GoSixersBro wrote:mjkvol wrote:Tobias got his bag, thanks to Brand, and can now resume his rightful position as the league's preeminent tank commander. Or as a 'mentor' in a spot like Detroit, where the reading rank on the roster is reportedly among the lowest in the league.
It would be nice if there were any highlights whatsoever to mark his five seasons here, but I'm at a loss in trying to come up with a single one. Very sad, and yet the national media, as recently as this series, continued with the "Sixers need to find a way to get Tobias going" narrative that incredibly continued over five long and unfruitful years.
He made next to zero impact here despite being a starter for five seasons who also closed games up until these playoffs - other than the cap space he took up preventing meaningful roster moves. To be that invisible as a max contract player in a city like Philly yet not be run out of town on a rail is probably his most remarkable feat here.
Goodbye. Finally.
I have no highlights but I have a stat.
As a Sixer, after 6 trips to the playoffs, 10 different playoff series for a whopping 61 playoff games, our #Assassin, eclipsed the 30 point mark in a staggering ONE (1) game.
This is over averaging 37 minutes per game over these 61 playoff games. In a freaking era where scoring 30 has never been easier.
Which game was this you ask? Game 1 of the 2021 first round against arguably our worst playoff match-up during this era, the Westbrook Wizards.
Enjoy.
To me, the most remarkable and telling stat is one someone posted the other day - in 423 total games here including playoffs, Tobias drew exactly zero offensive charges. That, and his reluctance to ever go down and fight for loose balls on the floor are the starkest indicators of a soft player completely unwilling to do whatever it takes to win.
You would think that the players would be the ones that saw this more clearly than anyone, and it's remarkable that Tobias was seen as a 'leader' and great locker room guy here. Or maybe more players than we think felt exactly like Jimmy Butler about him.