Posted Up! | Tobias Harris

not in his short supply. So what's har us up to these days? Just using the time to really reflect, figure out some new hobbies, stay in the best shape that I can with the resources that I have, check in with other people, check in with family, try to stay busy. But for as much as Harris seems to be keeping himself occupied during the hiatus, he wants to

get back to doing what he's paid to do. On the heels of making a major contract over the summer and performing well this season, the veteran feels the seventy sixers have unfair business. For me, it's the place to win, is to compete, just to have that competitive nature to do a for our city, in our fans. This is Posted Up with Tobias Harris. Welcome to the latest installment of Posted Up, presented by Caesar's Online, a mini cast series here on the broadcast checking in on the seventy

six Ers during the hiatus. I'm Brian Seltzer, bringing you new episodes each week. I'll be honest and this isn't meant to disrespect or disparage anyone else on the team. Of all the seventy sixers players, one of the guys who I was really interested in hearing from in Isolation was Tobias Harris. I mean, this is the guy who, somehow, amidst the non stopped grind of the season, manages to find inner peace achieve the all enviable state of balance.

He's out and about giving back, like in December when he stopped by the Bethune School in North Philadelphia to eat the elementary students. You guys want to sing the song again. I love my Red Shirts. I Love my Red Shirts. He also makes a point of staying health in mind, body and spirit. But for as well rounded a person as Harris is, whooping is his unquestioned forte Tobias nine to shoot. He tried for three It's a

year good. Thirty two points for Tobias Harris and a clutch tray from the top Harris three to shoot Paul Away in don tigantic hoop for Debias Harris. Look attack Tobias Harris with a purpose. When you look back at Harris's line this season, he's put himself among slight company. The twenty seven year old is one of just four players averaging at least nineteen points and six and a half rebounds while shooting better than forty seven percent from

the field and thirty six percent from three. He's the only wing in the bunch. In his nine seasons as a pro, har had never been more efficient passing the ball than he was before the break, and his three point zero net rating is a career high. He's also been poleased with his defense, which was a major focal

point entering the year. Honestly, was just an area to enhance my focus on, to give more of a sold out effort to If there's one takeaway you can pull from the contract Harris signed with the seventy six ers last summer, it's that hard work has its rewards. Over the years, the Long Island native has added more and more to his game each season, to the point where he's now in conversations for All Star Games and a

roll with Team USA. But teams don't make a commitment like the one the Sixers made to Harris on the first day of free agency. No less if that's all they're getting. Harris is much more than an elite rising star in the prime of his career. He's a model citizen and an essential internal unifier within the seventy six Ers locker room. That combination of talent and leadership isn't always right for the picking, which brings us to an activity that Harris is focused on during the NBA suspension.

He's keeping his teammates connected. It's checking in with guys and communicating, making sure everybody is in good you know, in a good place. You know, nobody really understands what's fully going to happen going forward, but still just to have your mindset that we're going to play basketball. I think it's key. Like any good n Harris is paying particularly close attention to how the Sixers younger players are

holding them. I reached out to like Zaire, you know, Mario, so just trying to really make sure they're good, make sure they're in good spirits and family is good. So just on facetide with furt the other day because I've seen this bitch of you look real sadas I had to call for But everybody's been in good communication, whether it's the group tech Instagram and you're not truly communicating in quarantine unless you're on zoom am I right, and the Sixers are doing just that, holding calls for the

entire team and also smaller groups. By multiple accounts. Harris is one of the ringleaders. Tobias usually initiates it with some type of meme or something type of like cheesy little joke and something like that and gets everybody's going, that was Kyle O'Quinn. Here's matis style. Person most likely to un new to talk is Tobias. He's un meeting

himself constantly. I just try to engage a little bit, make sure everybody's doing it's it's weird when you got like you're looking at a computer and seeing like fifteen people. So you know, sometimes people may not want to be the first one to speak, but I'm usually the person to come out and say something like great ice, really, but really this isn't about memes. As much as it

is preserving meaningful relationships. An NBA season, after all, is fleeting after every year, roster turnover is essentially guaranteed, even if it's only subtle. A team looking the same from one season to the next is virtually unheard of. Harris depicts this year's iteration of the Sixers as a tight knit group. It's weird because I think a lot of people don't understand, like, we spend more time with each

other and we do like our family. So after like day four, for me, I was like, dang with my brothers and you know what that means. That's how I was like feeling. But I think, you know, just being able to check in make sure everybody's doing good. That's kind of like what everybody's been doing and what I've been doing too. As you'd expect to, Bias is doing plenty beyond zoom. Here's what a typical day in isolation looks like for Harris. Coming down to my office, turn

the TV on. I watched like What's going on CNN and whatnot, Sit back, I do a little bit of meditation. In the mornings, I eat breakfast and I get ready to work out. I work out every day, but it just takes me a little bit longer to workout. So I give myself zoned in and then from them, try to get into a book, read something, and you know, watching some TV, watching some shows, finished Ozarks, which watching Money Highs and as the nights I restarted the Wire.

So I mean, that's been really it. I still try to get out, take like some walks, a little bit quick walks, make sure that nobody row was not in and out, just to get some air. Every now and then, Harris also takes a drive. I ain't going to line. I was in my car the other day. I just took a ride. And where did he end up going? I was riding by the practice facility. I ain't goin, but I was like, man, I just I just missed playing. And that's the real thing, that is how much the

game meets to Harris. He's a renaissance man for sure, and can probably find more ways to fill his days than most. But while the seventy sixers and the rest of the NBA weight and pine for an eventual return, don't sleep on this, Tobias Harris has one mission on his mind. He wants to play. He wants to compete.

He wants to win for the city of Philadelphia. I would see if we don't know if we're gonna be able to play in front of fans, but if we can, that would be just amazing to get back out there, play in front of our passion fans, play for our city. If we can, it would just be good to go out there and represent something of everybody that's ruling us on from home from TV and I have a chance to win a championship. This has been posted up presented

by Caesar's Online with Tobias Harris. Be sure to check out Lauren Rosen's article about Tobias that's also part of our Post It Up Hiatus content series. You can find it on the seventy six ers app, sixers dot com and across all our social channels. Thanks to Lauren, Kristen Crosby, and Nick McCain for their help producing this episode. Our music is courtesy of Universal Production Music and the YouTube

Audio Library. Next time, we'll post up with Al Horford, who's been living his best dad life in quarantine with us three kids. We're obviously going through a very hard time in the world with this pandemic, but having to time with them. It's something that I don't think it would ever happened, and I've gotten to know them so

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