Josh Hart He has played at 498 regular seasonal games. In the first 419 games of his career, he had zero triples elves.
He has recorded a dozen since then, and his last was Saturday at the Knicks’ Blocked win over the Sacramento Kings. What is behind the burst of Hart’s triple elves?
“That is a lot of credit for Thomas Thibodeau, putting me in a position to succeed,” Hart said after the game.
The Hart-Tibodeau association is a match made in heaven for those who appreciate the basketball of principles in the mid-1990s. Hart plays wounded, plays hard and plays with emotion.
“I think it’s always a good combination when you have a coach and a player who coincide with madness,” Hart explained. “I have to give (Thibodeau) all the credit for the success I have since I have been here.”
The Knicks chief coach is based on Hart as creator of the game on the second side of the floor, and trusts him as a safety valve when Jalen Brunson It is pressed.
“Whatever the game (he needs),” Tibodeau said about Hart on Saturday night. “The hustle and bustle, the heart, the hardness. And then enter the holes and then make plays … read the floor well. Read the game. Do not fight against the game.
Good things have happened with the ball in the hands of Hart: he has an assistance to rotation of 2.89 in his career (7.4 assists, 2.6 ball losses). New York has a net rating more than 5.9 with Hart on the floor, and is often on the floor. Hart is also playing 38 minutes per game.
“It’s great for what we do,” Brunson said about his close friend and coanfrerion of the podcast.
Hart’s exchange in the deadline of 2023 has been one of the best offers of the last two seasons. The Knicks essentially sent Cam Reddish and a first -round protected round to Portland Trail Blazer for Hart. They are a combined 40 games .500 since Hart added.
What about Mitch?
At the beginning of the month, Tibodeau said he thought Mitchell Robinson It could be authorized for practice at the end of January. Thibodeau was asked earlier this week if he still thought Robinson would practice before Friday.
“It’s hard for me to say why I’m not in their individual training. I am not when you are doing your weight training and your conditioning, ”said Thibodeau. “But I see what he is doing on the court, and around the team and movie sessions and things like that, and that is all positive.
“I have to trust that medical people authorize him. When that happens, there are a series of obstacles to him. The Tijme is correct, it is correct, so we will know.”
If healthy, Robinson is the perfect support center for Karl-Anthony cities. But health is an interrogation sign for Robinson, since it is rehabilitated from out -of -season feet surgery.
At the beginning of the season, the Knicks felt that Robinson could return in December or January. Everything depended on his rehabilitation. Either surgery or rehabilitation, it is clear that something went wrong with Robinson.
Knicks have less than two weeks to decide if Robinson is their type in backup center. If they don’t feel safe from Robinson’s health, they will probably have to change for another center. If they decide that they need to change for a center, Washington Wizards Veteran Jonas Valunciunas It will be among the centers in the radar of the Knicks.
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