ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins went off on Philadelphia 76ers forward Tobias Harris after an abysmal performance in the team’s final playoff game.
The Sixers trailed the New York Knicks 3-2 in their first-round playoff series heading into Game 6 on Thursday. Like the other games in the series, it went down to the wire and was decided by just three points.
Though the team is led by Joel Embiid — who finished with 39 points and 13 rebounds — much of the conversation about the game centered on Harris. In 2019, Harris signed a five-year, $180 million max contract to stay with the team. At the time, it made him the highest-paid player on the team. Now, his contract is second only to Embiid’s.
In Thursday’s loss, Harris finished zero points on just two shot attempts.
“To go out and play 29 minutes, only take two shots, and don’t score… If [Tobias Harris] does anything, not only Philly wins this game, they probably win this series.”@SamMitchellNBA on Philly’s series loss to the Knicks pic.twitter.com/aC0f33muOA
— NBA TV (@NBATV) May 3, 2024
To illustrate just how disappointing the performance was, Perkins compared it to Harris going on a Chick-fil-A run for this team.
“Tobias Harris, let him walk,” Perkins said on Friday’s episode of First Take. “I mean, damn. He asked them if they wanted something from Chick-fil-A before the game. The team told him, ‘Yes,’ and he came back with a back full of napkins and straws. I mean, he was just a no-show.”
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