What It Means:

Harden will not be available to make his 76ers debut until at least next week, meaning he will miss a Friday-Saturday back-to-back against the Oklahoma City Thunder and Cleveland Cavaliers. The 76ers then have two games next week before the All-Star break, so it's possible Harden just remains sidelined until the team returns on February 25. Tyrese Maxey (hamstring) and Shake Milton (back) are both questionable for Friday's matchup, so Danny Green, Matisse Thybulle, Furkan Korkmaz, and maybe even Isaiah Joe could see extra run against the Thunder. Joel Embiid will continue to do the heavy-lifting on offense.

numberFire's models currently project Embiid for 34.1 minutes and 55.3 FanDuel points on Friday, which is second-most on the seven-game slate.