Tobias Harris answers critics with season-high 33 in win over Raptors | PHLY Sixers
Yeah Tobias Harris telling us all to be quiet on a Friday night with some hoops in South Philadelphia as he comes out blazing hot to start this game off as they take on the Toronto Raptors defeating them by 10 121 111 what a game taking a 2-1 three-game home stand as
The Sixers improve as they get ready for their game on Christmas Day against the Miami Heat but this is all about yes three Sixers scored and 30 points tonight but it was all about Tobias Harris Derek Bodner I’m Devon given Kyle newbeck will join us live from South
Philly to get into all this Bri is here producing we want to hear from you all on the Super Chat Derek he said shut up tell a friend to tell a friend cuz that was freaking wild look we spent a couple of shows debating whether or not
He had opportunity to shine that dude was hitting like step back threes early in the shot clock tonight don’t tell me he didn’t have opportunities to shoot other games don’t tell me he didn’t have opportunities to make an imprint on the game he was Sensational in that first
Half and look embiid came out in this one and was started off slow um I think he had what maybe like 11 at halftime wasn’t really dominating the way and usually he comes out and he has 11 in the first quarter almost every game so he was really struggling maxi had some
Moments but he wasn’t yet dominant he would become dominant that would come later in the game but the Sixers came out slow and they were struggling and what were they down like 11 I think at the end of the first quarter the only reason they were in that game is because
They got a big big big performance from Tobias Harris making catch and shoot threes step back threes driving some passes that pass he made uh when he was coming off a pick and roll and he hit UB cutting was maybe I thought the the play
Of the game for Tobias it was wild to see him do that and the difference between a confident Toby and a second-guessing Toby is just so drastic he made a step back I still can’t get over the fact he made even great I can’t get over the fact that he attempted a
Step back three for him to then come out and I know he’s going to do it in a week later he going to come out and pump fake and Jab step and record scratch a three and this is why it’s so infuriating because he’s capable of doing this he’s
Capable of being that third star he’s capable of lifting you on a night when joelan be’s out he just very very rarely does it they were down by as much as 15 in the first quarter and Tobias Harris was the only one that really had anything going only one who really had a
Pulse so Derek as you talked first of all this is what we asked for so when we went on our rants on Thursday’s show it was because of this we even said it towards the end of the show you know what’s going to happen he’s going to get
Into January and he’s going to go for about two weeks where he’s averaging 20 points shooting 50% from the three-point line playing phenomenal defense playing very well and he’s going to drive everybody nuts when he then goes and falls back a little bit but this is all
We ask not 24 points in the first quarter it’s let me say this again I said it on Twitter I’ll say it here right now because I know many people knew about it when I said it all all those years ago about Ben Simmons and it now Rings true for Tobias Harris
Aggressive Tobias Harris is the best Tobias Harris it doesn’t necessarily again has to come in a form of 24 points however when he’s aggressively looking for his and when I said on Thursday’s show to demand the basketball to reject certain things from the other two and they don’t have it we got some
Push back on that even after the show where some were saying that’s ridiculous why would you want less shots from embiid and Maxi and give them to Tobias Harris this is the reason because he can make good decisions he may not make all of them like he did tonight he shot I
Believe 13 for 24 I could be wrong on that number off the top of my head but he was phenomenal right hitting step back threes as Derek talked about but this is exactly what we’re asking aggressive Tobias Harris and that’s the best Tobias Harris and you saw that and
As Derek points out the best two of the phenomenal plays that he had a step back three and a pass to Kelly UB cutting in the paint for a dunk I’ll give you one even better for me small subtle thing Joel embid blocked yaka purle with just
Under a minute to play in the third quarter Tobias Harris grabs the loose ball Tyrese Maxi is right to his left as as far as Derek is from me here if you’re watching if you’re on the podcast he is a couple of no he’s right arms length
From me where I can just hand the ball off to Dereck and let him push the break Tobias Harris looked Tyrese Maxi off pushed the break and be got down the floor sealed threw him the ball he got fouled two free throws a second one
Where he also got a rebound on the right side of the floor Joel and be leaked out sealed his man Tobias with his second best pass of the night over the top of the defender into embiid’s hands for a bucket there as he it was about 75 feet
Away from the basket and he threw it over the top into the paint to and be’s hand and that’s all we’re asking for not 33 tonight tremendous work eight and seven assists to go along with it shot the ball tremendously well all we’re asking for is for him to be aggressive
Have a pulse in the game and give them another option offensively on the floor they trusted him on the floor they gave him the ball even when he gave the ball to them they gave it back and allowed him to reset because he had the hot hand
And as we mentioned on Thursday if you pass it away and you look like you don’t know what you want to do with the basketball after being stopped the first time no they’re not going to give it back to you they’re not but he was confident he was looking for his he was
Looking for them and it was all worked out and it came in a great package tonight in this 10-point win over the Toronto Raptors a phenomenal game his best game of the season dropping the season High 33 and look I don’t want him shooting he’s I’m not expecting him nor
Do I want him shooting 23 times every night I don’t certainly don’t expect him to shoot nine threes every night I don’t expect step back threes regular at all occasionally yes when you need it like tonight you need it in the first half but game to game just take the open
Shots that’s all if you can shoot nine threes in this game against a team that has good length on the perimeter you can make step back threes you can shoot a freaking open Catch and shoot three that’s all I feel like I’m setting the bar very very very low and today shows
Exactly why I don’t get frustrated by people who can’t do something yes that’s fine if you if if that’s the case and you’re being put in a bad position that comes down to the coach I get upset by people who who do not make the most of
Their gifts and to buy a sah is like I said the last show he’s worked so hard to become a good conf competent catch and shoot player a guy who can really shoot in in all facets just use it that’s all I want that’s legitimately
All I want that’s it that’s it and we want to hear from you of course in the chat we’ll get to some of your chats here as we go throughout the evening uh just a few numbers as we go along again both Maxi and Harris pce the sixes with
33 a piece to Joel embiid with 31 Derek talked about it he uh slow scoring first half but he got himself to together even with the he he he rolled his ankle it looked like it was going to be a tough one some were even asking why would he
Why would Nick nurse even bring him back but he came in and he went off in the third quarter derck what did you say 16 in the third uh 16 straight 16 straight for the Sixers in the third quarter and he was he was just fantastic and so you
You look at that and you look at 96 uh 96 points what is it 97 points sorry uh with between three of those guys tonight where you were down two starters and again down two starters and you need somebody to step up Tobias Harris did just that you got good good play and
Good minutes from some of the role players the guys starting Marcus moris Kelly UB UB off with his shooting same for Mars but I thought they gave good minutes Daniel house coming in same thing giving good minutes Furon cork m a short run but a good showing there while
Out on the floor the same for Paul Reed outside of his three-pointed from the top of the KY that was nowhere near close to to being made but he’s taking those shots so a good overall game getting off to the slow start and defensively too for this basketball team
Where so many things were easy for them turnovers early on points off of turnovers for this Toronto Raptors points in the paint for yaka Perle just with his little shot put uh push shot over Joel embiid setting up very well the Sixers defense buckled buckled down as the game started to progress they
Really showed their defense and slowed things down 31 for for se yakum but no one else really a threat outside of SE yakum no the first six minutes of this game had a chance to be really really frustrating like you mentioned there were a lot of turnover problems and a
Sixers compounded that by not getting back in transition there’s miscommunications in the half court embiid would step up the challenge a shot nobody would rotate behind him there were just a whole lot of things going wrong and then you add in the fact that embiid wasn’t his normal dominant
Self on offense this had a chance to get away from him which happened over the course of an 82 Game season you’re going to have nights like this but they turned it around and like I said Tobias keeping them close was huge obviously embiid then had that stretch in the third Maxi
Had that stretch in the fourth uh some really really tough deep contested threes getting those kinds of performances from your key guys your your we call them all the time your tent pole guys plus Tobias Harris was great to see um and I could sit here and nitpick certain things about most
People’s games especially a lot of the role players I thought it was a very up and down game even from people like Kelly even from people like Marcus who you mentioned but I just thought there was enough from your your role players that when you have a huge night like
This you’re going to be able to win and Tobias is I’m just going to focus on Tobias because that is a thing that was different like we are used to seeing MB dominate we are used to seeing um you know Tyrese Maxi put on a three-point shooting Clinic the bias Harris to be
Aggressive like he was when they needed him to be aggressive it’s just if he would just and again he’s not going to shoot 23 times all that often just need him to be aggressive when you need it not when he’s you know he he he’ll only be aggressive when he’s feeling it but
You need that to be his consistent mindset it’s never been the case I don’t expect it to be the case going forward but it was was fantastic to see it was legitimately there were five or six plays that’s just that’s a great play it’s not even just like to like early in
The season I felt like Tobias was doing a lot of I’m going to attack in you know semi- transition or early offense attack mismatches no these were like legitimately great plays that Tobias is capable of doing every now and then it just very frustrating very frustrating that’s why you just simply
Trying to praise him for his his job well done tonight real time says on the chat Derek trade to buyas tonight his stock is really high and sakario game Says Yes Trade to buyers tomorrow yeah I guess give the night trade him tomorrow with the day off and all that but no I
Mean look and the frustration is and that’s why you ended your comment the way that you did because you’re like it it’s just it’s very simple basketball just be aggressive all the time it’s not that you have to take 23 shots it’s just the mentality how you’re trying to do it
And what you’re doing putting that pressure on the defense and also makes things easier for your teammates to get things going because even though Mars and UB were missing their shots they were getting good looks they just missed them because what happens you if if you
If you shade off of Tobias after he’s doing what he’s doing after the defense is starting to play him a little bit tighter you know the other two are going to get going at some point those two are going to get some looks too and they just missed them but they did other
Small things to help out as they could throughout the evening helping lead to this Victory and we’ve talked as much as we have and coming after Harris the way that we have so much here on this show and we can only talk about us that’s why
We’re praising him the way that we we we are tonight sure we can get on him and say stock is high trade him like real time and like sakario is saying but no it’s just really about what he did tonight and the job that he did this evening because not only when he’s
Scoring in that way on the offensive end he’s focused on defense where he gives the effort that he does anyway as Derek talked about on Thursday’s show but when you’re locked in and scoring like this you’re ALS you’re your game is stepping up in a lot of different ways too the
Passing as Derrick mentioned on the defensive end you’re locked in so everything every aspect of your game it seems like it’s so easy out there and even when he was taking those quick three-pointers he was open he was feeling it so you’re like okay shoot it again and that’s exactly what you and
Kyle talk about those high volume shots from three-point range especially when he has a good look and he’s feeling it yeah look this I’m guessing something just happened with the Flyers game cuz in the background this NBA Defenders react so quickly and they cover ground so well
You don’t have a half a second to think what should I do should I take this shot I’ve gone two for eight am I comfortable going two for n if I miss you just don’t have the time to second guess yourself and still get off a decent look and it’s
Just step again I go back to the step back not because oh my God he made a step back but oh my God he did something without thinking and look at the results he just reacted it’s just completely different and I wish somebody and look it’s now been Brett Brown Doc Rivers and
Nick nurse nobody’s really found a way to do that consistently I think the only time he was really consistent in terms of aggressiveness was when he was with the Clippers and he was pretty much a primary Perimeter initiator at least for much of the game in pick and rolls
That’s really where his bread and butter is he’s not a he’s not good enough at that certainly not good enough of a Creator to run your offense like that so he’s had to sort of become an off ball sort of role player catch and shoot guy attack closeout guy and that’s where the
Indecision comes in and you’ve had a number of coaches now try to get this version out of him more often it hasn’t happened but this again I’ll just go back to it’s great they needed to get the win but this is also why he frustrates us so much very very much so
Very much so Jay of the Jungle back in with us on the Super Chat we appreciate it Jay hanging out with us like everyone else on a Friday night with the donation thank you they historically lose this game Joel and Maxi start slow and they never get all the way back Harris kept
Them in it until the Stars got it going Jay appreciate it it was something that we talk about Vince our coworker here a lot Vince text me ask me how I thought in the first half how things were looking and I said you know what Tobias is playing this well he’s being
Aggressive they will get it together in the second half what they did though they got it together towards the end of the second quarter took the lead and as mentioned it was really good to see them tie the score and then take that lead and going into the third quarter they
Really turned it up Toronto got back into it and they turned it up once again even when the reserves were in there in the fourth quarter largely due to tyres Maxi’s I believe 16 in the in the fourth quarter where he really went off in hitting those threes early on and doing
What Maxi typically does and and that’s why they were able to get it the defense is too strong they figured things out they made their adjustments in the second quarter and definitely at halftime and then they were just too much down the stretch as they closed
Things out for their 20th win of the campaign so really really good win a fun win and we’ve talked about this a number of fun fun wins number of fun and that’s why I was about to go we said take two of the three and you got the two in a
Row where you beat Minnesota which was the big one and then you followed it up not only not letting down but letting down pardon me letting down early but making your adjustment to corre cor your mistakes fix the problem and still come away with the double digit victory yeah
And look we mentioned it the other day if you were going to take two out of three if that was your expectation I’d rather that one win come against the uh the the Wolves rather than the Bulls just because it’s more impressive win and also just every game they found a
Way to take someone who is struggling or or the team struggling as a whole and bounce back in the second half and Tyrese um obviously I think we all kind of expect embiid to bounce back at various points even when he was hobbling so much um I mean then again with the
Way he was hobbling to come out and score 16 a row in a third that was really impressive but Tyrese I feel like every time he does something great we’re sort of like making a little note of it because it is his first time in this role he’s had a very consistent stretch
Where he has taken over games in the fourth quarter even when he’s struggling earlier on in the game that’s a a great son yeah and uh five turnovers in the first quarter as we mentioned uh five in the first quarter nine the rest of the way for the team so really good
Protection of the basketball after getting off to a tough start there where they were very careless with the ball and beid uh mostly where he had four turnovers in the first quarter really really careless with the basketball they cleaned it up though thereafter walking away with the 10-point victory when we
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Did we get to all of them we had the one did we get that was the only one yeah we had the one already as uh talking about this and Tobias Harris answering the critics with his big play today but he wasn’t the only one because you did get
Everyone else to step in everybody had their quarter let’s be honest M none of us any idea what to expect from Tobias on Monday I’m not even nobody has confidence that it it’ll necessarily carry over he could be great again he could disappear that’s part of the
Problem you just don’t know what to expect out of him from a mentality perspective and any given night um and also there’s a little chatter here in the chat I just want to be clear you can’t trade him now at his highest value because nobody in the league is going to
Fall for that nobody in the league cares about one game on a player who’s 31 it’s just not how it works there is no change in Tobias Harris says trade value based on this performance yeah yeah so that that’s not happening they still going to
Hold on to him for as long as they hold on to him we’ll see where things end up maybe by February but for right now he’s not going anywhere Maxi though I wanted to get to him 13 of 22 four for 10 especially in that fourth quarter where
He really went off in that fourth quarter just uh dropping 17 making two of those five he had a heat check three on the third one and I was like that was early in the clock to go for it man go for it man that was a that must have
Been like a third 32- footer with 18 seconds left on the clock behind a double screen he’s like I’m I’m pulling this one he check baby that’s basketball go for it six of 10 and that fourth 11 minutes and 20 seconds and he only had the one turnover but he scored those 17
Points at just he continues to he had 29 in the earlier game and he just continues to show why we look at him as that number two guy as that potential Allstar that we think he’s going to make it at this point if he keeps this up uh
Through January he’s he’s pretty much a lock but man he was phenomenal tonight yeah man 33 and 10 10 assists there he had three turnovers on the night which for him is a high turnover game for most people uh with that kind of usage would be a low turnover game he there’s just
Two things that he does so incredibly well and the first is the body control he has when he’s he’s flying around at full speed like people look at it and he’s like oh he only has one speed it’s full speed well but 99.9% of NBA players
Don’t have the body control to be able to put the ball on the glass like he does and with English like he does at that kind of speed it’s just insanely incredible to watch him do that and man the Deep range on his three it’s just so
Tough to guard him when he can pull up off of a screen 30 feet deep and you’re like yeah that’s a good shot because he can get that shot almost anytime he wants against almost any kind of Defense even even even you know a team like
Toronto that has real good length on the perimeter he is learning how to get to his spots and again we mentioned this before there will be some skepticism over short guards in the playoffs being a one or one a option some of that skepticism I think is warranted because
You can’t be like Jason Tatum just rise up and shoot over your Defender well tyres Maxi can step back and get a reasonably good shot almost whenever he wants that’s his real equalizer that’s how he overcomes his lack of of height it’s just it’s it’s wild to watch I
Don’t know what else to say and and one thing that that I really like he couldn’t shoot when he came in the league no he could he couldn’t well and you know how he says it it wasn’t that he couldn’t is that he didn’t because he wasn’t given the opportunity but to your
Point he to he couldn’t shoot well I mean he when he did get the opportunity he shot 29% two years in a row he did yeah we’ve mentioned this all the time like you go back the draft a lot of people would looked at and and said oh
Man his his indicators uh mid-range free throw show that he will improve but it’s one thing to improve from that 29% three-point base it’s another thing to become arguably a top five shooter in the league and he is right there leading the league in score I mean percentage
Shooting at the end of the year for what the last two or Le in the top three and we don’t even talk about it cuz he doesn’t get very many catch and shoot opportunities anymore especially with Harden gon but he’s an elite catch and shoot player too out and his finishing
At the room was already very good I’ll say very good for a young player it’s so much better now where before it was just get the ball high up like Iverson used to do off the top of the glass hit your spots I remember talking to him one day
About it after practice and we were just talking about different ways of getting the angle of of the layups and he was talking about he has points on the backboard that he likes to hit to get those shots off or whatever angle it is over the defender and the angle that he
Is driving and now I’m loving even more the scoop shot when he gets into the paint and he turns it over and finger rolls it in from a certain distance and even that you know and and typically when you do that and you turn it over that way Defenders have an opportunity
To now go ahead and SWAT it but he does it so perfectly And Timely where he does it that they don’t have an opportunity and plus it’s on this it’s downward uh Point down downward point to the basket that if they do try it’s going to be a
Goal 10 so really good from him finishing at the basket we have a lot of super chats you call for him we get four in a row so we get the bang knes out Rick Sachs jumps in Devon here’s your trademark money I appreciate it Obi-Wan
Canobi is the fourth on a on the team not a third we need uh one more piece I hear you Rick and he’s not to get too nerdy but I I feel like this could be after this game he could go hide on Tatooine here for a couple of games here
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Tobias Harris the aggressive Tobias Harris is the best Tobias Harris so got a trade market thank you there Johnny appreciate it Kobi he’ll win the battle on Mustafar than hide on tattooing [ __ ] Madness real time back with the is here also with the donation we appreciate it which former oh good
Question which former Sixers player gives the current Sixers team the best chance to win and is OG and LaVine um media and agent driven are they the trade options agent driven appreciate it real time for checking in let’s start there agent driven or real OG an anobi
Who people got a chance to scout tonight he finished with 12 on four of nine shooting and um Zack LaVine out right now but the Bulls are playing very well without him for the last two weeks so in terms of I I assume he’s asking about the Sixers
Interest is that agent or media driven yes for availability and then well availability is just reality like I think it for OG I think it’s mostly connecting the dots because they see he doesn’t have the contract um for leine I think it’s just reality he’s on the
Market so it’s it’s media driven in the fact that we’re the ones talking about it but I don’t think it’s media driven in the fact that like we’re inventing it m in terms of Sixers interest I do think that the Sixers interest in Levine is mostly media driven I have not gotten
Kyle and I have talked about this a million times I’ve not gotten a sense that they are are in on that OG I think it’s again mostly just connecting dots and one of those very significant dots being Nick nurse and I do think that relationship is strong I I talked about
This a little bit before the season where I almost felt like Nick nurse would Empower OG a little more offensively than he should give him pick and roles that he really has no business running because he’s not a good pick and roll player in part because he defends
His his ass off and I think Nick appreciates that um but I think like I said I think LaVine I think is mostly media driven um OG I think is mostly dot connecting okay and going back to the first part of the question that real time asks which former sixer player
Gives this current sixer team the best chance to win if you could plug and play of one of those two no current former sixer any former sixer any former sixer and I’d imagine that now so are we talking about like where they are at this stage of their
Career it’s a good question or where they were when they left the Sixers let’s just say let’s just say this is a long this is let’s just say any player that you feel could just step right in and that’s active active yeah active and can jump in and play and fill
In that last spot that they need I mean I think it’s I mean it’s got to be Jimmy right who else who else would it really be um I guess you no it’s it’s got to be Jimmy and like Jimmy’s not a perfect fit because he will go a month where he just
No I’m not taking a open Catch and shoot three and that’s not necessarily great but getting one more ball handler who’s also a great defender who can get the free throw line who can create out of pick and rolls I think it’s it’s got to
Be Jimmy and and I assume not just be obviously I’m taking it away like you know no family stuff just simply talking about I assume we’re not going you drafted him you had the rights of course talking about kale that would be the ideal one oh are you okay no no I was
Just saying because he didn’t specify I was not including him because he never played exactly yeah so just to specify he was never in a sixer uniform he was you know he had hat on for 25 minutes and and that was it um so you that’s the
Obvious one I was going to ask how about Jeremy Grant he I mean he was the other one that came to mind but no I would trust Jimmy in the playoffs way more sure yep I I agree with you also Joel loves Jimmy and like that I that would
Be a good re have and and his Vibes are so The Vibes are so high you go get his guy bring him back uh bring him back in it by the way uh I think I saw where was it Paul Kennedy says uh when when he he
Thought of thought of of our rants yesterday on the show when he saw Tobias was putting up 23 shots on the night they there’s that yeah so no I mean we thought about our rants too he heard us Fury says with another donation there on the Super Chat we appreciate it Furious
Have we ever seen a player get better at the rate that Maxi is he’s learns he learns game after game thank you Furious I mean early career Joe was insane yeah he was joa Kansas was incredible to watch he would just like a week would go by and he would have a
Complet new aspect to his game yeah yeah um that’s also why they’re great but but we talk about his age at 23 for a reason because look at the the rate Furious that you’re talking about how quickly he’s picking this stuff up and remember we would always see where first of all
Doc Rivers would tell him you got to get out of the gym you got to stay get out of the gym you know all that stuff get get out of here and you’re here at 5 a.m and all go rest go home chill do something go enjoy yourself
But he’s always working he’s always willing to learn and try to get better clearly he was probably going to do that anyway before James Harden got here but you cannot tell me and of course he has said so that James Harden helped him out so much learning the guard position in
The NBA as to where he is right now so great question Furious really appreciate it I think we got a really good one from a lot of people T will Stacy We we forgot about Drew which one holiday oh yeah that’s a really good one it’s a
Good one it’s not Jimmy Butler good no it’s not Jimmy Butler good but it’s it’s it’s a cleaner fit yes a cleaner fit but a lesser player so much so that when he was available at the at the beginning of the season from Trading Milwaukee to
Portland and then looking to get into it my apologies when you said drew the reason I I I said Drew who it’s because we had a Drew thron in chat asking a question I thought you were referring to that questionid obviously there aren’t many Drews that are former six my
Apologies and Lucas our last latest Super Chat thank you everybody for the super chats Lucas appreciate it uh teres Maxi versus Jamal Murray versus dearen Fox I’m guessing who would you prefer as a player oh man um I would go right now Murray because he got it done in the big
Spot yeah he got it done in the big spot he is more accomplished yes you got it done in the big spot I think if not for the ACL injury I think I think like if you put Murray in Maxi’s spot I don’t think he would
Succeed to the level that Maxi is I think Maxi is able to create space better than Murray does um not yes that yes and on on this team especially when you’re talking about maybe running some offense without Joel or even with what he’s able to do off of emid I think Maxi
Is probably the cleaner fit and Murray’s his skill level is fantastic but Maxi’s just got a little deeper range a little more space on that pullup and certainly more speed coming off of that screen uh I think Murray would have a tough time duplicating what Maxi does with this team those two over
Fox I trust those two more than Fox I think um Fox’s defense more of a fox guy than Murray guy okay mhm Fox’s defense has disappointed me um over the last couple of years coming out of Kentucky you just thought he had all the tools I
Thought he’d be a real good Defender um they’re all good though yeah they’re all good Paul says Paul Kennedy says playoff Murr LOL playoff Murray strictly playoff Murray I’m guessing you’re saying strictly playoff Murray thank you everybody for the super chats we really appreciate it Glenn says maybe Maxi
Would be better if doc wasn’t trying to kick him out of the gym I didn’t realize that fox was shooting 40% from three so far he’s gotten so much better from his outside shooting now is that is that defense is may be taking a step back is
That legitimate or is that not because the previous five years he was shooting like high 20s low 30s he’s been he’s been consistently good this season I understand his ear but not too early 20 games to early it’s it’s jumpers especially threes but Jumpers in general it takes me quite a
While to fully Buy in I’ve seen I’ve seen people have 200 attempts where they look real good and revert back um and that’s one thing I learned with the draft where even in the draft where you would get like maybe 30 Games 100 150 attempts you never really knew how good
Of a shooter they were NBA is obviously differently it’s a higher level competition further line all that stuff um but I’m you know sure he’s improved but is he 40% good not sure I’m necessarily fully there yet all right let’s get to I didn’t realize
It was that high yeah let’s get to Joel andb we’ll hear from Kyle newbeck live from South Philly at some point maybe he’ll get in a little bit earlier so Derek can can get get out of here on this Friday night uh and be with the 31
That he had he scored the 16 in a row that you you alluded to at the break you also talked about what he did at the break and he had 11 points on four of eight shooting and just under 19 minutes of play scored 20 in the second half and
Especially during that that stretch all doing so on that bum ankle in the past and he looked like when he he had that transition bucket um on the catch from Max and one or did he score it was a catch from Maxi caught it and he he came
Down grabbing his I think he was grabbing his knee on that one too he kind of sat down on the back of the stanion yeah so uh but but again just pointing out that he did so with that bum ankle he had a step back while I was
Like yo you want to take that with that bad ankle step back jumper from it had to be about 1920 it wasn’t his normal elbow extended 15 it was about 1920 and he drilled it but the guy is is playing through these things where sometimes in the past whether it was Doctor related
Saying sit down actual doctor or coach doctor either one okay yeah either one saying sit down just because of whatever he he he’s playing through these things now where number one we were questioning his knee the other day and tonight we’re questioning his ankle and he played
Through it and and he was brought back in at his nor normal 551 6 Minute Mark in the fourth quarter to close the game out where Minnie felt why are you bringing Joel and be back in the game where you have a pretty significant lead
MH yeah no and it would have been great to finish that off completely where you could give him a little extra time off and not bring him back in here I do worry that but the Raptors made a little run where I nurse did it I do worry a
Little bit that just the accumulation of these things might have a might linger a little bit maybe might impact him down the stretch it is just a lot of low and you never really know with Joe CU he hits the floor so many times and he grabs his ankle or some lower body
Extremity every time he falls and you’re always worried about it and a lot of times ends up not mattering until it does uh and this one certainly seemed like it lingered a little bit he had that what game was it a couple weeks ago where he was um he had an injury that
Was lingering a little bit the knee yeah I which one was Buck where he hurt the knee and he’s grabb yeah I can’t remember the game but yeah but we’re having a couple of these now and he just he he plays through them and a lot of times he can play through them
Successfully that that jumper doesn’t necessarily need a fully functioning knee but you do worry that it’s just it there seems to be a bunch of these racking up but playing through it is is really good to see because you know he’s going to get some days off probably going to
Get a couple of days off at some point maybe next month they have the weekend off before the game on Monday going against Miami he gets up for these nationally televised games so he’ll be ready but to Derrick’s Point these things are starting to rack up and part
Of it too for me is in the past where he would get these injuries and he would fall to the floor and I’m like come on man get up stop this is what you do you get on you milk it a little bit and you
Get up and you do what Joel EMB does which is go out there and continue to play some good basketball but these are actual things because I I thought when he injured his ankle I’m like did he really you know whatever it was did he just fall to protect himself and then
You see the replay and he twisted his ankle pretty good he rolled it pretty good on the foot of I think yaka purle at at that point so he is playing through these things but that’s the thing the commitment that we’re seeing is he it has been there but it’s a
Little bit it seems it feels a little bit different than it has in the past where you’re talking about buying from everybody you and Kyle talking about it starts with your leader and Kyle talking about it on Twitter and him and then Joel having to have multiple
Conversations about it uh it starts and it’s going through him and he’s not bailing out he’s playing through all those things and he had some real big defensive plays too down the stretch he had some real good defensive rotations he took pretty much every transition defense play off in the half court he
Was rotating he was giving effort he was moving on that um bum anle he was he was good he was he was real good for a game where I didn’t know like I really thought this might be not that he’s going to score like remember a couple
Years ago more than a couple years ago at this point when he didn’t score against the Raptors M yep it wasn’t going to be like that he’s he’s grown way too much for that and also they don’t have Nick nurse on that sideline anymore but you were wondering like man
He might only score 20 tonight and that’s you know that’s a real down game for Joel embiid uh but for him to put that together in the second half to get that jumper working um to play that kind of Defense it was a it was a great
Performance and it was one that they needed because even with Tobias I can’t believe I’m about to say Tobias Harris Harris’s heroics in the first half they still needed to finish that one off he was rolling man Tobias haris rolling again 33 points fun team to watch man
How how fun is this after what we saw and look they should have been in the Eastern Conference Finals doc Rivers’s first year that’s what it was at first year they should have been they were number one seed they should have gotten to the Eastern Conference Finals we
Don’t know what have happened after that that’s when also Giannis did uh hurt his hurt his uh knee I think it was they went to the finals that year no that was n that was 21 the years jumbl together yeah they all jumbl together but there
Were some fun team year that was the year yeah so that was the 21 year where they would have played Milwaukee who knows the injury happened may not have happened in against the sixes but it did happen nonetheless this is a fun team to watch and fun team to to cover to be
Around and to watch how things have come together come together over the years questions about the number two option if Maxi is up for the challenge still some questions but he is really answering a lot Joel and B playing a different uh way playing even better than he was a
Year ago when he was the MV P right now after the straw poll that Kyle and dererk were a part of for ESPN he is right now the unanimous leader for that mvp because of the style of play the way that he is playing when we wanted him to
Lower his points per game he has increased it and it’s coming efficiently it’s not taking away too much from what the offense is doing and your other guy your co-star is averaging 26 points a night and getting a lot of good shots and they’re available shots for other people also the coach
Where we had some questions there right there in the middle of for what Nick nurse was doing questioning about Marcus Mars’s minutes some of the other players minutes but right now he has it seems that he has a good feel for his team his rotation the players what role he wants
Them to play with this with this current group and it really is a fun brand of basketball that they’re playing at the moment guys are going down where you have melting and and you have uh I mean look you you mentioned a two and three road trip pulling out these two wins
Here so short-handed look they’re not your your your core guys although Melton’s a starter but to miss these many Wing players and still come out with two good wins it’s a good showing yeah and even in the other games where you didn’t have Marcus Morris is out let’s not forget about tonight Patrick
Beverle is out your second ball handler well third behind DeAnthony mton but you he was starting for Melton at one point yeah Patrick Beverly was out quietly just out of the game you know dealing with some stuff there there but they found a way so this is fun and as I look
At some of the the the points here as we talk about it and we mentioned Paul this is a couple of times we mentioned him just good points they’re humble and they seem to like each other that goes a long way when you like your teammates and
That’s where the trust also comes in talking about Tobias Harris kind of circling back to what he did tonight when they see and they have the trust in you they already feel like you’re a good basketball player but when they see you’re playing with the confidence and
You’re not afraid to make mistakes and you are taking the necessary shots that are available to you that confidence is so high they’re going to give you the opportunity Jolan be was looking for him Derek tonight to give him the basketball telling him to come get it on those on
Those dribble handoffs and go and the one thing that he was doing was he was not waiting for Joel embiid to spot up at the three-point line or to post up there at the top of the key and get the ball back he was just going and making
Decisions and doing it and that’s where it was good to see this fun this team is fun as Paul said this team is humble they’re playing a really good brand of basketball and the way that they’re playing there’s a chance that if they can keep this going which is why many
People talk about do you even need to make a move a significant move just to get a piece to fill in and fit in there to to to make sure that you have a a group that connects all the dots for your roster where you may not need that
Third star to take away from Maxi well you Pro you might still need that but the whole thing of it is it’s how much you like this team where you even making that kind of statement where you don’t want them to go out there and do that yeah I’m I’m
Very rarely am I going to say like don’t go out and add Talent uh I think that is overthinking things to a degree especially when you get in the playoffs and you get teams like Boston who have so much defensive versatility you want everyone on that floor to be able to do
Something if they need to if Jo is being double teamed or Maxi’s being trapped and you have you know a four Onre Advantage you need the guy that you’re outling to to be able to go off the dribble to make turn that four uh four
On three into a three on two or a two-on-one and be able to make plays and decisions uh so if you’re talking about like should they get more Talent yeah they should get more Talent the fact they’re playing well and the fact that Maxi andb are so good only really kind
Of increases the urgency I think to go out there and be aggressive uh it’s going to come down to what do they need more and we can debate that whether it’s players like OG and Caruso or someone more offensively minded or maybe you know dorc that hasn’t opened yet and
Revealed itself but I do think they should be aggressive in trying to make a move it just might change maybe the archetype that you would be looking for but I will also go back to like this isn’t a answer we have to have on December 22nd like this is uh a
Something where you w get as much information because it really is their last chance to go big so yeah I I’m not going to say because of tonight or or any real game that they don’t that they shouldn’t be aggressive I don’t necessarily think you have to keep
Consistency in terms of the roster if there’s a trade out there that makes sense be aggressive in pursuing it what they’re doing now just might change what you’re trying to look for I agree with you 100% because if you are able to add that talent to your point when you do
Have all of these things working for you that should give you the idea of no let’s let’s go for it you know let’s go get it and this is where I didn’t have the problem when Elton bran and those people who were in charge at that time
When they saw an opportunity where they saw in the East that hey we can do something here in this conference we already went and got Jimmy Butler okay let’s go get Tobias Harris this can help us out here right now so to that that’s exactly to your point of if Talent is
Available even though you’re playing well already with Jimmy Butler joelan beid and Ben Simmons you can add more and JJ reck I’m not going to exclude JJ re because that was a fun brand of basketball so uh good stuff from everybody we really appreciate it Liam
Steven says never huge on Toby but I don’t want to talk about that when he had such a great night right now so we’ll let that one slide I got you yeah Toby heard you Devon I hear you Liam he heard us all because he went out there
And played a great brand of basketball and uh we really appreciate everybody checking in before we get to Kyle we do want to point out Rick uh Rick saaks dropped a Super Chat mentioning that the the embiid maxi uh Tobias Trio were the first Trio in NBA history to have 30
Points and seven assists each which haven’t had a chance to confirm or verify but I assume I take Rick at his word that is absurd it’s incredible that is and the first time for the Sixers since 1961 formerly the Syracuse Nationals to have three players score 30 plus points in a game Philadelphia
Franchise so great stuff uh let’s go down to the arena right now in South Philadelphia and check in with our partner Kyle new back live from the center after a pretty good win against the Toronto Raptors wrapping up the three-game home stand at two- one hom stand stand after dropping the first one
To the Bulls beating Minnesota on Wednesday Toronto tonight Kyle Tobias herd us man he heard us yeah he heard us say on the podcast yesterday that the team should be built around him and that he’s the most important player on the team and you know all that you know it’s
Funny I feel like we’ve had a few of these moments now right where this is one of them we’re saying Tobias get your act together get free publicity walking through the background intentionally doing so look at this guy does it a second time instead no free publicity Austin so call
Out Tobias he plays well people pointed out in our Discord Derek that our preseason Kelly like play Within the offense now that has run out a little bit for Kelly and certainly Joel liking my tweet the Clear delineation Point for the season at this point for Joelle so
I’m not saying that we deserve all the credit but maybe like no actually z% of the credit great game by Tobias they were all obviously very fired up for him tonight and sort of dob tales with what he said when we talked to him at practice yesterday which is I don’t he
Didn’t think he’s been getting the opportunities to let it fly or some some games he just doesn’t have it we obviously disagreed with that characterization but I thought tonight Toronto loads up on Joel and Maxi in the pick and roll for long stretches of that
Game Tobias got a lot of open looks and kudos to him for taking advantage of it awesome game for him and that’s something that we talked about a little earlier and we spoke with you of course during yesterday’s show and a few shows quite frankly where he just attacked and
He was aggressive he wasn’t thinking he just went after it he was rejecting screens he was calling guys off he was not passing the ball to Maxi to push a break and making positive plays with them and that’s something that we ask for maybe not to the tune of what he gave
Tonight 24 in the first half 33 overall but just the mindset yeah look like it because it wasn’t all the threes the threes are huge part of it right and he gets that first one to go down and it’s like an avalanche from there but once he got
Those threes to go down then you’re seeing him you’re seeing aggressive Tobias getting downhill I thought honestly a couple of my favorite plays of the night was him going at ogan noi in the mid post close to the rim sealed him off on a play I believe it was in
The first half high low with well embiid has to wrap them up got fouled like OG is a guy we talk about quite a bit for a non Sixers player on the show versatile tough strong Defender and Tobias is just throwing his weight around so like I
That’s why you know as much as it’s about the three-point volume and all that that’s just a sign of everything else too right when he’s taking shots from outside side it normally is paired with strong transition play it normally is paired with him actually bodying guys
In the post and so it’s just like the number one marker of what version of Tobias are they getting and so to see him come out early take threes and then that translates to everything else obviously a great thing to see for him in the midst of what has been one of the
Toughest stretches he’s had in a while I guess what can you tell us about Joel I’m sure he said he’s fine but what else can you tell us about Joel those were his exact words that I’m fine and he did say and that he’s gonna have to
See how it feels tomorrow I think that’s probably a step further than he normally goes it’s always I’m fine and we always assume yeah he’ll get an eval tomorrow he’ll wake up we’ll see if it swells or whatever but rolled ankle I’m sure you guys probably got better angles than we
Did in the arena of what happened on replays but no big alarms were set off yet I asked nurse about it when he during his presser and essentially said look he played the rest of the game and was fine enough to do that so I I don’t think
That they’re bracing for a serious injury certainly but I will tell you watching him up close I don’t know how much of this translated to the broadcast he seemed like he was in pain for basically that entire game a lot of like either M1 baskets or take a jumper and
Lance’s funny and just grimacing and having to walk it off a little bit so I honestly I tweeted this during the game I I didn’t think he should be out there as long as he was to his credit he was able to Rally after a tough start and
Had a really good second half at least offensively but I I would say I’m slightly dubious about him playing in Miami at this point we’ll have to see what comes out of practice on Saturday did they mention anything about a knee I just say that because it looked like
After that one transition bucket in third he was grabbing at a little bit it might have just been I don’t know they did not say anything about a KNE with him it’s and that honestly is one of the reasons why I would have pulled him is because once the ankle is
Weak and you’re favoring it then you leave yourself susceptible to injuries elsewhere because your your biomechanics are all out of whack so haven’t heard anything but with him it’s always you know wait and see I guess that that would be very interesting with the possibility of maybe not playing on
Christmas day just because of the new NBA focus of star players I mean I think they could make a a credible case that he is injured on this one they could yeah they could yeah they absolutely could but just pointing out that for the folks who don’t know that the NBA is
Trying to crack down on guys not playing uh in these nationally televised showcase games yeah I mean I couldn’t tell you one way or another I would imagine Joel wants to play in that game for whatever that’s worth like he’s certainly not trying to sit out on Christmas no um you
Mentioned in the Discord of course guys people mentioning Kelly UB maybe coming down to earth a little bit because he’s had some opportunities here with some starting roles being back after missing so much time got up to a really good start in the season but didn’t miss that
Time where shooting has cooled off and he’s had some really good looks he’s had some opportunities just doesn’t look the same right now maybe any concern there right now was just a little bit of a stretch that you feel yeah I mean look the concern is
Based on the priors that we have with him right it’s not based on this season so much but you get that lingering dread feeling where it’s like H you know i’ I’ve kind of seen this movie before with him where it’s not the the Miss threes
Right like he had some open Catch and shoot shots that he missed that I wanted to take 10 out of 10 times he also had some pretty aggressive pull-up jumpers that not much separation he still letting them fly some of those on there was at least one on a long too that I
Just was like head in hands just what what the hell are we doing here type of shot and I also you know I don’t know what you guys are seeing here I think anecdotally he had the one forced turnover kind of late in the game but I
Don’t think his defense has been as connected and as locked in as it was to open the season now you could say some of that is he’s in a different role certainly a lot of guys are out tonight so some of the lineups and rotations they’re playing you’re communicating
With guys that you’re not normally playing next to and so I’m not going to put that all on him for sure there are other guys that struggle with it at times too but because he is one of the you know he’s like top six seven guys on
The team like a nightly rotation guy compared to De house who’s just getting thrown into the mix for injury reasons I we have to hold him slightly more accountable so I’ve been a little disappointed in the defensive regression for sure no I mean he he like you
Mentioned he he missed a couple open Catch shoot threes but he made a couple as well and then he had one three where he pulled up contested off the dribble and air ball short uh and those are the shots you want to cut out for him for
Sure all right man well listen uh you and I on Christmas day well I guess just real quick did uh Did Tobias address sort of cuz you know we were at practice the other day you asked him about three-point volume had nine today did he address that at all no I mean it’s
Pretty much I’d say the same message that we got at practice right where he says look that this is the game Flow I had shots I it was open you know look to In fairness I do think that there was some loading up on Joel and Ty right
Where they’re they’re playing heavy on that side of the floor wherever they’re attacking with the pick and rolls and dribble handoffs and so there were some easier opportunities for to bias but yeah I mean there was not an admission like hey I got the three first three to
Go down and that was all it took I will also say one of the things that jumped out at me in that game for him the second made three he had he literally could not think about it because D house gave him a hot potato and it was just
Like okay I got to shoot there’s no other option here and it’s almost like he has to be tricked into taking it in the first place and then once those two go down the confidence is just from there yeah right like that’s what we talk about on the show all the time
It is not a lack of mechanical skill and touch from Tobias it it’s the mindset that comes and goes from him so I loved what I saw from him on so many levels tonight I hope that he continues it obviously we’ve seen him have big games
And nice nights as a shooter before I’m not going to sit here and be like oh he’s a changed man this is the guy we wanted and blah blah blah but happy to see him get off the schneide to some extent and we’ll see where he goes from
Here certainly Christmas will be a fun opportunity to see what he does and that’ll be you and I after the game doing post game as uh yes sir should be a fun one well listen Kyle enjoy the rest of your night your weekend and uh I will see you on Christmas day sounds
Good Fellas Derek I won’t see you so merry Christmas everybody in the chat I will see you on Christmas best best Christmas present I can give you is to not have to put up with me that day see you guys see you man appreciate it Kyle newbeck live from the arena
Following the sixes 10-point win again 12111 make sure you check out Kyle’s uh story right there on all phly.com for his Good the Bad the Ugly everything in the piece about this game and I’d imagine in the good it will be a lot said a lot of words about Tobias
Harris and what what he did tonight yeah yeah look I mean if if we’re going to criticize him when he’s bad we’ll praise him when he’s good while also acknowledging that I have no idea what they’re going to get on Monday no clue no clue especially with Jimmy Butler on
The other side so Tobias sis over me even though again it wasn’t really Tobias SAS over him it’s but it’s a I mean look if you’re Jimmy that’s a good phrase it’s a great good line it’s a great thing to run with if you’re Jimmy Butler uh everybody we really appreciate
It good win two and one on three- game home stand now they hit the road for four yeah it’s a bunch yeah four games on the road as they cross over now for the Christmas I think our last last home game of uh 2023 right yes it is yes it
Is they won’t be home until January so four games on a row for their four for their normal Road road trip in December where it’s typically something going on at the arena they have to go out west not out west this time they’re staying out east and the Midwest for their games
Here so we’ll be with you for all of those and certainly on Christmas Day Dereck will have the day off and well-deserved day off as KY and I will sit in on Christmas night following the Sixers and the heat a lot of people to thank there in the chat well first let’s
Give all the people the super chats and say thank you to Rick saxs a couple of times there Furious Jay of the Jungle real time Lucas a few times as well we appreciate you uh for donating to the Super Chat thank you so much for those questions and uh on our list
That we have here of folks who do we have here we’ve got Noob Remo Brian Patrick Shahed uh Z ramit Ronald uh Jay of the Jungle whole bunch of other people money Mar money Mar is always here so I want make sure I mention him Brian Paul Val
Is in the chat saw Val in chat we met Val at the Reading Terminal Market so shout shout out Val appreciate you absolutely we we had a lot of people in here we really appreciate it LJ joequan Ivan uh the good fella uh Zeno hour also
T will in the mix with some conversation throughout the evening we had a lot of people Glenn so many people on a Friday night we can’t thank you enough Rich the M beard 76 I mean in all honesty chore M and I don’t really mean just to tap
Ourselves on the back but like we’re getting enough comments in here now where it’s getting tough and I feel guilty that we’re not mentioning all of them I know that’s why wanted to jump in with you because we had a Drew in there that you mentioned earlier we have
Winona jump in uh so we thank everybody we thank you for hanging out Sharon everybody who jumped in joined us for the show Even if you couldn’t jump in on the chat we really appreciate it overall for you hanging out with us this week making this what it is now because of
Not only us and Bri but because of you so we thank you uh for everybody who cannot join on Monday we want to say happy holidays and merry Christmas too you if you will be with us on Monday following the Sixers and the heat we will certainly talk to you then Derek
Merry Christmas man same to you man thank you really appreciate it Bri Merry Christmas to you thank you for Derek and Kyle and Bri I’m Devon have a good rest of your night enjoy your weekend go get those last minute gifts folks because I know you’ll be out there tomorrow you
Might see me you might see me out there don’t call or text cuz my next two days are packed see you heard it from Derek have a good one everybody good [Applause] night
In what was easily his best game of the season, and perhaps the best half of play in his career, embattled forward Tobias Harris provided a dominant first-half performance, keeping the Sixers within arms reach of the Raptors long enough for Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey to get going, which they did in emphatic fashion in the second half.
By the end of the game Harris, Embiid and Maxey combined for 97 points on the night, leading the Sixers to a 121-111 win over the Raptors, their 20th win of the season.
Devon Givens and Derek Bodner will break down the win, with Kyle Neubeck checking in from the Wells Fargo Center.
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12 Comments
Bench:
Furkan looked good for one play
It was downhill from there
Good minutes from house jr
Good minutes from Covington
When it comes to Oubre
I want him aggressive
You figure it’s gonna take a minute for him to regain his rhythm after being out so long and coming off a major injury to a rib
Defensively has to regain form but his hands are always active so he always makes some really good plays
And it’s not like Batum defense was so stellar he was getting 3s canned in his face
It’s just not talked about
Its an anamoly. Next game he'll have 2 points
😂😅 its not substainable😊
I agree with the Jimmy butler (and Mikal) for plug and play but you guys forgot Jrue Holiday!!!
Secondly – imo the perfect trade target is Pascal Siakim. Obviously OG’s current salary is less so we won’t have to give up as much but Siakim is a force both offensively and defensively. It feels like with OG who by the way couldn’t stop anyone tonight – is good defensively, ok offensively and Lavine the opposite. Pascal imo is a perfect in between and also him being Cameroonian and playing with embiid won’t hurt. They can speak to each other in foreign tongue on the court and no one else will understand. 😂
And lastly I think Tobias heard the shams report and probably some of the local criticism too. I think he was trying to show he can be a legit third option when needed. Don’t know if I agree but that’s that. Happy holidays to everyone.
Tobi is Tobi. Yall gotta get over yourselves. Ijs.. its been 5 yrs and his contract is up. 🆙 No worries. Keep balling out. Tobi.. we need you
I respect the hosts but they kind of remind me of fans who think the players are supposed to respond to their wants and wishes as though they are their coaches instead of Nick Nurse.
It’s not answered until he does it in the playoffs. He has a damn Near max contract. Nothing to be celebrated! SMH
Tobias Harris stinks and for you to come out and say that Tobias Harris answered his critics one game against the lousy team cut me a break he's been lousy for the majority of his contract and until he shows me games like this more often than not then he stinks he has no balls I've never seen him die for a loose ball I have never seen him take a charge I've never seen him get into a fight with anybody he's a poor rebounder a poor pastor and there's nothing good that I can say about him other than he should have been on the bench for his whole career but when you play with players like Joel embiid Jimmy Butler a plethora of a talent in Los Angeles and in his later years he had James Harden Tyrese Maxey and Joel embiid forget about it this man stinks I refuse to get hung up on his every once in a blue moon decent game you'll see in the next game he'll have less than 10 points 😎
Markkanen is the perfect fit. Not sure what it would take but he is a perfect fit with Joel and Maxey
Idk about yall but im not impressed by Og when I see him play I would rather have Lauri
Tobias and Springer 3 frps for Markkanen, Collins and Dunn.. money 💰 adds up