Thanks to basketball-reference.com's shooting stats, we can see that Tobias Harris attempted a career high percentage of his shots from three at 29.5%. He is becoming more of a volume shooter and although it may seem low, 35% is not a bad percentage from three. The remaining 70.5% of his shots came inside the three point line and he shot a career low percentage of his shots at the rim at 20%. He made over 70% of his shots at the rim, which is quite good. Harris is a good mid-range shooter, but ideally you want to see more shots at the rim. When you look at his Synergy playtype stats, you can see that Harris rates out really well in the majority of them. In transition possessions, which made up 13.7% of his offensive possessions, he rated in the 83rd percentile. He only had two of these possessions per game, but he made the most of them averaging 1.3 points per possession. As a pick and roll ball handler, Harris rated out in the 87th percentile. Harris averaged 0.98 points per possession out of these pick and rolls, but he does not get to run them often, they made up only 10% of his offensive possessions. Harris got most of his possessions as a spot up player, with over 28% of his possessions. He rated out well in the 73rd percentile. He averaged 1.07 points per possession. As a post up threat, Harris rated in the 86th percentile on only 1.4 possessions per game. He scored 1.03 points per possession in the post.
Looking at this efficiency and these numbers, it is hard to see Tobias Harris reaching his full potential on this Pistons team. He is not going to get opportunities to post with Andre Drummond on the floor and he will not be running a lot of pick and rolls with Reggie Jackson on the floor. Harris is relegated to a spot up player and although he rated out well, he needs more opportunities to make plays with the ball. Harris' assist numbers have never been high, but he can pass the ball and find teammates. The additions of Langston Galloway and Avery Bradley should help in this regard because both of them are more suited to being spot up players, which may give more opportunity for Harris to operate in space on the floor. It is unclear whether or not Harris will start. He seems more suited to being a 6th man that plays a good deal of minutes for you. Being able to run the 2nd unit offensively could be the perfect role for Harris. The Pistons have a lot of questions that they have to answer this season. They have some major roster decisions to make. Harris is under contract for two more seasons and he should definitely be part of their future plans.