Tobias Harris Rumors
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Position: F
Born: 07/15/92
Height: 6-8 / 2.03
Weight:226 lbs. / 102.5 kg.
Salary: $32,742,000
Born: 07/15/92
Height: 6-8 / 2.03
Weight:226 lbs. / 102.5 kg.
Salary: $32,742,000
Josh Robbins: Final: Sixers 108, Magic 101 Vucevic: 21 pts., 12 rebs., 3 assts. Augustin: 16 pts., 3 rebs., 5 assts. Embiid and Harris: 23 pts. apiece Magic in 4th Quarter: 8/23 FGAs, 2/10 3PAs, 4/5 FTAs Second-chance points: Sixers 21, Magic 13
Kyle Neubeck: Tobias Harris sums up the Warren issue like so: “Too many times we guarded him like he was not on fire.”
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Brian Seltzer: Shake Milton says Tobias Harris is a “leader:” “You can definitely tell he’s trying to use his voice and his platform…to vocalize the injustices that have been going on in this country. I applaud him…it’s something I can…take from and apply it to my own platform.”
Ky Carlin: Philly can’t hang on to a 24 point lead and they fall to the Thunder 102-97 in scrimmage action. Ben Simmons 14, 11, and 9 Al Horford 13 and 9 4/5 from deep Alec Burks 13 and 6 Shake Milton 11 Josh Richardson 10 and 4 steals Tobias Harris 9 and 4 #Sixers
Ky Carlin: Tobias Harris begins his media availability that there needs to be justice for Breonna Taylor. He brought up the 3 police officers involved in her killing. He is continuing to push this message. It’s very good to see from him. #Sixers
Ky Carlin: That’s the final. Philly wins it 90-83 after leading by as many as 29. Tobias Harris 15 and 10 Joel Embiid 10 and 6 Ben Simmons 9, 9, and 7 Shake Milton 6 and 3 Josh Richardson 6 Norvel Pelle 9 and 3 Furkan Korkmaz 7 Alec Burks 7 #Sixers
Players around the NBA have joined together in calling for action in the death of Taylor since arriving for the season restart at the Walt Disney World Resort. Philadelphia 76ers forward Tobias Harris, Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown and Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard are among those drawing attention to the death of Taylor. Davis, and teammate Serge Ibaka, joined his peers in bringing her death front and center. We’re united right now. We’re just keeping the focus on Breonna Taylor’s killers. That’s what I want to keep the focus on this week. It’s nothing against you guys — and I can answer all of you guys’ questions post-game or any time after we’re playing — but right now I just want to keep the focus on what’s really going on in the world. There’s a lot of social injustice going on and I just want to make sure that I’m doing the right thing and using my platform, as well as other athletes, to just continue with this thing, man. We all stand united. We might not all have to be on the same team but we’re still united in this league. I just want to keep the focus on Breonna Taylor’s killers and just keep that going, man, because it’s still going on in the world.
Kyle Neubeck: Brown says he and Elton Brand sat down with Tobias Harris two days ago discussing what the players/team wants to do in terms of a social justice initiative. Says that Harris immediately took charge on that front following George Floyd’s death in May, and expects something soon
Tim Bontemps: Brett Brown again confirms that, as of now, the Shake Milton-Josh Richardson-Tobias Harris-Ben Simmons-Joel Embiid lineup — which has yet to play together this season — is Philly’s current starting five, though he says that isn’t set in stone.
Derek Bodner: Brown says that he had Simmons playing point today, in a group that includes Tobias Harris, Al Horford, Furkan Korkmaz and Matisse Thybulle. He says that’s a 5-man group that he plans to have in his rotation.
Boban Marjanovic ( @BobanMarjanovic ) and Tobias Harris ( @tobias31 ) are reunited in Orlando! Tobias ( @tobias31 ) wasn’t having any of it though, telling Boban ( @BobanMarjanovic ) – “I don’t like you no more. You got new friends now.”
Serena Winters: Tobias Harris on importance of group chats/video calls through pandemic: “If we’re being honest, we didn’t have the best chemistry through the year… so just to use the time to kind of build on that chemistry & help us grow a little bit together through the whole pandemic.”
Serena Winters: Brett Brown said he will likely be more ‘frugal’ with minutes for his high-minute guys (like Ben, Joel, Tobias) in the scrimmage games, but expects ‘normal numbers’ once the regular season (8 seeding games) get underway. #Sixers
“He assimilated with the Pop philosophy,’’ one NBA executive who is close to Udoka told The Post. “Udoka is a person very driven, meticulous, hard on himself. He’s a perfectionist.” Udoka, who oversees the Sixers’ defense, joined another Spurs alum in Brett Brown in Philly. Torrel Harris, the agent for and father of Sixers forward Tobias Harris, has been most impressed with Udoka, a former Knick. If the Bulls’ job officially opens, Udoka is expected to be a frontrunner, especially now that former Sixers executive Marc Eversley just joined Chicago.
Some 10.71 million students in China are about to sit for the country’s national college examination, or Gaokao in Chinese, on Tuesday. This exam will, in a way, decide their future. On Monday, NBA All-Star forward Tobias Harris sent these students his best wishes for Gaokao through a video posted on Weibo.
Meanwhile, unlike other stars who have their accounts run by their staff, according to Tencent Sports, Harris manages his own Weibo posts which often include posts in Chinese. He has been learning the language for the same purpose. From time to time, he posts personal videos and replies to comments of his fans.
Kyle Neubeck: Glenn Robinson III credits Tobias Harris as a guy who has helped keep the players connected throughout the quarantine/lockdown period. Says even though team has been apart, feels like everyone has gotten closer over this time
Tobias Harris: "We haven’t had the best chemistry"
When the discussion shifted to basketball, Harris assessed what went wrong for the Sixers this year and why the team sits at 39-26, sixth in the Eastern Conference and below where it expected to be heading into the season. “I’ll just say, and I’ll keep it real, we haven’t had the best chemistry throughout the whole year. It took us a while to kind of get everyone together, we battled injuries from the start to the end. And right now, if we’re the sleeper, then we’re the sleeper. Truth be told, how we’re viewed, that’s someone else’s opinion, but I know when I look my guys in the eye and we have conversations, we have one goal in mind, and that’s to go out there and play and win a championship.”
“That’s the only view that matters to me. What people have to say about our team, I get it, because we haven’t met our expectations so far this year. But we have a new opportunity in Orlando to go out and just play ball, and really scratch a new surface of what we can accomplish.
“I would say that if we’re going to be safe, then let’s play. If the league, if my fellow brothers in the NBA want to go out and play, I’m with playing. I know my teammates, they want to go hoop, so I’m with my team to go hoop. “Do I think necessarily it’s the safest thing? No. That’s just straight up and down. I don’t think it’s the safest thing. You look around the world, the cases continue to rise. But that’s also on the NBA to make sure we’re in a safe environment.”
While a handful of players seem to be mulling over the decision to play or not, Philadelphia 76ers veteran forward Tobias Harris isn’t one of them. According to Harris himself — he’s playing next month. “I’ve heard everybody’s opinions and viewpoints, and none of them are wrong,” Harris told Ernie Johnson in a live conversation on Twitter. “If somebody feels this way, that’s how they feel, and nobody should be able to take that from because in this period of time, with everything that’s going on from the deaths, the police brutality, from the quality. It’s all affecting people and especially African Americans mentally in a way that you can’t understand unless you’re that person.”
While Harris understands the circumstances as to why some players might feel like playing at this time is wrong — the 76ers’ forward makes it clear he’s ready to go. “I believe that if we are suited up to play, I’ll be ready to play, my guys and my team is ready to play, and I truly believe we have a chance to win a championship,” Harris said. “I’m ready. I’ve always kept myself and my mental in that state of being ready to play. I do believe that this is important just to be able to push the message, even more so for me, I’m ready to play. If the group as a collective to size is the best decision.”
Serena Winters: Tobias Harris just said on #NBATogether, he saw that #Sixers are supposed to stay in the same hotel as the Mavericks in Orlando… which means…. Bobi + Tobi reunion! “I know that @Boban Marjanovic will be communicating with me so might have to have some security!” 🤣
13 Jun
Among the players on the call Friday: Milwaukee’s Malcolm Brogdon, Portland’s CJ McCollum, Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid, Indiana’s Justin Holiday, San Antonio’s Rudy, Brooklyn’s Spencer Dinwiddie, Sacramento’s Harrison Barnes, Orlando’s Al-Farouq Aminu, Philadelphia’s Tobias Harris, Toronto’s Kyle Lowry, Utah’s Mike Conley Jr., Portland’s Zach Collins and Indiana’s Myles Turner. Former NBA player and NBPA executive Roger Mason Jr. was also on the call, sources said.
Yesterday, Philly held one of the largest anti-Black racist protests in the country, and Lowry returned to his hometown to participate. Wearing a mask and shirt that said “I can’t breathe,” Lowry marched alongside fellow NBA players Tobias Harris, Matisse Thybulle and Elton Brand of the Philadelphia 76ers.
Tobias Harris: We been in the streets protesting for years about police brutality. But it’s like, Y’all hear us, but you ain’t listening. That’s what’s the most upsetting thing for me. And I know it is for others too, around the world. It seems like nothing is really working to get our voices heard. We have normalized this to the point where it’s common to see videos of people on social media being bashed by officers. For people who want to make this about anything but race, it’s like, Dang, do y’all really not understand what’s going on here? Keep it real. Admit something’s wrong in this country, admit that this is about race, and let’s build a way forward.
Tobias Harris: Last month, armed men took over the steps of Michigan’s capitol building. To protest the QUARANTINE. And what did the President call them? “Good people.” But we go out and protest that another black life has been taken senselessly, and we’re “THUGS.” Come on. This is why black Americans are angry. For police officers who commit this violence, there has been no accountability. Cops are supposed to be held to a standard of conduct, but they always get the benefit of the doubt, inherently. They act like we ain’t supposed to question nothing.
I’ve educated myself on the world in the years since. I’m able to take myself out of the celebrity bubble and the profile that I’m at, and look at what black people are going through around the country. That’s why I’m saying my piece now. And I already know that some people won’t like it. There is still a stigma around talking openly about race. A hundred percent. But at this point, I don’t care. I’m pushing people in my circle!! We gotta hold friends accountable, too. I’m pushing myself, my family, friends, and people around me — people that follow me, people that look up to me — to get uncomfortable. You have to. Ain’t no both sides. And SILENCE is UNACCEPTABLE.
Harris showed himself on social media with the crowd protesting around City Hall and the Museum of Art. Teammate Mike Scott was “there in spirit.”
Tobias Harris hasn’t shot a basketball since the 2019-20 season was halted in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. But he has been working out every day in his garage gym at his Philadelphia home to stay ready should play resume. He’s also been talking to his teammates on Zoom. “Everybody wants to be safe, so that’s the key thing,” Harris replied when asked if he has any concerns about a return. “If we can find a venue and it’s safe and we have the proper protocols in place for guys to feel comfortable, then I’m fine with it.” Harris described the idea of playing actual games in an empty gym as, “Kind of like a practice setting. But guys are competitive, so we’re always gonna go as hard as we can.”
Hearing Chicago Bulls star Michael Jordan in “The Last Dance”, crying on the locker room floor following his Father’s Day championship in 1996 — MJ’s first title since his dad, James, was murdered — caused Harris himself to become emotional. “I ain’t going to lie, I was shedding a tear when I saw Jordan crying,” Harris told Yahoo Sports in a recent telephone interview. “I thought they should’ve just stopped the episode right then and there. It was touching. I’d seen the photo a whole lot, but I was probably too young to understand. And now you can really see all the emotion that’s in it. I did some research after the show ended. You hear about his father passing away, but then you dive in and it’s a pretty crazy story.”
Harris, a Long Island native, was fortunate enough to see Jordan play at Madison Square Garden when he was a kid alongside his father, longtime NBA agent Torrel Harris — founder and CEO of Unique Sports Management — and his older brother, Tyler Harris. It proved to be a memorable evening. “We kept asking my dad if we could meet him after the game and he was just telling us maybe,” Tobias recalled. “But it ended up happening and it was unbelievable. As we were walking away I realized I didn’t get him to sign my card. So my dad had to pull him back and get him to sign our cards. Tyler and I were so excited on the train ride back. I kept thinking my dad was so cool because he knows Michael Jordan. I ended up losing the card on the way back, but it didn’t matter because I had gotten to meet him. It was an unforgettable experience.”
Don’t worry about the league’s best friendship: Bobi and Tobi are still doing just fine, according to Harris, who appeared on Fox Sports Detroit’s Let It Fly podcast this week. But it sounds like Marjanovic would like to be reunited with his buddy sooner rather than later, because he recently floated an off-the-wall idea to Harris that had the Sixers’ forward very confused.
Here’s Harris explaining Bobi’s idea, in all its glory: KANE: How’s your buddy Bobi doing? HARRIS: Man, he’s doing well. We probably speak two, three times a week. He’s working on his YouTube channel right now. So he’s getting that started. [Laughs] The other day he was like, ‘Look man, we need to do this.’ So I’m like, ‘Yeah, let’s do it.’ He’s like, ‘Open up the map.’ I’m like, ‘What map?’ He goes, ‘The map on the phone!’ So, alright. And then he’s like, ‘Listen, let’s meet between Dallas and Philly, and do the Bobi & Tobi show.’ I’m like, ‘What? I’m not getting on a plane.’ He goes, ‘Just drive!’ I’m like, ‘I’m not driving eight hours to do your show!’ […] He wants to meet me in Tennessee or something. I don’t know, man.
