The finger-pointing has begun in Philadelphia, where a team that entered training camp with championship aspirations has stumbled to a 2-11 record and a team meeting of one hour after the match where Tyrese Maxey calls out his friend Joel Embiid. ‘

A few fingers were pointed at head coach Nick Nurse during that meeting — players said they wanted to be coached harder — but despite the start, both he and GM Daryl Morey’s jobs are safe, according to a story by The Athletic’s Sam Amick, David Aldridge and Jared Weiss.

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 time about the job status of coach Nick Nurse or president of basketball operations Daryl Morey, sources from multiple leagues told The Athletic.

There’s plenty of blame to go around in Philadelphia, the team with the worst offense in the NBA so far this season. Morey has built a top-heavy selection where that critical top segment was not healthy, plus the team’s handling of Embiid’s absence has already resulted in a fine from the league. What on paper seemed like good pickups for role players to bypass the big three — Caleb Martin, Kelly Oubre Jr., Eric Gordon — didn’t work out. How much of that is on Nurse for the programs he uses – this is the man who coached a championship team in Toronto five years ago – and how much simply falls on the players?

Luckily for Philadelphia, it’s to the east. Despite the terrible start to the season, Philly is just three games away from the play-in and four away from the No. 6 seed, avoiding the play-in altogether. There’s time to turn things around, but even if they do, the 76ers have made their path through the playoffs much more difficult at this point — just as they did a season ago, when they entered the playoffs as No. 7 seed then became. bounced by the Knicks in the first round. When do we reach a point where Philly has to go back-to-back with Embiid and Paul George because they need the wins?

Thirteen games into their season, it’s already hard to see how the 76ers can avoid a disappointing end to this season.

At that point, finger pointing will increase again, but there may be consequences. For now, Morey and Nurse are safe.