Tyrese Maxey of the Sixers worked on his “physicality” in the offseason.

As fans prepare for the NBA season, 76ers star Tyrese Maxey joins them Good morning America on Tuesday to discuss his preparation for the campaign.

Last season, the Sixers were eliminated from the playoffs in the first round by the New York Knicks in a physical six-game series. In Game 6, Maxey's and-one tied the score at 111 with 34.9 seconds left. But that paved the way for former Villanova guard Josh Hart to take back control for the Knicks with an open three-pointer to eliminate the Sixers at the Wells Fargo Center.

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During the offseason, Maxey trained to ensure that an early exit from the playoffs would not occur again.

“I’m just blessed to be able to play another season, man,” Maxey said. “To be healthy at the start of this season, I’m just extremely happy about that. On the pitch I just did a lot of preparation in the weight room. I played in the Knicks series last year and they were extremely physical. And you know, this was the first year that I starred in a show like this where the teams influence you. So I knew I had to increase my physical performance, I had to increase my strength training.”

Maxey, the NBA's Most Improved Player last season, finished the Knicks series averaging 29.8 points, 6.8 assists and 5.2 rebounds. But the 1.90 meter tall guard doesn't want to rely solely on his physical abilities this season.

“I just want to think the game better and use my mind more instead of using my physical skills and abilities,” Maxey said. “My God-given abilities are my mind and my body. So those are the two things that I’ve really been working on and I can’t wait to show the world.”

The Sixers made many moves in the offseason to pursue a title – signing nine-time All-Stars Paul George, Eric Gordon, Andre Drummond, Caleb Martin and Reggie Jackson and selecting Jared McCain and Adem Bona in the NBA draft.

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When asked if the Sixers would win a title this year, Maxey replied: “That’s always the plan. This is always ideal. You know, we have to go out there and show the world this. I mean, at the end of the day, now we have to put all the pieces together and go out and actually implement them.

“But I feel like we have the right thing – kudos to our front office, they put the right pieces together. That's what they did. And now our job is to go out and play chess. Coach (Nick) Nurse is someone we really believe in who can put pieces together and do a lot of different things. We have lots of different interchangeable parts, we can play in lots of different ways and it should be fun.

“We have the players. Now we just have to go out there and put it on the field.”

The first test for Maxey and the Sixers will be Wednesday's season opener against the Milwaukee Bucks at the Wells Fargo Center.