Magic's Tobias Harris working out with Knicks' Carmelo Anthony

Orlando Magic forward Tobias Harris has turned into an excellent scorer and rebouner with the Orlando Magic. He isn’t a great outside shooter but can put the ball in the basket and he has draw a few comparisons to New York Knicks’ star forward Carmelo Anthony (Anthony struggled from beyond the arc in his first few years as well).

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For Harris, Anthony may not be a bad player to mimic and according to Marc Berman of The New York Post, Harris and Anthony have been working out together.

"Orlando Magic forward Tobias Harris, a Long Island product, worked out three times with Anthony in June at the Terminal 23 gym Anthony owns in midtown. Harris noticed a major difference in his appearance. “He looked real good,’’ Harris told The Post recently.According to a source, the Harris camp was told Anthony was working out three times a day, doing basketball drills, agility drills, weights and yoga."

Anthony put up 27.4 points, 8.1 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game and shot 45.2% from the field, 40.2% from beyond the arc and 84.8% from the free throw line last season. In his 11-year career, Anthony has gone for 25.3 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.1 steals per game while shooting 45.5% from the floor, 34.5% from beyond the arc and 81.1% from the charity stripe last season. Harris put up 14.6 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game while shooting 46.4% from the field, 25.4% from beyond the arc and 80.7% from the charity stripe. In his career, he’s averaged 10.8 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game while shooting 46.1% from the floor, 28.0% from three and 79.1% from the free throw line.

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Magic’s Tobias Harris working out with Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony

By Andrew Melnick | Aug 15, 2014