The Sixers introduced Tobias Harris, Boban Marjanovic, and Mike Scott on Thursday evening.

No Elton brand yet. The general manager will speak tomorrow after the completion of the other trades involving James Ennis and Markelle Fultz.

Here are some bullet point takeaways and some full quotes from tonight’s availability with the three guys who came over in the Landry Shamet/Clippers deal:

  • Tobias Harris described himself as a professional, a diligent worker who wants to get better all around.
  • Boban: “I bring my toughness, I like to play tough and strong when a team needs me. I try to use my height to help the team. They are already tough and I want to be a part of that and continue that.”

Harris on his improved three-point shooting (hitting at a career high 43.4% this year) –

“I came into the league as a player where people were trying to determine what position I was. Am I three or a four? I kind of had a heart-to-heart with myself and saw the way the game was going and said, ‘if you don’t add three-point shooting you might find yourself out of the league.’ As a player I just took a lot of pride in getting a lot of reps and starting to get good balance on my jump shot and good rhythm with it.

It’s a key component to the game now, and if you can shoot the three-ball you’ll be in the league for a long time.”

More notes after the jump:

  • Harris was asked about the grouping of himself, Joel Embiid, Jimmy Butler, and Ben Simmons, to which Mike Scott interrupted: “JJ Redick, too.” 
  • Harris on fitting into the offense: “I got to speak to coach Brown yesterday at dinner. He said he was going to let me go and play my game and kind of just figure things out on the fly. I think when you have a team with this much talent it’s feeling off each on the floor. It’s a lot of talent and smart basketball players, too.”
  • Harris joked that Boban has it written in his contract that both players must be traded as a package deal
  • The top of the list for Harris in pending free agency is loyalty and a winning culture:“I’ve been traded a couple of times now, but just finding the right situation for team basketball, a winning culture, and loyalty on both sides, those are three top things. This team made a big trade for myself and hopefully this can be a long term partnership.”
  • Harris pointed out that the fan support over the years is something that stood out to him as an opposing player at the Wells Fargo Center.
  • Jon Johnson asked the trio about being on expiring contracts and the idea of “winning now,” to which Scott replied: “I don’t care about none of that shit, I just want to play and win. Maybe Boban can answer that.”

Video of that:

My first question was about Brett Brown’s motion offense and the current effort to work in Jimmy Butler. I asked Harris if he has preference on how he’d like to play, or where he is comfortable specifically:

“Ball movement. I’m comfortable with ball movement. The more the ball moves, the better my game is suited. I’m comfortable getting up and down and running. I’ve been in so many different situations that now I’m very adapted to a lot of them. When I was in LA it was a lot of DHO, dribble hand-offs and pick and rolls. I find myself best suited to, the more the ball moves, the more actions we create, playing out of guys running out to you in different areas of space has been the key thing. So when you talk about what type of offense and what type of system and plays and stuff, it’s just getting out and creating mismatches. Ben is a pass-first point guard who makes guys pull in and try to stop his drive. So that’s obviously gonna create some different plays, kick out to shooters and stuff like that. Just having that ball movement, that flow is key to me, but I’ve been able to adapt in different situations and I look forward to see how this one presents itself.”

More:

  • Boban is a big fan of Embiid’s game, likes how he moves around the court and uses his body: “it’ll be amazing to be here, he’s a young guy and I think we can both help each other.”
  • Being traded multiple times, Harris says the world shifts a bit, but you have to stay focused on the basketball side of things.

I also asked Boban about his season high of 23 minutes against the Sixers earlier this year. Does he want to play more minutes? Can he play more minutes? He’s only averaging about 10 per game:

“I don’t know. That’s a good question, but when you’re on the court, your energy is just going. You never think about, ‘oh I just played two minutes, or I played 3 minutes, 5 minutes, 7, 10.’ I never count like that. It’s my job to go there and help the team to play as strong as I can, to use my size, to use my big hands, protect the rim, score there and rebound. This is how it’s supposed to be, set good screens, help the team. I never look at how much time I spend on the court, it’s more about helping the team and doing great things. In the moment if you feel tired you never think about the time but I think my game, of course I can play more minutes, but its about helping the team.”

Here’s the full presser for your viewing pleasure. It was a good one with some good, thoughtful answers: