The Philadelphia 76ers have had a whirlwind week following their dominant Christmas Day win over the Milwaukee Bucks. They have followed that up with an 0-3 start to their four-game road trip and after a loss to the Indiana Pacers on New Year’s Eve, Josh Richardson claimed that there was not enough accountability in the locker room.
As the team made a pit stop home and got back to work on Thursday before heading to Houston for Friday’s game, the Sixers reacted to the claim.
“I agree,” said Ben Simmons. “We sat down and talked about it this morning. We all know why we’re here and what we want to get out of being here and that’s a championship. We just have to hold each other accountable.”
The Sixers have come at each other a bit in recent games as Tobias Harris also voiced his frustrations after the loss to the Orlando Magic to begin the road trip while Richardson and Simmons also expressed some concerns following the Magic loss. It really seems as if there are some underlying issues on the team.
“It’s one of those things where it’s ups and downs,” Simmons added. “You’re not going to go 82-0. As long as we stay together and don’t lose our minds, we’re going to be good. I think we’ll be fine.”
While Simmons strongly agreed with his teammate’s claim, Joel Embiid was a little indifferent towards the claim.
“We’re good,” said Embiid. “We’ve had a rough last three games, but we’re good. I don’t really want to share what goes on inside, but we’re good. I feel like everybody has a good spirit and we know we’re going to get out of it…everybody just needs to get their confidence back.”
The Sixers will head to Houston on Friday to face James Harden, Russell Westbrook, and the Rockets. [lawrence-related id=22539,22521,22512]