

And given Embiid’s injury history, Harden just might have to rise again to the elite level he reached in eight-plus years with the Houston Rockets, where he was a three-time scoring champion and league assists leader. “I ain’t the President no more,” Harden replied. “You’ve been the President,” Rivers said. Spirits up, even with the wine connoisseur’s new role. "But when it clicks, James, we’re going to be unbeatable. It’s going to take a while," Rivers told the veteran. Rivers told Harden he needs to act as a facilitator, and “be the aggressive James” like he was at the end of practice. “You’ve got to be a leader,” 76ers coach Doc Rivers expressed to Harden after Thursday’s practice. He's in better condition and serving as a mentor of sorts to blossoming talent, like Tyrese Maxey. The 33-year-old Harden, the 2018 MVP, is trying to prove he’s recovered from lingering tightness in his left hamstring last season that decimated his explosiveness and forced him into “tough times, lot of dark moments.” He took less money to return to the Sixers and dropped some weight over the summer. Embiid is the reigning NBA scoring champion and the face of the franchise. No longer needed to average 30-plus points a game as he did when he starred as one of the NBA’s great isolation scorers, Harden is now the No.
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The question that looms over the Sixers is can they get the two to mesh in their first full season together so they can contend for a title - especially when Harden has to defer to last season's MVP runner-up?

“But give me two weeks,” Embiid said, “I’ll be the best.”Įmbiid already is the 76ers' go-to guy once the controllers go down and the basketball is tossed up. Embiid insisted he doesn’t play the football video game on a regular basis, but conceded of Harden, “he’s good.” So The Beard pokes reporters to quiz Embiid about his skills in Madden.

Then the user will be able to select their team round by round.“He said ‘OF COURSE,’” Embiid said, unable to stifle his laughter. Finally, the draft has started and will simulate picks until the next user team is on the clock.Then, when ready to start the draft, players will select “Start Your Fantasy Draft” on the home screen and then select “Start Drafting” (If doing an Online Franchise, make sure all members of the league are present and in the draft room before starting the draft in Madden 23).

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In Online mode, players can either use “Real Life NFL Rosters” or “Active Rosters.” In Offline mode, players can either use “Preseason Rosters” or “Active Rosters.” Players should choose “Active Rosters” to set up a fantasy draft. Players can either create a Franchise mode for Online with other players online or do Offline and play with all CPU opponents.
