<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/detroit-pistons/pistons-news-tobias-harris-leadership-elevated-expectations-2025-26');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pistons’ Tobias Harris reflects on leadership, elevated expectations for 2025-26');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Tobias-Harris-on-basketball-court-next-to-Pistons-logo.jpg"><figcaption>Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Pistons’ Tobias Harris reflects on leadership, elevated expectations for 2025-26</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-02T10:23:18-07:00">October 2nd, 10:23am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-02T10:23:18-07:00">October 2nd, 10:23am</time><address><a>Eric Vincent</a>Eric Vincent is a credentialed beat reporter for the Detroit Pistons at ClutchPoints. He has been active in Detroit sports journalism since 2011 previously working with Bleacher Report, 1130 WDFN, and Detroit Sports Nation.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Detroit Pistons</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>One of the most vital pieces to the Detroit Pistons’ turnaround last season was the addition of forward Tobias Harris. The 33-year-old veteran has been visibly excited during training camp for the 2025-26 season. Harris has embraced his leadership role with the Pistons and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jqz5yWKlfuk" rel="noopener">addressed the media</a> on what it means to see the benefits of last season’s efforts pay off as the team heads into this season.</p><p>“It’s a beautiful thing. I think to be able to be in that position and being a guy who can contribute at a high level is important and leads to more equity within the group. Just being the guy they can come to as a mentor, an older player, and as a brother,” Harris explained. “All the guys on this team listen, and they’re eager to learn. As a vet, that’s all you can ask for. It’s a perfect position set up for me to be in to utilize some of my character traits and play my game as well.”</p><p>The Pistons and Harris <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/detroit-pistons/pistons-news-tobias-harris-reuniting-52-million-contract">agreed on a two-year contract</a> last offseason during free agency. He has lived up to that deal so far, averaging 13.7 points, 6 rebounds, and playing some of the best defense of his career last season.</p><p>The young core of Detroit badly needed veteran leadership to help provide direction to a winning standard. Harris returned to the Pistons after being a member of the team from 2015 to 2018. Detroit also <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/detroit-pistons/pistons-2024-nba-free-agency-grades-every-signing">added veteran guards</a> Tim Hardaway Jr., Malik Beasley, and Paul Reed for the same assistance. The production of Harris helped lift Detroit to its first playoff victories since 2008.</p><h2><b>Tobias Harris is impressed with the new athleticism</b></h2><p>The Pistons are returning this season as still one of the young teams in the NBA. Head coach JB Bickerstaff knows that youth comes with extreme athleticism throughout the roster. His gameplan last season was to make that a strength, and he emphasized the importance of that being the team’s identity.</p><p>Detroit finished second in fast-break points last season, averaging 18.4 per game. With a full roster available in camp, Bickerstaff is looking to capitalize on that same advantage. Harris even commented on <a href="https://x.com/CotyDavis_24/status/1973504192850567637" rel="noopener">how their athleticism stacks up against the rest of the league</a> during practice.</p><p>“We’ve definitely got some athletes. These young guys are athletic. We’ve got some sleepers too. Our most athletic guy nobody knows about. I’m not going to say his name, but maybe you’ll see through the season,” Harris jokingly stated to the media.</p><p>There was limited athletic depth at certain points last season due to injuries on the Pistons’ roster. Shooting guard Jaden Ivey only played 30 games due to injuring his leg in January. Small forward Ausar Thompson also missed a good portion of the season while dealing with blood clots.</p><p>Having those two wings in the starting lineup together should give a significant spark for the Pistons against opponents. Bickerstaff also advised how he thinks their depth should allow them to play more positionless sets to be more unpredictable through the season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pistons’ Tobias Harris reflects on leadership, elevated expectations for 2025-26

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-tobias-harris-clowns-paul-george-philadelphia-post-super-bowl-struggles');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tobias Harris clowns Paul George, 76ers for post-Super Bowl struggles');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/76ers-news-Tobias-Harris-clowns-Philadelphia-for-post-Super-Bowl-struggles.jpg"><figcaption>Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Tobias Harris clowns Paul George, 76ers for post-Super Bowl struggles</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-26T17:30:54-07:00">May 26th, 5:30pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-26T17:35:02-07:00">May 26th, 5:35pm</time><address><a>Richard Pereira</a>Richard Pereira joined ClutchPoints in January 2025 as an Associate Editor. He earned his degree from Florida Atlantic University in 2023 and has been covering the school's athletic programs since 2020, having served as a Sports Editor at the FAU University Press. He was granted the unique opportunity to report on the men's basketball team's journey to the Final Four in Houston for FAU Owls Nest during March Madness, consistently striving to grow as a sports journalist.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Former Philadelphia 76ers forward Tobias Harris decided to take some shots at <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/76ers-news-paul-george-reveals-76ers-fans-heckled-him-with-tobias-harris-insults">Paul George and the Philadelphia sports community</a> after their Super Bowl hangover.</p><p>The beginning of 2025 was an excellent start for Philadelphia, especially in the NFL with the Eagles. They had a successful regular season, going 14-3 as they secured the second spot in the NFC. They beat the Green Bay Packers, Los Angeles Rams and Washington Commanders on their way to Super Bowl 59.</p><p>It was there when they faced the Kansas City Chiefs for the championship. Kansas City looked to achieve a three-peat, while Philadelphia wanted their second in franchise history. The Eagles ultimately succeeded, taking down the Chiefs 40-22 to secure the title.</p><p>George was present at the Eagles’ Super Bowl parade, which he recalled during a May 26 episode of the Podcast P with Paul George show. He encountered a fan who told him that Philadelphia could have kept Harris if they knew George was going to underperform throughout the season.</p><p>Harris <a href="https://x.com/tobias31/status/1927111825293750735" rel="noopener">caught wind of the video</a>, and responded to it by posting a photo of him with a cigar and had the text refer to the 76ers’ struggles with George.</p><p>“After the parade…4-27 ⏰🏀➡️😂,” Harris said.</p><h2><b>How Pistons’ Tobias Harris, 76ers’ Paul George did this season</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/76ers-news-Tobias-Harris-clowns-Philadelphia-for-post-Super-Bowl-struggles-.jpg"><figcaption>Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>What Tobias Harris meant by his post is that Paul George and the 76ers went 4-27 in their last 31 games to end the regular season. Certainly a brutal shot to take at the franchise he presented for six years.</p><p>Harris finds himself in a better spot, unlike the 76ers. In his first season with the Detroit Pistons, he averaged 13.7 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game in 73 appearances. In the playoffs, the team’s first since 2019, he produced 15.7 points, 7.7 rebounds and 1.2 blocks in the six-game series against the New York Knicks.</p><p>While Harris succeeded as a veteran on a rising Pistons squad, George went through a turbulent season with the 76ers. He only played in 41 games, averaging 16.2 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists. Philadelphia shut him down in March as the team finished 24-58, their worst record since the 2016-17 campaign.</p><p>Injuries ravaged the 76ers roster throughout the season, including George, Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, and rookie sensation Jared McCain. They will hope for the best as they regroup next season, especially while <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/76ers-news-the-player-favored-to-be-no-3-pick-will-divide-philly-fans">having the third pick of the 2025 NBA Draft</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tobias Harris clowns Paul George, 76ers for post-Super Bowl struggles

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-paul-george-reveals-76ers-fans-heckled-him-with-tobias-harris-insults');   ga('set', 'title', '76ers’ Paul George reveals Philly fans heckled him with Tobias Harris insults');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/76ers-Paul-George.jpg"></figure><h1>76ers’ Paul George reveals Philly fans heckled him with Tobias Harris insults</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-26T14:05:00-07:00">May 26th, 2:05pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-26T14:05:00-07:00">May 26th, 2:05pm</time><address><a>Dylan Fine</a>Dylan Fine focuses on the NFL and NCAA Football for ClutchPoints, in addition to working on the meme team. Dylan is a graduate of Georgetown University and has covered various topics ranging from local politics in the DMV region with DC Voter For Animals to live sporting events in the Long Island and Rochester areas with The Southampton Press and Pickin’Splinters. When he isn't working, he's usually running in preparation for the next annual Turkey Trot.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Philadelphia 76ers forward Paul George revealed that fans of the franchise have heckled him with Tobias Harris insults. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-philly-makes-paul-george-splash-free-agency">Daryl Morey boldly signed the nine-time All-Star</a> to a four-year deal this offseason in hopes of making this group a title contender. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-brian-windhorst-drops-harsh-take-disastrous-season">2024-25 season was an unmitigated disaster</a>. The 76ers finished the year 24-58 and broke their seven-year postseason streak. George struggled heavily in his first season in Philadelphia, averaging 16.2 points per game on 43% shooting from the field.</p><p>While PG-13’s production wasn’t up to par, the main disappointment from the 76ers was this group’s dismal health situation. Joel Embiid was practically injured the entire season, Tyrese Maxey played just 52 games, and George only took part in half of the games. In addition, star rookie Jared McCain’s stellar start was squashed by a season-ending meniscus tear. Still, George was the 200 million dollar man last offseason, so he got most of the blame for Philadelphia’s dip. The future Hall of Famer <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d04V6i82024&amp;t=3401s" rel="noopener">broke down</a> on his podcast an interaction with some fans during an Eagles’ celebration.</p><p>“I had to roll down the window because I was doing a run around trying to get to the building. So finally I had to hit up the officer like I’m trying to get right here. I had been in traffic for about an hour and a half, I’m trying to get to right here, can you all please let me get through the street right here. As soon as I rolled the window down, they were like, ‘Yo that’s Paul George, that is Paul George,’ he said, ‘Yo we could have kept Tobias.’ Shout out TB, it ain’t no joke at TB, ‘Yo, we could’ve kept Tobias if you’re going to do this s—t.’ It was funny but it was some s—t you take to the heart, like you’re right, facts, I got you.”</p><h2><b>The 76ers have a chance to redeem themselves in 2025-26 if they can have some semblance of health</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/76ers-Paul-George-Joel-Embiid.jpg"><figcaption>Bill Streicher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Despite the poor season, Philadelphia still has an encouraging outlook if this group can get moderately healthy. The franchise has the No. 3 overall pick in this year’s NBA Draft and will likely select a highly dynamic wing to help Paul George with major defensive assignments. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-the-player-favored-to-be-no-3-pick-will-divide-philly-fans">Ace Bailey and VJ Edgecombe are two options</a> with this selection, or Dylan Harper, who also has the size to guard multiple positions at the NBA level.</p><p>A core of Embiid, George, Maxey, Bailey, and McCain isn’t exactly discouraging heading into 2025-26. But the pressure is on for this franchise to contend, especially in an Eastern Conference that could be more open than usual due to Giannis Antetokounmpo’s uncertain future in Milwaukee and Jayson Tatum’s torn Achilles. There are certainly plenty of threats in the conference, such as the two teams facing off in the Eastern Conference Finals right now, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and rising franchises such as the Orlando Magic and Detroit Pistons, but there’s a window here for the 76ers to be a threat again.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

76ers’ Paul George reveals Philly fans heckled him with Tobias Harris insults

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/detroit-pistons/pistons-news-tobias-harris-drops-cryptic-tweet-after-mavericks-win-nba-draft-lottery');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pistons’ Tobias Harris drops cryptic tweet after Mavericks win NBA Draft Lottery');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Pistons-forward-Tobias-Harris-12-reacts.jpg"><figcaption>© Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Pistons’ Tobias Harris drops cryptic tweet after Mavericks win NBA Draft Lottery</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-12T19:15:45-07:00">May 12th, 7:15pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-12T19:15:45-07:00">May 12th, 7:15pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Dallas Mavericks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>In quite a shocking turn of events, the Dallas Mavericks won the first overall pick of the 2025 NBA Draft during tonight’s Draft Lottery, overcoming their miniscule 1.8 percent odds of doing so. After confoundingly trading away Luka Doncic in early February, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-news-lebron-james-hilarious-reaction-nba-draft-lottery-results">Mavericks have somehow been granted a mulligan</a>, as they are on their way to drafting another franchise cornerstone in Duke’s Cooper Flagg — raising eyebrows around the NBA, including that of Detroit Pistons forward Tobias Harris.</p><p>Harris, much like nearly everyone else in the NBA, found this turn of good luck for the Mavericks rather interesting and even inspiring, with the Pistons veteran firing an <a href="https://x.com/tobias31/status/1922071997699252421" rel="noopener">ironic inspirational remark</a> that pokes fun at how the Mavs have fallen upwards.</p><p>“This goes to show why faith and always believing are so important folks 😂🤣,” Harris wrote on his official account on X (formerly Twitter).</p><p>If anything, Mavericks fans who were distraught by the disastrous turn of events that befell the franchise to end the 2024-25 season needed to at least find a glimmer of hope after seeing Doncic, the man who led them to the NBA Finals just last year, don the Los Angeles Lakers’ purple and gold.</p><p>Nonetheless, some find it a bit suspicious that the Mavericks would overcome such infinitesimal odds to win the number one pick during the same year that they traded Doncic in an inexplicable deal to the league’s most famous and marketable team in the Lakers. Some have <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/dallas-mavericks/mavericks-news-ceo-conspiracy-confession-lottery-win">put their conspiracy hats on</a> and have theorized that this is a reward of some sort from the NBA for gifting Doncic to the Purple and Gold.</p><p>But if there’s a fanbase who deserves to experience some happiness, it’s the Mavericks’, especially after the franchise’s indefensible actions and remarks in recent months.</p><h2><b>Pistons are free from lottery drama</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Pistons-guard-Cade-Cunningham-2-celebrates.jpg"><figcaption>© Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>For the first time since 2020, the Pistons don’t have a pick in the lottery. They made the playoffs as the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference, and this was no fluke, as they have a true superstar in Cade Cunningham leading the way and a burgeoning young core stepping up in support of him.</p><p>It’s no coincidence that the Pistons have managed to become a playoff team after bringing in solid veterans such as Tobias Harris, Malik Beasley, and Tim Hardaway Jr. The midseason arrival of Dennis Schroder was quite helpful as well. And for now, they are free from lottery drama after being blessed with the likes of Cunningham, Jaden Ivey, Ausar Thompson, and Ron Holland in recent years.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pistons’ Tobias Harris drops cryptic tweet after Mavericks win NBA Draft Lottery

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/detroit-pistons/pistons-news-tobias-harris-trash-talk-karl-anthony-towns-knicks-game-4');   ga('set', 'title', 'Watch Tobias Harris trash talk Karl-Anthony Towns right up in his grill in feisty Game 4');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Pistons-Tobias-Harris-battling-with-Knicks-Karl-Anthony-Towns.jpg"><figcaption>David Reginek-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Watch Tobias Harris trash talk Karl-Anthony Towns right up in his grill in feisty Game 4</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-27T11:57:32-07:00">April 27th, 11:57am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-27T12:20:47-07:00">April 27th, 12:20pm</time><address><a>Jason Patt</a>Jason Patt started as an editor at ClutchPoints in 2018 and became the head of the editorial team in 2022. He also co-hosts Cash Considerations: A Chicago Bulls Podcast for the Blue Wire Network.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Detroit Pistons</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Game 4 between the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/detroit-pistons/pistons-news-fan-face-ugly-game-4-knicks">has been a rock fight</a>, and things are getting especially spicy in the second half. With the Pistons making a surge, veteran forward Tobias Harris got into it with Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns. Harris <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1916564925184409775" rel="noopener">was yapping it up</a> in KAT’s grill, and Towns took exception to it.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tobias Harris and Karl-Anthony Towns exchanging some words here in the 3rd quarter 🍿👀<a href="https://t.co/f04Zzf5scS">pic.twitter.com/f04Zzf5scS</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1916564925184409775?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Detroit suffered through a mostly ugly first half and trailed by as many as 16 points late in the second quarter. However, the game flipped heading into halftime and into the third quarter, with the Pistons roaring back and taking a lead. Detroit outscored New York 28-14 in the third quarter to take a seven-point lead into the final frame, and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/knicks-news-jalen-brunson-locker-room-injury-game-4-pistons">Jalen Brunson had to leave the game</a> momentarily with an apparent ankle injury. Brunson has since returned and is trying to will his team back.</p><p>Tobias Harris is helping lead the way for the Pistons so far despite foul trouble, scoring 18 points to match Cade Cunningham’s output through three quarters. Towns had 19 points to lead the Knicks through the first three frames.</p><p>This series has featured plenty of drama, with all three games being competitive. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/new-york-knicks/knicks-rip-off-insane-21-0-run-to-quiet-pistons">New York used a 21-0 run</a> in the fourth quarter to win Game 1, but Detroit answered in Game 2 and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/detroit-pistons/jb-bickerstaffs-immediate-reaction-to-pistons-stealing-game-2-road-win-vs-knicks">won its first playoff game in 17 years</a>. Game 3 brought a bunch of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/knicks-news-jalen-brunson-reacts-chants-pistons-fans">NSFW chants aimed at Brunson</a> and a controversial ending that resulted in a close Knicks win.</p><p>Now we’re getting another banger in Game 4. The Pistons’ season looked to be on the ropes when they went down 48-32 late in the first half, but they turned the tide. They’ll now try to hold on and tie this series at two games apiece heading back to Madison Square Garden for Game 5. If the rest of this series has been any indicator, this one will come right down to the wire.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Watch Tobias Harris trash talk Karl-Anthony Towns right up in his grill in feisty Game 4

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A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Detroit Pistons</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/detroit-pistons/pistons-news-malik-beasley-message-detroit-fans-knicks-after-game-2-win">Detroit Pistons recently tied</a> their first round playoff series <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/new-york-knicks/knicks-news-lack-focus-frustration-officials">with the New York Knicks</a> at a game apiece with a narrow Game 2 win on the road. The Pistons have gotten strong play out of their veterans over the first two games of this series, including from Tobias Harris, who is playing much better than he did last year when he took on the Knicks in the playoffs as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers.</p><p>Recently, Pistons head coach JB Bickerstaff, who was named a Coach of the Year finalist, broke down how both Harris and fellow veteran Tim Hardaway Jr. <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/44819645/how-detroit-pistons-went-14-68-playoff-threat" rel="noopener">have helped elevate</a> Detroit this year.</p><p>“My safety blanket,” Bickerstaff said recently, per Jamal Collier of ESPN. “Every time things are going awry, I can put those two guys in the game and I know they’re going to settle it down.”</p><p>Harris also spoke on how his veteran presence has helped boost what was already a solid young core in Detroit.</p><p>“There’s a lot of talent here, kind of just need a few adults in the room,” Harris said. “I knew that coming in that this was going to be a breath of fresh air for me, but I’ve truly enjoyed it. It’s the most fun I’ve had playing basketball my whole career with this group and this team.</p><p>“I knew that coming in that this was going to be a breath of fresh air for me, but I’ve truly enjoyed it. It’s the most fun I’ve had playing basketball my whole career with this group and this team.”</p><h2><b>A big opportunity for the Pistons</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Pistons-guard-Cade-Cunningham-2-is-fouled.jpg"><figcaption>© Brad Penner-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>With their win in Game 2, the Pistons seized home court advantage in this series ahead of what should be a raucous environment in Motown for Game 3.</p><p>Detroit hasn’t played a home playoff game since LeBron James swept them out of the first round in 2016, and it should be a capacity crowd on Thursday evening for the city’s second major professional sports playoff game this year.</p><p>In any case, Game 3 between the Pistons and Knicks is slated to tip off on Thursday at 7:00 PM ET and will be carried nationally by TNT.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pistons’ Tobias Harris earns ‘safety blanket’ label from JB Bickerstaff

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/detroit-pistons/pistons-news-tobias-harris-throws-shade-knicks-smirk-on-face');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pistons’ Tobias Harris throws shade at Knicks with smirk on his face');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Tobias-Harris-Josh-Hart.jpg"><figcaption>© Brad Penner-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Pistons’ Tobias Harris throws shade at Knicks with smirk on his face</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-24T09:41:54-07:00">April 24th, 9:41am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-24T09:41:54-07:00">April 24th, 9:41am</time><address><a>Ryan Bologna</a>Ryan Bologna is an author at ClutchPoints. He studied journalism and communication at UConn.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Detroit Pistons</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/detroit-pistons/pistons-news-detroit-game-3-injury-updates">Detroit Pistons are preparing for Game 3</a> of their first-round series against the New York Knicks, and after tying the series at 1-1 with a win at Madison Square Garden in Game 2, Tobias Harris <a href="https://x.com/meanbarb/status/1915422950519452113" rel="noopener">was asked if</a> this year’s Knicks team is a bit different personality wise than the one he played against last year in the first round with the Philadelphia 76ers.</p><p>“It’s a different dynamic for sure. That’s all I’m gonna say,” Tobias Harris said with a smirk after a pause, according to Barbara Barker of Newsday.</p><p>It has been a popular narrative that the Knicks this season lack the edge that they had a year ago. Players like Isaiah Hartenstein and Donte DiVincenzo are not on the team anymore, along with Julius Randle, who was out with an injury for that playoff series last year against the 76ers. Joining this year <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/new-york-knicks/knicks-mikal-bridges-blasted-fourth-quarter-struggles-game-2-loss-pistons">for the Knicks are Mikal Bridges</a> and Karl-Anthony Towns, who were brought in via trades.</p><p>The Knicks lost Hartenstein through no fault of their own, as he was offered much more money than they were allowed to by the Oklahoma City Thunder. Randle was packaged with DiVincenzo in a trade for Towns, and Randle’s expiring contract in addition to the Knicks having a hole at center with the departure of Hartenstein was a motivator for that deal.</p><p>As a result, the identity of the Knicks has changed, as they have much more upside offensively this season. But that has impacted the defensive end of the floor as well, and some view the team as not as ‘tough’ this year. It is clear that the Pistons and Harris are noticing that and trying to take advantage.</p><p>The Pistons will look to pounce on the momentum they got with their Game 2 win, hoping to take a lead in the series on home court in Game 3.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pistons’ Tobias Harris throws shade at Knicks with smirk on his face

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/detroit-pistons/pistons-news-tobias-harris-leaves-thunder-game-achilles-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pistons’ Tobias Harris leaves Thunder game amid Achilles injury concern');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Tobias-Harris-leaves-Thunder-game-amid-Achilles-injury-concern.jpg"></figure><h1>Pistons’ Tobias Harris leaves Thunder game amid Achilles injury concern</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-02T21:18:55-07:00">April 2nd, 9:18pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-02T21:18:55-07:00">April 2nd, 9:18pm</time><address><a>Troy Finnegan</a>Troy Finnegan is a Senior Editor and College Sports Lead at ClutchPoints. He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2023 with a degree in journalism and minors in communications and sports media, as well as a critical sports studies certificate. He has had a passion for sports his entire life, and enjoys covering and writing about all sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Detroit Pistons</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Detroit Pistons are playing out the final few weeks of the regular season as they get ready for their first playoff run since 2019. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/shorthanded-pistons-beat-east-leading-cavs-new-nba-record">Pistons have been one of the best feel-good stories in the NBA</a> this season, but they are now getting a <a href="https://x.com/CotyDavis_24/status/1907635504503288233" rel="noopener">little bit banged up</a> heading into the postseason.</p><p>On Wednesday night, starting wing Tobias Harris left the Pistons’ contest against the Oklahoma City Thunder due to right Achilles tendinopathy, according to Coty M. Davis of The Detroit News.</p><p>“Pistons announce that Tobias Harris (Right Achilles tendinopathy) will not return to tonight’s game,” Davis reported on X, formerly Twitter.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/pistons-news-tobias-harris-earns-brutal-larry-bird-diss-chandler-parsons">Harris is a crucial player</a> for this Pistons group. He gives them size and shooting on the wing, which has been a big part in the success of this team under JB Bickerstaff this season. For the year, Harris is averaging 13.8 points and 6.1 rebounds per game.</p><p>This obviously doesn’t seem like a serious injury for Harris, but it is something that can linger around and affect him heading into the playoffs if it doesn’t heal quickly.</p><p>The Pistons are already <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/pistons-news-cade-cunningham-day-to-day-injury-diagnosis">playing without superstar guard Cade Cunningham</a>, who missed his fifth straight game on Wednesday night with a calf injury. Cunningham is having one of the best individual seasons in Pistons history, so getting him healthy in time for the postseason is the team’s top priority at the moment.</p><p>Without Cunningham, the Pistons battled hard against the best team in the NBA. However, a late run from the Thunder allowed them to pull away and secure a 119-103 victory.</p><p>Pistons fans are starved for postseason success, as the team has not won a game in the playoffs since 2008. They have reached the postseason three times since, but have been swept in the first round every time.</p><p>After this loss, the Pistons will drop to 42-34 and have just six games to go in the regular season. At the moment, Detroit is safe from the play-in tournament, but it is in a tight battle with the Milwaukee Bucks for the No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference. The Pistons are now just a half-game ahead of the Bucks, so they will be hoping that both Cunningham and Harris can make it back soon to snap the drought.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pistons’ Tobias Harris leaves Thunder game amid Achilles injury concern

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/detroit-pistons/pistons-news-tobias-harris-earns-brutal-larry-bird-diss-chandler-parsons');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pistons’ Tobias Harris earns brutal Larry Bird diss from Chandler Parsons');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Tobias-Harris-earns-brutal-Larry-Bird-diss-from-Chandler-Parsons.jpg"></figure><h1>Pistons’ Tobias Harris earns brutal Larry Bird diss from Chandler Parsons</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-02T14:50:50-07:00">April 2nd, 2:50pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-02T14:50:50-07:00">April 2nd, 2:50pm</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University senior from Atlanta on track to graduate with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Detroit Pistons</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/detroit-pistons/pistons-news-draymond-green-bold-cade-cunningham-championship-prediction">Detroit Pistons have been arguably</a> the biggest (positive) surprise of this NBA season, currently still in contention to secure a top four seed in the Eastern Conference playoff race. While the ascension of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/new-orleans-pelicans/pelicans-news-zion-williamson-cade-cunningham-disrespect-all-nba-mic-drop">Cade Cunningham has been cited</a> as the main reason for the Pistons’ success, the team has also gotten positive contributions from veterans like Tim Hardaway Jr., Malik Beasley, and Tobias Harris, each of whom were brought in this past offseason.</p><p>Still, that isn’t stopping some in the media from taking shots at Harris, who has long been a target of criticism from fans of the Philadephia 76ers. Recently, former NBA player Chandler Parsons used Harris <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1907527198996836675" rel="noopener">as an example</a> when discussing the ongoing debate about previous generations of NBA players seemingly having animosity toward the stars of today’s age.</p><p>“Larry Bird is watching Tobias Harris make $300 million and he’s like, ‘I was so much better than that guy,'” said Parsons, via the Run It Back Podcast.</p><p>Parsons’ point seemed to be that the vitriol players of the 1980s and 1990s spew at the NBA today could potentially stem from jealousy of the gargantuan contracts that are routinely dished out in the league in 2025. Harris is indeed making quite a bit of money for his services with the Pistons this year.</p><h2><b>A solid veteran for the Pistons</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Harris-warms-up.jpg"><figcaption>Jerome Miron-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>While he may not be Larry Bird, Tobias Harris has provided a stabilizing presence for the Pistons on both ends of the floor this year, helping balance out the team’s supporting cast around Cade Cunningham.</p><p>As previously mentioned, the Pistons still have an outside shot at hosting a playoff series this spring, even if the likelier scenario is that they’ll end up as either the five or the six seed.</p><p>Regardless of what happens when they get there, this season has been a gigantic step forward for a franchise that hasn’t played a playoff game since LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers sent them packing in 2016.</p><p>The Pistons are next set to take the floor on Wednesday evening on the road against the Oklahoma City Thunder.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pistons’ Tobias Harris earns brutal Larry Bird diss from Chandler Parsons

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/tobias-harris-and-the-nine-highest-paid-nba-players-who-were-never-all-stars');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tobias Harris and the nine highest-paid NBA players who were never All-Stars');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Tobias-Harris-and-the-nine-highest-paid-players-who-were-never-All-Stars.jpg"></figure><h1>Tobias Harris and the nine highest-paid NBA players who were never All-Stars</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-02-13T09:09:02-08:00">February 13th, 9:09am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-02-13T09:09:02-08:00">February 13th, 9:09am</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/spencersee10" rel="facebook">Spencer See</a>Spencer See is a part-time writer at ClutchPoints focusing on the NBA, evergreen content and celebrity lifestyle. He is also a lifelong fan of LeBron James. In his free time, he either goes fishing or watches basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The more a player elevates his level in the NBA, the more he gets paid. It’s safe to say that when a player reaches All-Star levels, he is bound to get a lucrative contract. However, some players who didn’t even make an All-Star team do find ways to nab rich salaries like Tobias Harris. Here is a look at Tobias Harris and the nine highest-paid NBA players who were never All-Stars.</p><p>Check out the gallery.</p><h2><b>1. Tobias Harris</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Tobias-Harris-attempts-a-shot.jpg"><figcaption>Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Career earnings: $273,869,359</p><p>Tobias Harris hasn’t made an All-Star team in his career. However, he continues to be a reliable starting forward in the NBA today.</p><p>While he isn’t exactly the flashiest player on the court, Harris can produce on the floor when asked to. As a result, it’s primarily the reason why the Detroit <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pistons-news-tobias-harris-reuniting-52-million-contract">Pistons forward is able to bag huge contracts</a> throughout his career while playing for several playoff contenders.</p><h2><b>2. CJ McCollum</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/CJ-McCollum-drives-to-the-basket.jpg"><figcaption>Jaime Valdez-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Career earnings: $248,826,931</p><p>There’s no question that CJ McCollum is a walking bucket. He made a name for himself as part of the Portland Trail Blazers, serving as a reliable backcourt partner with All-Star guard Damian Lillard.</p><p>The former NBA Most Improved Player is currently one of the veterans playing for the New Orleans Pelicans. Although he isn’t an All-Star, McCollum is more than capable of dropping huge scoring nights.</p><h2><b>3. Harrison Barnes</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Harrison-Barnes-attempts-a-lay-up.jpg"><figcaption>Daniel Dunn-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Career earnings: $204,908,501</p><p>It wasn’t too long ago when Harrison Barnes was a fixture in the Golden State Warriors dynasty. He helped the team win the title in 2015. But after the Warriors acquired Kevin Durant, Barnes went on to become a starter for several other teams.</p><p>While he isn’t an All-Star, his timely outside shooting will always have a place in the NBA. As a result, teams are willing to sign him to lucrative contracts.</p><h2><b>4. Nicolas Batum</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Nic-Batum-looks-on-from-the-bench.jpg"><figcaption>D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Career earnings: $203,791,175</p><p>Hailing all the way from France, Nicolas Batum has established himself as one of the most reliable international players in the NBA. The French national team mainstay has also played in the NBA for several seasons. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/clippers-news-nicolas-batum-returns-to-la-in-first-post-paul-george-move">Batum recently signed a two-year deal worth $9.6 million</a> to return to the Los Angeles Clippers.</p><p>Although he has no All-Star appearances, Batum has been a serviceable two-way player for various teams in the hunt for a championship.</p><h2><b>5. Danilo Gallinari</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Danilo-Gallinari-shoots-free-throws.jpg"><figcaption>Reggie Hildred-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Career earnings: $202,783,808</p><p>Coming into the NBA as a prospect from Italy, Danilo Gallinari is another player who is often overlooked. His ability to score in multiple ways made him a valuable player in the league, especially teams that were looking for depth in the wings.</p><p>Furthermore, Gallinari has never shied away from stepping up when called upon to contribute. Although injuries hampered his career, Gallinari did rake in huge money while playing in the NBA.</p><h2><b>6. Eric Gordon</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Eric-Gordon-shoots-in-traffic.jpg"><figcaption>Bill Streicher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Career earnings: $183,123,512</p><p>Although Eric Gordon is quite undersized in the wings, he is certainly a tough competitor who’s capable of doing some damage at the perimeter. Gordon carved out a reputation as one of the deepest shooters in the NBA. Opposing teams are never willing to leave him open. While he isn’t an All-Star-caliber player, Gordon is still a former NBA Sixth Man of the Year award winner.</p><h2><b>7. Rudy Gay</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Rudy-Gay-on-Media-Day.jpg"><figcaption>Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Career earnings: $181,260,320</p><p>For several years in the NBA, Rudy Gay was one of the best forwards in the league. But surprisingly, despite several memorable performances, Gay somehow missed out on a single All-Star selection throughout his career.</p><p>Nonetheless, during his peak, Gay was a reliable starter. In fact, he even dropped 41 points at one point in his career. But more importantly, Gay certainly earned huge money for someone who didn’t make an All-Star Game.</p><h2><b>8. Steven Adams</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Steven-Adams-at-the-post.jpg"><figcaption>Troy Taormina-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Career earnings: $170,447,826</p><p>Steven Adams has carved out a reputation for exhibiting extreme sportsmanship. But while Adams is one of the nicest players in the hardwood, any basketball fan will agree that he also plays hard on the court.</p><p>Adams is a stellar rim protector, while also capable of contributing offensively in the paint. Given his likeable personality and impact on the court, it isn’t surprising that teams are willing to reward him with lucrative contracts.</p><h2><b>9. Thaddeus Young</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Thaddeus-Young-protects-the-ball.jpg"><figcaption>Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Career earnings: $152,413,689</p><p>When it comes to hustle and doing the dirty work, Thaddeus Young was the man for the job. Given Young’s impact in the NBA, it isn’t surprising teams were willing to sign him up. But more importantly, Young also deserves credit for his longevity. Although he wasn’t an All-Star by any means, Young’s veteran leadership and impact on the court transcended beyond the box score.</p><h2><b>10. Serge Ibaka</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Serge-Ibaka-shoots-a-jumper.jpg"><figcaption>Michael McLoone-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Career earnings: <a href="https://www.spotrac.com/nba/player/earnings/_/id/6313/serge-ibaka" rel="noopener">$141,250,191</a></p><p>Oklahoma City Thunder fans probably remember Serge Ibaka. Ibaka served as the Thunder’s starting power forward, as he made his defensive presence felt. Despite his impact with the Thunder that saw him lead the NBA in blocks twice and make three All-Defensive Teams, Ibaka somehow missed the All-Star selections, unlike his Thunder teammates.</p><p>However, Ibaka’s defense was his bread and butter in the NBA. In fact, the Toronto Raptors reaped the benefits when Ibaka helped the franchise collect its first championship banner.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tobias Harris and the nine highest-paid NBA players who were never All-Stars

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-news-tobias-harris-gets-real-on-being-booed-return-to-philly');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tobias Harris gets real on being booed in return game vs. 76ers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/76ers-Pistons-Tobias-Harris-1.jpg"></figure><h1>Tobias Harris gets real on being booed in return game vs. 76ers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-30T20:42:57-07:00">October 30th, 8:42pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-30T20:46:30-07:00">October 30th, 8:46pm</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Detroit Pistons</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Tobias Harris exacted revenge on the Philadelphia 76ers in his return, tallying a double-double in a victory for the Detroit Pistons. It was his new team’s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-76ers-takeaways-vs-pistons-tobias-harris-return">first win of the season</a>.</p><p>With 18 points and 14 rebounds on 8-18 shooting, Harris had a solid performance amid a sea of boos flowing down from the Wells Fargo Center stands every time he touched the ball. Harris is used to getting booed in Philadelphia, so hearing it as an opponent in his first game back <a href="https://sixerswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/sixers/2024/10/30/tobias-harris-responds-to-sixers-fans-booing-him-after-pistons-earn-win/75955057007/" rel="noopener">didn’t overwhelm him one bit,</a> according to Ky Carlin of Sixers Wire.</p><p>“I think it’s funny, because for a lot of guys, they were like, looking at me, like, ‘Yo, you good?’ and I’m like, ‘Brother, I’ve been through this for a minute now, so, like, I already know what it is,’” Harris said, via Sixers Wire. “But it is an interesting experience, but overall, just a great game for us.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tobias Harris booed during pregame introductions <a href="https://t.co/33kVIWfypw">pic.twitter.com/33kVIWfypw</a></p><p>— Sam DiGiovanni (@BySamDiGiovanni) <a href="https://twitter.com/BySamDiGiovanni/status/1851762639652950367?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Tobias Harris leads Pistons past 76ers in return to Philadelphia </b></h2><p>Harris’ 14 rebounds led the game while Cade Cunningham (22 points, seven assists, five rebounds) and Jaden Ivey (23 points, three rebounds, three assists, two steals) powered the Detroit offense and Isaiah Stewart patrolled the paint, blocking three shots and tallying 11 rebounds. Tim Hardaway Jr. shot 5-7 from downtown on his way to 16 points.</p><p>When he suited up for the Sixers, Harris received plenty of boos. He still <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-tobias-harris-reflects-on-great-experience-with-philly-ahead-of-return">talked glowingly about his time</a> in Philly but understood fully that a significant chunk of the fan base would always resent him. Philly fans grew to detest him because he often failed to deliver in big spots and was one of the highest-paid players on the team. So, he switched up his mindset towards the boos.</p><p>“I did thrive off of it,” Harris said, via Sixers Wire. “When I was here playing, that was something that was hard to play through, but tonight, I was like, ‘Let me just take a different approach to it and embrace it a little bit.’”</p><p>Although Harris’ second stint with the Pistons didn’t get off to a very fun start, the first victory of the season was certainly a fun one to earn.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tobias Harris gets real on being booed in return game vs. 76ers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-fans-let-boo-birds-fly-during-tobias-harris-first-return-game-in-philadelphia');   ga('set', 'title', '76ers fans let boo birds fly during Tobias Harris’ first return game in Philadelphia');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/The-boo-birds-fly-during-Tobias-Harris-first-return-game-in-Philadelphia.jpg"></figure><h1>76ers fans let boo birds fly during Tobias Harris’ first return game in Philadelphia</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-30T18:37:48-07:00">October 30th, 6:37pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-30T18:39:40-07:00">October 30th, 6:39pm</time><address><a>Matty Breisch</a>Matty Breisch is a multifaceted writer who specializes in NFL and WWE content at ClutchPoints. He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After a week of hype, Philadelphia 76ers fans were thoroughly disappointed when <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-joel-embiid-paul-george-remain-out-vs-pistons" rel="noopener">both Joel Embiid and Paul George were ruled out</a> for their Game 4 showdown against the Detroit Pistons.</p><p>Suddenly, an easy win looked far more contested, the excitement to see what this team actually looked like was out the window, and all fans had left was to take their seats, eat some Lorenzo’s Pizza, and <a href="https://Twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1851763850825068725" rel="noopener">boo the ever-loving crap</a> out of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-76ers-takeaways-vs-pistons-tobias-harris-return" rel="noopener">former forward Tobias Harris</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tobias Harris was booed during the pregame introductions ahead of the Sixers-Pistons matchup 👀</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/BySamDiGiovanni?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BySamDiGiovanni</a>) <a href="https://t.co/cZVRja1ss2">pic.twitter.com/cZVRja1ss2</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1851763850825068725?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Cruel treatment of a player who helped lead the Sixers to multiple deep playoff runs? From an outside perspective, maybe so, but for 76ers fans who had to watch him play out a full five-year, $180 million max contract? Yeah, this one felt personal.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Tobias-Harris-playing-the-76ers.jpg"><figcaption>Bill Streicher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h2><b>Philadelphia 76ers have plenty of reasons to dislike Tobias Harris</b></h2><p>Originally acquired to be the missing piece of a starting lineup that featured Ben Simmons, JJ Redick, Jimmy Butler, and Joel Embiid – remember them? – Harris was famously prioritized over Butler in free agency and earned a max contract to remain in Philadelphia long-term. From there, Harris refused to be content with playing a 3-and-D role as a combo forward, instead thinking of himself as a sort of mini-Carmelo Anthony while consistently underwhelming when the 76ers needed him to step up.</p><p>Harris is the only player to earn as much money as he has through his career – <a href="https://www.spotrac.com/nba/player/_/id/8070/tobias-harris" rel="noopener">$273.9 million, if you can believe it</a> – to never make an All-Star game, an All-NBA list, or win any award at all, from an All-Rookie team to an All-Defense team. Goodness, Harris never even turned in a 90-50-40 season in Philadelphia, the mark of an elite shooter, as he has never connected on 90 percent of his free throws over a full season, period.</p><p>So what, you may ask, is Harris’ legacy in the City of Brotherly Love? Well, two words really sum it up: wasted potential. Harris never lived up to the contract the 76ers gave him, was never a better player than Butler during even his best season, and the team’s GM, be that Elton Brand or Daryl Morey, never even cashed out on whatever value he had to make a playoff push with more complementary firepower. Throw that in with his empty stats and laissez-faire attitude, and it’s safe to say Harris will be booed every time he faces off against the 76ers for the foreseeable future, if not the rest of his career.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

76ers fans let boo birds fly during Tobias Harris’ first return game in Philadelphia

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/3-76ers-takeaways-vs-pistons-tobias-harris-return');   ga('set', 'title', '3 76ers takeaways from Tobias Harris return, loss to Pistons');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/3-76ers-takeaways-from-Tobias-Harris-return-game-vs.-Pistons.jpg"></figure><h1>3 76ers takeaways from Tobias Harris return, loss to Pistons</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-30T18:26:27-07:00">October 30th, 6:26pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-30T18:28:25-07:00">October 30th, 6:28pm</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Detroit Pistons</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Philadelphia 76ers (1-3) welcomed old friends Tobias Harris and Paul Reed back to town as their Detroit Pistons (1-4) looked to win their first game of the season. The Sixers did not buck their trend of playing uninspired basketball, losing 105-95.</p><p>By allowing the Toronto Raptors to punk them and almost losing to the Indiana Pacers, the Sixers <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-biggest-76ers-takeaways-vs-pacers-tyrese-maxey">showed how vulnerable they are</a> without Joel Embiid and Paul George, who were inactive against Detroit. The NBA finished its investigation into Embiid and the team, finding that the big man is indeed dealing with a legitimate knee issue but still hitting the team with a $100,000 fine for contradictory statements. All is well in Sixerland and this performance will surely help the vibes stay afloat!</p><p>Here are three takeaways from the 76ers’ matchup with Harris and the Pistons. (Sorry Bball Paul, no minutes for you.)</p><h2><b>Tobias back in town</b></h2><p>Harris was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-tobias-harris-reflects-on-great-experience-with-philly-ahead-of-return">happy to come back to Philly</a> and reconnect with old teammates, coaches and acquaintances. His focus is with the Pistons now but he enjoyed seeing everyone again and looks back fondly on his experiences, good and bad, with the 76ers. Fans greeted him with boos during the starting lineup introductions, during the portions of his shared tribute video with Reed and when he had the ball. Whatever cheers he got came from his mistakes and missed shots.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Sixers’ tribute video for Tobias Harris and Paul Reed. A faint “Bball Paul” chant started afterwards <a href="https://t.co/LzNWAwkoc9">pic.twitter.com/LzNWAwkoc9</a></p><p>— Sam DiGiovanni (@BySamDiGiovanni) <a href="https://twitter.com/BySamDiGiovanni/status/1851766002519773203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Harris muscled his way to a layup over Oubre for his first points of the night, silencing the crowd momentarily. He received loud cheers by missing a pair of threes to end the first quarter. When he hit the bench, the Pistons started to give his old team the business.</p><p>The Pistons hung a 15-0 run on the 76ers in the second quarter, corralling Maxey and dominating the glass on both ends. Jalen Duren was tough to stop as a rebounder. Isaiah Stewart was also physical down low (no, not that way), which led to plenty of Detroit OREBs and Philly misses at the rim. Malik Beasley and Simone Fontecchio pitched in from the wings, as well. Harris didn’t do a lot of that but he did provide some key scoring in the second half that helped the Pistons win.</p><p>Harris tried to get his typical post-up buckets but possessions ending in those shots went nowhere. He also didn’t let a lot of threes fly, missing all three of his attempts. There were a handful of nice plays, like blocking a Kyle Lowry jumper and dunking through a foul, and he put up a strong stat line of 18 points and 14 rebounds. Sixers fans won’t miss him but he left them something to ponder as their team’s season gets even sadder.</p><h2><b>Maxey makes ’em go</b></h2><p>Tyrese Maxey looked like a star for the first time all season in the second half against Indiana, draining shots and stepping up on defense to lead his team to a gutsy win. The Pistons gave him another springboard to get going and he took advantage.</p><p>The Pistons put Jaden Ivey on Maxey, and then later Malik Beasley when he subbed out, but the Sixers targeted inferior defenders like Tim Hardaway Jr. and Cade Cunningham instead. The Pistons brought their bigs up to the level of screens but Maxey stayed patient and found ways to get downhill, including on nice long-armed layups. He used his 6-foot-8 wingspan to extend outside of the block radius of defenders on his way to 10 points and two assists on 4-7 shooting in the opening period.</p><p>Maxey got the better of his former teammate on a step-back, mid-range jumper. Then he put one in over Ivey on the other end. Although he had his way with Detroit’s defense, the Pistons could afford to pack the paint because of the 76ers’ woeful three-point shooting. Only four of their first 15 attempts found the bottom of the net, though Maxey’s 1-5 shooting line was a primary contributor. Also not helping: only seven makes from the foul line in Philly’s first 12 attempts.</p><p>The Pistons’ shooting from the field wasn’t anything special but its toughness on the boards and proficiency in transition, at the foul line and the arc put them ahead by nine at the half. Maxey had 19 points on 8-15 shooting and no one else on his side had even eight points. Philly made as many field goals as Maxey in the first half and attempted 10 more shots.</p><p>This was Maxey’s most well-balanced performance of the early season and it went to complete waste.</p><h2><b>76ers are becoming too wasteful of shot-clock seconds</b></h2><p>The 76ers have mastered the art of wasting time on offense. When compounded with the lack of high-end creation talent that plagues them without Embiid or George, teams as bad as the Pistons can put them in a headlock.</p><p>The Sixers do push the pace at times, resulting in easy buckets. But in the halfcourt, so much time is spent getting the ball to Maxey, getting it <i>back</i> to Maxey or waiting for someone away from the ball to create space that could go towards…anything else. The shots that resulted from this wretched offensive performance did not feature enough rim attempts or threes. And the Pistons, living up to their car-centric name, got out in the open road a bunch to open up the third quarter, leading to a 21-point advantage at one point.</p><p>Philly’s struggles on offense without its stars have been well-documented but it will be hard to have takeaways on anything else if things look this bleak. Maxey was efficient, even with his poor shooting from downtown, but the Sixers looked incapable of taking advantage of the fact that they had the best player on the court. Stewart’s impeccable defense at the rim only tells part of the story.</p><p>One lineup that generated positive results on offense was Maxey-Jared McCain-Eric Gordon-KJ Martin-Guerschon Yabusele. It was light, spacious and featured multiple shot-makers. It also featured a variation with Lowry in Martin’s place. McCain and Martin each found their way to the cup while Maxey and Martin connected on a fast-break lob. Defense and rebounding were still issues but the offense looked better…so, progress?</p><p>McCain, the rookie, looks not only like one of the most decisive Sixers but one of the most adept at creating something off the bounce. He got to the rim a few times, using his strength and craftiness to penetrate the defense. He played strong defense, as well, and was even trusted to guard Cunningham and Ivey at various points in the fourth quarter. It would be wise to work in some more minutes for him.</p><h2><b>Other takeaways</b></h2><ul><li>Stewart tried to post up against Lowry early in the shot clock several times. He got himself an and-one but also got the ball knocked away by the physical, quick-witted veteran on a few occasions.</li><li>Cunningham and Ivey are not always going to shoot a combined 7-15 from beyond the arc. But to chalk this game up to bad shooting luck both ways undeservedly takes Philly off the hook for a pitiful process on offense.</li><li>Few players have line-drive shot releases like Caleb Martin does. It’s also a slow shot that he gradually works up to, which may limit his ability to be a reliable floor spacer in the playoffs.</li></ul><p>The 76ers will play the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night before embarking on a three-game West Coast trip. Thankfully, it sounds like there’s a chance, however small, that Embiid and/or George <a href="https://x.com/BySamDiGiovanni/status/1851736084633248100" rel="noopener">may be available to play</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

3 76ers takeaways from Tobias Harris return, loss to Pistons

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-news-tobias-harris-reflects-on-great-experience-with-philly-ahead-of-return');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tobias Harris reflects on ‘great experience’ with 76ers ahead of return');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/76ers-Pistons-Tobias-Harris.jpg"></figure><h1>Tobias Harris reflects on ‘great experience’ with 76ers ahead of return</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-30T10:29:17-07:00">October 30th, 10:29am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-30T10:29:17-07:00">October 30th, 10:29am</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Detroit Pistons</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>PHILADELPHIA — After spending over five years with the Philadelphia 76ers, Tobias Harris is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pistons-4th-quarter-dud-lowlights-meltdown-heat">back in town</a> as a member of the Detroit Pistons. His experience with the Sixers came up short of the championship goal. Failing to even crack the conference finals, Harris said, was the biggest disappointment of his time suiting up for title-hopeful teams in Philly.</p><p>Nonetheless, Harris explained that he wouldn’t change how it all went down.</p><p>“For me, it was a great experience,” the veteran forward said ahead of the 76ers’ matchup with the Pistons. “I truthfully say that because it helped me grow in so many different elements of my life. All the years here — the ups and downs, the experience of playoff basketball, winning seasons — [were] overall extremely important to me…The experience and lessons along the way are ones that I would never change for anything — and it was not easy, as well.”</p><p>Harris’ tenure with the Sixers was <a href="https://x.com/BySamDiGiovanni/status/1851327153410879862" rel="noopener">best summarized</a> by Nick Nurse, who called it “rocky.” The 76ers head coach said after his team’s practice on Tuesday that “the weight of what was ever going on about his contract and his play and did it match up and all that kind of stuff wasn’t much fun to be a part of.”</p><p>The Sixers backed themselves into a corner by trading for Harris in a contract year all the way back in 2019. After watching Jimmy Butler go to the Miami Heat, the Sixers offered Harris the most lucrative contract in franchise history at that time: $180 million over five years. It was roughly $10 million shy of a maximum contract but effectively became known as such throughout Harris’ Sixers tenure.</p><p>Harris’ shortcomings as a player — namely a tendency to slow the offensive pace down and a reluctance to shoot a high volume of threes — limited the Sixers, especially because he remained a starter his entire Philly stint. Even last season, he wasn’t benched <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-nick-nurse-blunt-take-possibly-benching-tobias-harris">despite some brutal struggles</a>. It earned him no sympathy from fans, some of whom have celebrated Harris’ departure to Detroit more than Paul George’s arrival to the 76ers.</p><p>What Harris did provide the 76ers, though, was efficient scoring and a defensive option for the best opposing forward. He was injury-averse and always willing to help younger teammates find their footing. Guys like Tyrese Maxey, Ricky Council IV and Matisse Thybulle benefited from having an experienced, level-headed veteran in their corner.</p><p>“I mean, those are the ones that I’ll never forget,” Harris said. “Just to see their growth and development, to see Tyrese having the success that he’s had and all the guys that I’ve been able to just be able to give some type of influence to or some type of experience and knowledge to has been important to me. Seeing their success, that’s what a vet is for. I never took that job lightly, of being an influence for the next upcoming players in this league. I’m always happy to see that type of success.”</p><h2><b>Tobias Harris returns to Philadelphia after leaving 76ers for Pistons</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Tobias-Harris-dribbles-the-ball.jpg"><figcaption>© Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>As much as 76ers fans are <a href="https://x.com/OnPattison/status/1851627575962972623/quotes" rel="noopener">happy Harris left</a> and harbor memories of mostly inconsistent play throughout his time with the team, those who spent time with him in the organization have always spoken about him glowingly.</p><p>Nurse, after describing Harris’ time with the Sixers, said that he’s a “good guy who was a great pro and tried really hard and worked really hard and produced a lot. I really like him. I like him as a person. I like him as a player.”</p><p>Kelly Oubre Jr., who was only teammates with Harris last season, remembers him being “very business-casual — how he dressed, how he operates himself. Very professional. Very suave. Tobias is a great dude, man, but on that court, it’s gonna be a different story. We gotta go out here and win for the 76ers.”</p><p>Maxey said previously that he and Harris still talk and that the veteran has helped the young star establish himself not just as an NBA player but as a leader, someone who can <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-how-tobias-harris-inspired-tyrese-maxey-give-back-to-younger-teammates">look after the younger guys</a> just as Harris did for him. Council said that Harris was a great veteran for him during his rookie season.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Ricky Council IV shouts out Tobias Harris as a veteran who really helped him out. Said Harris is “a really good person” that gets too much hate.</p><p>“He was real big for me.”</p><p>— Sam DiGiovanni (@BySamDiGiovanni) <a href="https://twitter.com/BySamDiGiovanni/status/1786459286886871335?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>For Harris, his fondest memories in Philly involve the people he got to spend his days alongside and the community events he supported.</p><p>“I’m looking forward to seeing a lot of great people,” Harris said. “There’s been great people here [who] have been amazing to myself, my family, all the way down the line to people up in the suites and booths that have treated my mom, wife, dad, family with the utmost respect. It’s been a lot of people that have always treated me extremely well every time I step foot in the building and that I’m extremely grateful for.”</p><p>Tobias Harris said that his energy for tonight’s game is about helping the Pistons get their first win of the season. The Sixers can’t yet show that their decision to pursue George over re-signing him has paid off since the new star is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-joel-embiid-paul-george-remain-out-vs-pistons">dealing with a knee injury</a>. In due time, Philly hopes to achieve what it never could with Harris and pick up its second win of the 2024-25 season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tobias Harris reflects on ‘great experience’ with 76ers ahead of return

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pistons-tobias-harris-impresses-preseason-debut-suns');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pistons’ Tobias Harris impresses in preseason debut vs. Suns');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Tobias-Harris-impresses-in-Pistons-preseason-debut-victory-over-Suns.jpg"></figure><h1>Pistons’ Tobias Harris impresses in preseason debut vs. Suns</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-12T05:18:12-07:00">October 12th, 5:18am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-12T05:18:12-07:00">October 12th, 5:18am</time><address><a>Eric Vincent</a>Eric Vincent is a credentialed beat reporter for the Detroit Pistons at ClutchPoints. He has been active in Detroit sports journalism since 2011 previously working with Bleacher Report, 1130 WDFN, and Detroit Sports Nation.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Detroit Pistons have been <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pistons-news-jaden-ivey-speaks-free-aggressive-preseason">putting together an impressive preseason</a> showing including their 109-91 win against the Phoenix Suns. Friday night’s matchup featured the preseason debut of forward Tobias Harris. The presence of the 14-year veteran left quite an impression after helping improve the Pistons to 2-1 in exhibition action.</p><p>Harris scored 22 points on 8-of-13 shooting in 26 minutes for Detroit. Twenty of those points came in the first half, which carried early momentum for the Pistons. He was also impactful defensively, leading to transition scoring opportunities.</p><p>One of the biggest off-season plans for Detroit’s front off-season was acquiring experienced talent to help complement their young core. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pistons-news-tobias-harris-reuniting-52-million-contract">Signing Harris to a two-year agreement</a> this summer was one of those priorities.</p><p>After missing the first two preseason games due to COVID, Detroit’s veteran forward played like a seamless fit. Harris showed off his multidimensional scoring prowess with off-ball catch-and-shoot looks, creating his midrange pull-ups, and even scoring in fast break situations.</p><p>The Pistons have been in search of a versatile scoring forward who fits Harris’ role over the past few years. During practice this past Wednesday, he spoke on the <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2024/10/12/detroit-pistons-have-an-offense-in-tobias-harris-preseason-debut/75639032007/" rel="noopener">benefits of his play style</a> and how it can help the team.</p><p>“For a guy like myself, being able to catch and shoot, being able to find passing lanes for different guys for open looks and being aggressive and using my size and speed to punish the little guys, or blow by slower forwards, that’s been the name of the game my whole career,” Harris said Wednesday, per Omari Sankofa of the Detroit Free Press. “Obviously for us, it’s just figuring out different guys, personnel-wise on the floor, how they complement each other, and how we can make the game easy for each other.”</p><h2>Cade Cunningham finishes with near triple-double</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/tobias-harris-1.jpg"><figcaption>Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The most dominant performance on the floor came from Pistons point guard Cade Cunningham. After struggling to find an offensive rhythm in the first two preseason games, Cunningham bounced back by almost recording a triple-double on the road against Phoenix.</p><p>Cunningham finished the night leading all players with 25 points, 12 rebounds, and nine assists in 30 minutes of play. There were no signs of inefficiency as he knocked down 10-16 field goals for Detroit. Cunningham is also displaying an improvement in his ball-handling by only surrendering two turnovers to the Suns.</p><p>The newly acquired veterans are already generating a promising glimpse of the Pistons’ offensive production. The shooters are opening up better scoring lanes for Cunningham and have created space allowing him to play in the post more often.</p><p>Detroit’s spacing is also doing wonders for starting backcourt partner Jaden Ivey. The 6-4 shooting guard finished with 16 points for the Pistons and utilized his breakaway speed at will against the Suns.</p><p>Head coach J.B. Bickerstaff has kept his word by staggering the starting guards with the backup unit. This creates more time for each player to work on-ball reps as the primary decision-maker. They also have taken advantage of opportunities to establish their chemistry on the floor together. Bickerstaff spoke on the <a href="https://x.com/IAmEricVincent/status/1843117986254860686" rel="noopener">importance of chemistry</a> during Media Day before the preseason began.</p><p>“They really understand and will keep getting better at how to play off of one another. Also with how to set each other up,” Bickerstaff explained. “They’re different in their game but the same big guy has to make decisions on a play-by-play. Whether he’s dealing with Cade using his size and shiftiness, or J.I. using that speed. I think it makes defenses have to make some tough decisions and we look forward to keep developing it.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2025-26 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
11.8	7.0	3.3	0.3	0.8

2025-26 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
11.8	7.0	3.3	0.3	0.8

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