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76ers' Tobias Harris Urges NBA Fans to Stop Debating After Michael Jordan's 'Last Dance'

Philadelphia 76ers forward Tobias Harris wants NBA fans to just appreciate Michael Jordan's 'Last Dance' Documentary and stop debating all the time.
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76ers' Tobias Harris Urges NBA Fans to Stop Debating After Michael Jordan's 'Last Dance'
76ers' Tobias Harris Urges NBA Fans to Stop Debating After Michael Jordan's 'Last Dance'

With all professional and collegiate sports on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NBA fans are itching for any sort of content they can get their eyes on. A few weeks back, ESPN and the NBA decided that broadcasting a players-only NBA 2K20 tournament could be exciting for basketball fans in some sort of capacity.

Then, the league and the network worked on another project for fans by mixing current NBA and WNBA players along with former NBA and WNBA players for an old fashioned game of HORSE. Both events had viewers tuned in.

But neither competition had NBA fans as excited as they were for the Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan documentary titled 'The Last Dance.' Initially, the documentary, which was filmed in the late 90s, was supposed to air in June, around the time of the 2020 NBA Finals. However, a suspended NBA season caused ESPN to speed up the editing process so fans can see the docuseries early. And on Sunday night, the highly anticipated project debuted.

To no surprise, many NBA fans, players, and former players were tuned in. Philadelphia 76ers veteran forward Tobias Harris was no exception. 

After letting the first two episodes of the documentary marinate, Harris must've seen some arguments come across his social media timelines the following day. As we know, Michael Jordan is simply considered to be one of the greatest players basketball has seen -- but not everybody can accept the opinion of many without causing a debate.

Tobias Harris doesn't want to hear or see the senseless arguments, though. "Do me a favor today, stop debating, just respect greatness," Harris tweeted on Monday afternoon. Shortly after his PSA, one of Harris' followers cooked up a joke regarding former Sixers center, and best friend of Tobias Harris, Boban Marjanovic.

"We all know Boban is the greatest," Twitter user Curtis Cardonzo tweeted. "I mean. . . Ain't no debating that," Harris responded. Typically, LeBron James is the go-to player basketball fans say is better than Michael Jordan -- but Boban Marjanovic is a close second, I suppose. 

Justin Grasso covers the Philadelphia 76ers for Sports Illustrated. You can follow him on Twitter: @JGrasso_ 

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Justin Grasso was a credentialed writer and publisher covering the Philadelphia 76ers for Sports Illustrated’s Philadelphia 76ers On SI Network. Grasso got his start in sports media in 2016 with FantasyPros, working the news desk, providing game-by-game player analysis and updates on the Portland Trail Blazers and the Golden State Warriors. By 2017, he joined FanSided’s Philadelphia Eagles site as a staff writer. After spending one season covering the Eagles as a staff writer, Grasso was promoted to become the site’s Co-Editor. For the next two NFL seasons, he covered the Eagles closely before broadening his NFL coverage. For a brief stint, Grasso covered the NFL on a national basis after joining Heavy.com as an NFL news desk writer. In 2019, Grasso joined the 76ers' beat on a part-time basis, stepping into a role with South Jersey’s 97.3 ESPN. Ahead of the 2019-2020 NBA season, he concluded a three-year stint covering the Eagles and joined the Sixers beat full-time. Grasso has covered the 76ers exclusively since then for Sports Illustrated. He is a member of the Pro Basketball Writers Association. Twitter: @JGrasso_ Instagram: @JGrassoMedia Threads: @JGrassoMedia

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