{"id":189360,"date":"2025-10-04T11:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T11:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/189360\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T11:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T11:12:07","slug":"tobias-harris-teases-a-surprise-elite-athlete-on-the-pistons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/189360\/","title":{"rendered":"Tobias Harris teases a surprise elite athlete on the Pistons"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the start of training camp, the Pistons young players are raring to go and display their skills after an offseason of work. The team is teeming with elite athletes across the board<\/a>, but Tobias Harris thinks the best one is still underrated. After practice, he said that the best athlete on the team is someone \u201cthat no one knows about\u201d and refused to elaborate further.<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s the mystery superlative winner?<\/p>\n

Harris\u2019 comment has sparked curiosity amongst Pistons fans. We know the usual suspects very well: Jaden Ivey with his blistering speed, Ausar Thompson with his unique blend of quickness and verticality, and Jalen Duren with his strength and jumping ability. Who could possibly exceed all of these guys as a pure athlete while flying under the radar?<\/p>\n

Really, Harris\u2019 comment stirs excitement by adding hope of another emergent star. Whether it\u2019s a bench player showcasing shocking attributes or even Cade Cunningham unleashing his athleticism a bit more, it could be a significant development if it\u2019s enough to catch Uncle T\u2019s eye like this.<\/p>\n

Cade Cunningham would be a very interesting contender for the team\u2019s best athlete. He typically plays in a more reserved style that\u2019s not overly reliant on athleticism, but he does have a nice highlight reel when he uses his full length and speed. Just last season, he gave us plenty of poster dunks, straight-up blocks against big men and even chase-downs on quick guards.<\/p>\n

If Cade\u2019s playing with a mean streak and asserting his physicality already, it could be a sign that he\u2019s ready to take the next step<\/a>. Dominating the game physically as well as mentally will get him into the conversation of overall best players in the league, rather than keeping him stuck with qualifiers like \u201cbest young guard\u201d or \u201cbest point guard in the East\u201d.<\/p>\n

Tobias bestowing the title of best athlete to a bench player is arguably even more exciting. Ron Holland II doesn\u2019t quite fit the \u201csleeper\u201d descriptor but standing out over Ausar<\/a> still means he\u2019s improved a lot. Ron\u2019s progression has been touted all summer long and this would be the next step in singing his praises.<\/p>\n

But imagine if a deeper rotation guy like Marcus Sasser or even Daniss Jenkins was the one blowing everyone away in practice. Getting a pleasant surprise in athleticism from a projected bench warmer gives the Pistons even more depth.\u00a0Impressing with athleticism and especially showing it on defense is definitely the way for a fringe player to secure his rotation spot<\/a> on this team.<\/p>\n

For a team already known as one of the most athletic in the entire NBA, adding another surprise athlete is a luxury of riches that makes this season that much more exciting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At the start of training camp, the Pistons young players are raring to go and display their skills…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-189360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}