Either someone in that Sixers locker room is a turncoat who doesn’t know how to keep their mouth shut, or they’re trying to save their asses in the cutthroat world of sports. Regardless, the team meeting was leaked in less than 12 hours, which is crazy even for NBA standards. I feel like these team meetings are typically written about after a week or two by a sportswriter that frames the this narrative of the team turning around or floundering. Luckily Shams gave us a little nugget to work with when he mentioned “sources briefed on the meeting told ESPN.” That tells me this Benedict Arnold wasn’t even in the meeting and was told about the events secondhand and ran to Shams. What a world the NBA must be.

Lets set the odds for who leaked the details of the Sixers team meeting…

Jared McCain – 12/1

Jared McCain likes TikTok:

@jaredmccain24

BUT IM INNNNN SOOOO DEEEEEEPP YOU KNOW IM SUCH A FOOL FOR YOUUUU

♬ Linger – SiriusXM Session – Royel Otis

TikTok is Chinese spyware technology. The Chinese hate Daryl Morey. TikTok was listening in on the meeting, got in touch with Shams, and played him back the entire recording in hopes to sink the 76ers season and get Morey fired. It’s that easy folks. We’re dealing with powers so beyond our imagination.

Paul George – 10/1

Gotta have something to talk about on the podcast. PG leaks the story and now he’s free to address it. Every great podcaster knows how to build heat for their next episode. Maybe he throws in more detail for the clip and it goes viral. More views equals more ad dollars. It’s a foolproof plan.


Jeff Dowtin Jr. – 10/1

How else can you explain the 20 minutes of playing time he got on Monday while Guerschon Yabusele only got 11? It what world does that make sense? Is he an information mule? Something stinks.

Justin Edwards – 8/1

I bet you didn’t think Justin Edwards’ name would pop up on this list, but every Klutch client will be questioned under a hot lamp in the interrogation room. This could just be a rookie with loose lips. Well loose lips sink ships here. You’re not in Lexington anymore, Todo. Welcome to the big leagues. Carry the bags, get the pregame meal, and shut your mouth. Don’t be spouting off to your friends or Klutch about what goes on in the locker room.

Tyrese Maxey – 2/1

If it was Tyrese Maxey I don’t think he meant to do it. I don’t think he’s that kind of guy.

Now he might’ve been to naive in who he trusted. Maybe he was talking to a marketing rep or Rich Paul himself casually and divulged too much information. Klutch and Shams are tied at the hip. Shams did all the water carrying for Ben Simmons during that entire debacle. This isn’t his first rodeo. Now why would Klutch leak this to Shams? Maybe he did it for another client of his….

Nick Nurse – even

Nick Nurse is also represented by Klutch. GASP! It was hiding there in plain sight!

This is my odds-on favorite. I think a lot of people thought I was talking about Maxey when I tweeted this and why some of the replies are defending him:

This feels like agents working overtime to protect their client’s job. Why else is Sam Amick at The Athletic (with ads) writing that Daryl and Nurse’s jobs are safe? Feels like a lot of agents working overtime:

The Philadelphia 76ers are off to a worse start than anyone in the organization could have imagined, but there are no internal discussions at this point regarding the job status of coach Nick Nurse or president of basketball operations Daryl Morey, multiple league sources told The Athletic.

Nurse knows his head would be first on the chopping block and maybe he slipped this to Klutch himself. How can you fire the coach when your franchise player isn’t showing up on time to meetings? The offense being Nurse’s fault can’t be the narrative when the big man is missing film. The NBA is an information trading business. You float Shams something maybe he’ll tell you what he’s hearing about your job security. I wonder if Nurse regrets not playing the game more in Toronto and refuses to let that happen again.

Btw Sixers are a lock tonight, right? There’s no chance Joel Embiid isn’t dropping 30 with his back against the wall. Even Maxey might play. Sixers -2.5 tonight is my mortal lock and can be yours at PA sports betting apps.