The Sixes held a team meeting Monday night after a loss to Miami. About 12 hours later, details of that meeting – including the fact that Tyrese Maxey shouted teammate and friend Joel Embiid – had been published by ESPN. Embiid was not happy about the fact that someone in the team’s locker room turned around and immediately leaked details of those discussions to the media.

“Whoever leaked it is a real piece of s–t,” Embiid said Wednesday, per Gina Mizell of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“We talked about many things (during the meeting)” Embiid continued. “I don’t want to get into the details, but the whole thing (with Maxey) probably took 30 seconds. But then again, it’s Joel Embiid, so we’ve got to blow everything out of proportion. It’s whatever. I’ll take it all. I is the cause of everything, so I take the blame for everything.”

Maxey reportedly challenged Embiid to be on time for team activities and functions, suggesting the star center’s tendency to be late “for everything” sets a bad example for the rest of the club. Embiid’s comments Wednesday were in response to a reporter’s question about his friendship with Maxey and their willingness to hold each other accountable.

“That’s the relationship we have – nothing malicious,” Embiid said, according to Mizell. “I like it when people tell me what I’m not doing well, what I need to do better. Even though that part (the lateness) maybe happened once or twice, when I wasn’t playing. … So I have to get better. I have to be perfect . I have to be there, which I always have been.”

After their 2-11 start, the Sixers had their entire “big three” – Embiid, Maxey and Paul George – available for Wednesday’s game against Memphis. Embiid also had his best outing of the season so far, pouring in 35 points and grabbing 11 rebounds as he continues to round into his usual All-NBA form after an early-season absence.

However, Philadelphia lost for the fifth straight time and 10th time in its last 11 games to fall to 2-12. To make matters worse, George left early because of a knee injury. According to Embiid, the Sixers were able to implement some of the on-court adjustments they discussed in Monday’s meeting, but are still not playing the way they want to be.

“We talked about a lot of things (at the meeting)” Embiid said. “Sometimes we executed what we talked about, and sometimes we didn’t. Right now, we don’t have that much margin for error, so we have to be perfect in everything we do on both ends of the floor.”