into an altercation with a Philadelphia 76ers columnist.

The reason why Embiid snapped the way he did was due to Marcus Hayes bringing up Embiid’s dead family member and son in an article concerning his availability and injury status.

This incident occurred Saturday night after Philly’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies. Before getting suspended, Embiid was going to play in Wednesday’s game. However, the 30-year-old will play as soon as he’s done serving his suspension.

Per reports, Embiid’s suspension begins Wednesday. Philadelphia takes on the Los Angeles Clippers.

“Mutual respect is paramount to the relationship between players and media in the NBA,” Joe Dumars said. “While we understand Joel was offended by the personal nature of the original version of the reporter’s column, interactions must remain professional on both sides and can never turn physical.”

ESPN’s Bobby Marks says that this latest suspension will cost Embiid a little over a million dollars.

According to the team, the Philadelphia 76ers have ruled Joel Embiid out for the remainder of the preseason to continue to follow his left knee management process.

Embiid is “progressing well and will continue to take part in an individual treatment plan designed to best support his health and wellness for the 2024-25 season.”

This is the official statement released by the organization, as they have three more games to play until the regular season. From now until October 18th, that’ll be their preseason. Then Philly will have a five-day rest before their season opener.

The Milwaukee Bucks travel to the Wells Fargo Center to take on Embiid’s team on October 23rd.