


Tobias Harris has been at the center of NBA trade rumors this offseason and he appears to have had enough of all the noise — especially from one part of the 76ers’ fan base.
Speaking at a basketball camp and merchandise event at the Wells Fargo Center, Harris addressed the trade rumors head-on, and with a bit of humor.
“Casual Sixers fans, they’ll trade me for a Crumbl cookie,” Harris said in an interview with NBC Sports Philadelphia on Tuesday.
“But at the end of the day, they have to realize you’re not getting a 6-foot-9 forward back who can damn near shoot 40 percent from 3, guard other teams’ best player, shoot, post-up, drive, play 70-plus games a year.”
Though Harris, 30, had a fine 2022-23 campaign on paper, averaging 14.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game, he was often overlooked as the 76ers turned to James Harden and Joel Embiid in the power forward position.
The sharpshooter also went 50.1 percent from the field and 38.9 percent from beyond the 3-point arc.
And given all that, Harris’ dad — and manager — Torrel Harris said the 76ers aren’t utilizing his son’s skills enough.
“The reason I say that, well Tobias is an assassin scorer. I mean they can’t stop him,” Torrell said on the “Business of Sports” podcast.
“Nobody in the league can stop him. So he’s proven that over his career even when he was with the Clippers he was an assassin scorer.”
But Harris said he didn’t agree with his dad’s view on the matter.
“I’ve also told him that as a dad and agent, not to speak for me when it comes to the media because obviously, he has his viewpoint on that, but that’s not the way I feel,” Harris said on Tuesday according to Dave Uram of KYW News Radio.
Entering the final year of a five-year deal, Harris has been the subject of trade rumors, including with the Cavs before the NBA Draft, though Philadelphia likely will hang onto him heading into the 2023-24 season, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
The 76ers are coming off a third consecutive season of getting bounced in the second round of the NBA playoffs after losing to the Celtics this year.