Tobias Harris went off the grid after Detroit Pistons' season ended

Marlowe Alter

Detroit Free Press

Tobias Harris isn't your typical 24-year-old.

For one, he's 6 feet 8.

And two, he's one of the best basketball players in the world.

But what sticks out about Harris, a forward for the Detroit Pistons, is his lifestyle off the court.

He was on "The Jim Rome Show" on Thursday, and said after the Pistons' season ended in mid-April, he took a week off from his phone and television and had a revelation.

“It was good, man, it was kind of refreshing the first day," Harris told Rome (listen below). "You’re fiddling in your pocket trying to see where the phone is, but it makes you appreciate a lot of other things that you see around you. It was different, but I would advise it to other people that have a lot going on.

“I said it when I first got back to my phone, like I got a headache after receiving all the messages and trying to answer people back. But just to do it was very relaxing and refreshing and I thought it was well-needed.”

Harris, the Pistons' leading scorer this season at 16.1 points per game, discussed a wide-range of topics, including the NBA playoffs, his cousin Channing Frye (Cleveland Cavaliers) and what makes the Golden State Warriors so great.

But with the Pistons sitting out the postseason, the conversation turned to Harris' healthy-eating habits, including his own dessert dish.

“If I want a treat or something, I’ll do it, but it will be in a healthy way," Harris said. "I got these sweet potato brownies that I make that I like, not everybody likes them, but I like them. I’m kind of like hooked on the healthy grind, I know what it does to body, I know how I feel. … I just kind of stay to the healthy lifestyle.”

Harris completed his first full season with the Pistons after being acquired at the 2016 trade deadline from the Orlando Magic for Ersan Ilyasova and Brandon Jennings. He is under contract for two more seasons at a reasonable $30.8 million.

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