Lou Williams says the reaction to the Sixers team meeting was blown out of proportion:

Of course everything is blown out of proportion once it hits the Internet. There are too many opinions on Al Gore’s World Wide Web. That doesn’t mean it’s not frustrating the franchise player can’t show up to meetings on time.

Here’s the full quote:

“I ended up on the phone with a few of the guys from the 76ers. By all accounts this was kind of blown out of proportion. The idea of Tyrese calling Joel out and how it’s been portrayed in the media as one of these type of blow up things. From my understanding they just had a conversation on accountability. Just keeping everybody in check. Sometimes you gotta have that as a team. Just making sure we’re all on the same page…It wasn’t as much of Tyrese Maxey challenging Joel Embiid. It wasn’t a conversation about accountability by all accounts those guys are doing just fine. They were sitting next to each other when we were on the phone laughing and giggling and having a good time and trying to get this team back on the same page.”

The worst reaction has to be the “Trade Embiid” crowd:

First, do one second of research to find out he can’t be traded this season. Two, if you want Tyrese Maxey to become the face of the franchise that’s fine. But it’s not going to fix anything. When it comes to sports in Philly we’re prisoners of the moment. Our first move is always to react when something happens good or bad. We have three titles in 44 years. Sue us. But to sit there and think Maxey isn’t going to get the same shit Embiid gets when he becomes the face is the thought of a smooth brain. You can say he works hard, looks like he cares, and delivers. Well so does Jalen Hurts and he’s ridiculed tenfold fair or unfair. The balance of criticism from these shows from WIP to First Take just transfers to the next candidate. Wherever they can get their next pound of flesh they will. Having Embiid take all the criticism has let Maxey develop into an All-Star. So if you want to throw the 24 year old into the fire and run a Mt. Rushmore 76er out of town because he’s late to team meetings you’re an idiot. 


Breathe. We’re wasting too much brain capacity on the Sixers right now. It’s 13 games into the season. The Eagles are first in the division and have a rea path to the #1 seed. The 2-11 Sixers shouldn’t even be a blip on our radar. We’re arguing about a league that doesn’t even matter until after the All-Star Break and a team that is four games out of a playoff spot. Put the Kelly Green on and have tunnel vision. Harness in the good energy. Block out the bad. Harness. Energy. Block. Bad.