This was surreal.
I’m so grateful for my job. The fact that it allows me to tell my story - hard work, mental health struggles, & beautiful moments - is the highest honor.
Thank you
@PhillyInquirer
&
@APHatesSports
for sharing your platform today. I’ll never forget it! 🥹🤍
Tobias Harris (
@tobias31
) noticed the standing ovation he received from
@sixers
fans last night. His response?
“You see my heart right here? It was warm.”
I’m at a bar and there are only 2 games on:
1. Serena Williams/Kontaveit at the US Open
2.
@WNBA
Playoffs
It’s definitely the first time I’ve seen women’s sports sweep the TVs at a bar. Hopefully not the last. 🥹
Joel Embiid, February 2021:
“I want my son to grow up and see his father at the top of his game. The best in the game. I want him to see that his father was a Hall-of-Famer and won titles.”
Joel Embiid on his fellow Philadelphia teams:
"I want the Sixers to win, I want the Eagles to win, I want the Phillies to win, I want the Union to win, I want the Flyers to win."
🤝
James Harden on his motivation as he joins the
@sixers
:
"I’m turnt, man. I’m excited... I’m a competitor. I’m willing to do whatever it takes to bring a championship to the 76ers and Philly. That’s the main reason I’m here honestly. We’ve got a great opportunity ahead of us."
For me, this was
@JoelEmbiid
's quote of the day:
"I’ve always had this one dream - to play for one city. Philly and me - I’ve always thought that we’re a perfect match. They care, they’re passionate. I love them, and I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else."
cc:
@sixers
.
@TyreseMaxey
on why he calls Philly home:
"I relate to everybody in the city. The fans that come to the games, they work, and spend their hard-earned money to to attend these games...
Nothing was given to me, everything was earned. So I understand where they’re coming from."
.
@JoelEmbiid
on
@GeorgesNiang20
:
“I used to think he sucked, honestly.
Obviously, on this team he’s doing way more than [shooting 3s]. What I’m impressed with is he’s a competitor.
He brings so much joy to all of us, on and off the court. I’m just glad I have him.”
🤣🥺
.
@TyreseMaxey
says he's a big Philly sports fan (on the
@NBCSPhilly
Phillies broadcast right now):
"I go to the 76ers games every so often. The seats aren't bad, sometimes I have to sit between Joel and James." 🤣
Joel Embiid on the current state of the
@sixers
:
"We're winning, we're first in the East, we just beat the best team in the league, I've got a bunch of great teammates."
😁
.
@JoelEmbiid
on playing shorthanded without
@TyreseMaxey
:
“Obviously we’re missing our best player in Tyrese.”
*laughter in the room*
Joel: “What’s funny?”
🥹
Doc Rivers, at exit interviews, was emotional talking about the person
@TyreseMaxey
is, and is becoming.
Rivers says his phone rang at 1am last night after the loss - and it was Tyrese calling.
A new
@sixers
fan:
@AdamSandler
.
Sandler to Tobias Harris (
@tobias31
):
"Now that I'm buddies with you guys, of course I'm going to be pulling for you." 🥹
James Harden on
@TyreseMaxey
, from Harden's first day as a 76er:
"You love that young, turnt energy that he has... He’s getting more comfortable. He’s being ultra-aggressive. He’s making the right reads. I can’t wait to have that pace. I feel like we can compliment each other."
Joel Embiid was at the Phillies game yesterday, and is at the Eagles game today.
When he talks about Philadelphia as a place he loves, cares about, and pours into, he means it.
Even before a single minute of basketball has been played this szn, we’re so lucky to have him.
Among all NBA players this season thus far,
@FurkanKorkmaz
is 3rd in fourth quarter points (51).
He trails only DeMar DeRozan (62 pts), and Fred VanVleet (54).
.
@JoelEmbiid
on his friendship with
@TyreseMaxey
:
“That’s my guy. We’re always hanging out. We talk about anything. We always enjoy each other. That goes for the whole team, really. We are a very close team.”
🥺
James Harden on
@sixers
fans:
"These fans are the best fans in the NBA. A lot of teams say that... but ride or die, these are probably the best fans in the NBA. I'm excited they're on my side."
Tyrese Maxey says Joel Embiid was psyched to embrace the
@sixers
in the locker room postgame.
“Joel was excited. He’s a great teammate. I feel like this year he’s been a really, really good leader. He’s helped everybody…
He’s our MVP.”
Tyrese Maxey on the
@sixers
’ mentality headed into their swing Game 5:
“You have to have short-term memory. Being up 3-0, or down 0-2, it’s always the first one to 4. Until someone has 4 wins, it’s not over. You’ve just got to take it game by game, and possession by possession.”
Here's
@JoelEmbiid
trying to implement the magic that worked on
@TyreseMaxey
last week with Matisse Thybulle tonight.
Joel:
"I want him to shoot more 3's. He's always pump faking. I don't know why..." 🤣
Matisse:
"I said I was sorry."
Doc Rivers says that while the
@sixers
saw big numbers from Embiid, Harden, and Maxey tonight, one player stood out throughout the series:
“Tobias was just amazing… Tobias (
@tobias31
) might’ve been the most valuable guy in this series.”
What
@JoelEmbiid
told his teammates in the fourth quarter en route to 70:
“Please, just don’t force it. Let’s just play basketball. If I’m open, pass it. If I’m not, make the right play.
It’s unfortunate that Danuel House got booed for it.” 🤣🤣
.
@MatisseThybulle
on James Harden's 5 steals in Sunday's game:
"I asked him how he got so many steals. He wouldn't tell me."
More Thybulle on Harden:
"What he’s done has inspired a lot of people. I think the camaraderie has grown just from his presence alone." 🥺