Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid dropped a bomb in an interview ahead of the 2025-26 NBA season.
The 2025-26 NBA season will be Joel Embiid’s 10th season in the league. After a disappointing ending last season, all eyes are at the 2022-23 NBA MVP.
The campaign where Embiid fought through multiple injuries and ultimately played in just 19 games. An injury aside, the 76ers faced Flak on social media.
why? Because details of the closure meeting have been leaked to the media. The same meeting that Tyree Maxey called for Embiid for lowering the team’s morale.
The above meeting was held in November 2024. At the time, the 76ers had a 2-11 regular season record, which was a terrible run.
Fast forward to ever, Embiid broke the silence to anyone who leaked details of the 76ers’ supposed secret meeting.
“I know who leaked it,” Embiid told ESPN’s Dotun Akintoye.
“Yeah, but I don’t think the past is the past. One thing I say is that it’s difficult to be around people who do that.
He added: “It goes back to trust. Once you’ve crossed that, you can’t expect me to be part of a team meeting again. That won’t happen.”
The minimum requirement for winning an NBA championship is that players trust each other and have a roster with solid chemistry.
Unfortunately, that trust was violated by those who leaked details of the 76ers meeting last season.
As Embiid said, what happened in the past should remain in the past. But what if there is still someone on the team who compromised the trust of his teammates?
Akintoye asked: “The way you’re talking, this person seems to be still around,” Embiid replied: “I don’t know.”
Akintoye further pushed him to get the name of the 31-year-old player. However, this process remained tough in his previous response.
“Free agency is just beginning, I don’t know what’s going on,” Embiid continued.
In that case, it’s possible that the player has already left, right? Well, Embiid can’t reach that conclusion.
“No. They could still be around,” he concluded.
So far, the 76ers had re-signed Kyle Lowry, Eric Gordon and Justin Edwards, but Guerschon Yabusele left the team as a free agent.
Was there any leaks among the players mentioned above? You cannot check that except for Embiid.