Popularly known as TJ Tobias Harris is a professional basketball player who currently plays as a forward for the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA. He played on a varsity basketball team in the eighth grade. and would later play college football at Tennessee, but only for one season after that, he declared for the NBA draft.
Charlotte Bobcats selected him 19th overall in the 2011 NBA draft and traded him to the Milwaukee Bucks. He would later play for Orlando Magic and the Detroit Pistons before being traded to the Clippers in January 2018, alongside Boban Marjanović and Avery Bradley, in exchange for three players (Brice Johnson, Willie Reed and Blake Griffin).
Who is Tobias Harris? – Biography,
Harris was born on July 15, 1992 in Islip, New York to African American parents – Lisa and Torrel Harris. His full name is Tobias John Harris. He is not the only child of his parents as he has five other siblings – two sisters (Tori and Tesia) and three brothers (Tyler, Terry and Torrel). All of his family members are involved in the game.
His father is a former sports agent and a college player. Two of his brothers are also in the game. While his brother Tyler plays in the development league with the Windy City Bulls, Terry plays in Eastern Michigan as a junior forward. Her sisters are not left out, Tori plays for James Madison University, while Tesia (her older sister) played basketball at St. Johns.
He attended Half Hollow Hills West High School where he started his basketball career until 2008 when he transferred to Long Island Lutheran Middle and High School in Brookville, New York for his junior year. Harris would then transfer to Half Hollow Hills High School in the West for his final season. In 2010, he won the McDonald’s All-American and Mr New York Basketball titles.
After high school, he played college basketball for the Tennessee Volunteers. Under coach Bruce Pearl, Harris played up front. He became one of the nation’s most consistent players and earned several accolades and titles, including second-team USBWA Freshman All-America selection and second-team All-SEC.
He also earned a spot on the SEC All-FreshmanTeam and was ranked 5th among all freshmen in all six major conferences averaging 15.3 points per game. He averaged 7.3 rebounds per game, earning him 6th place among all major conference freshmen.
In May 2011, he declared himself a candidate for the NBA draft after spending only one season with the Tennessee Volunteers.
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NBA Career
Tobias Harris began his NFL career with the Charlotte Bobcats who traded him to the Milwaukee Bucks after picking him for 19th place in the NBA final standings in 2011. In December of the same year, he signed a ladder rookie with the Bucks and will make his professional debut with the team in January 2012 in a game against the LA Clippers.
During his rookie season, he played in a total of forty-two (42) games, including nine from 9, averaging 5.0 points, 2.4 rebounds and 0.5 assists for an average time 11.4 minutes per game. At the end of his rookie season, the Bucks exercised their third-year team option to extend his contract through the following season (2013–14).
In February 2013, Harris was traded to the Orlando Magic, along with two other players (Beno Udrih and Doron Lamb) in exchange for Ish Smith, Gustavo Ayón and JJ Redick.
In his first season with the Orlando Magic, TJ not only tripled his average points per game, but he also quadrupled his assists, blocks and rebounds per game. extend his rookie contract to the next season (2014/2015).
His discs did not fall out. In a game against the Los Angeles Lakers in January 2014, Harris recorded a career-high 28 points and 20 rebounds. In March, he recorded a career-high thirty-one points in a game against the Philadelphia 76ers.
He would later sign a four-year contract worth $64 million with the Magic in July 2015. In February 2016, he was again traded to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Brandon Jennings and Ersan İlyasova.
In January 2018, the Pistons traded Tobias Harris to the Clippers along with Boban Marjanović and Avery Bradley in exchange for Brice Johnson, Willie Reed and Blake Griffin. In his first game he scored twenty-four points and in a 128-117 win over the Phoenix Suns he scored thirty points and recorded twelve rebounds.
His height, weight and body stats
The NBA player stands at the height of 2.0m (6’7″). His last recorded weight was 107 kg (235 lbs), but his other body stats are not available at this time.