[Highlight] Josh Hart on Victor Wembanyama potentially guarding him in the Finals: “The only unanimous Defensive Player of the Year is guarding me. That’s a good sign for me. That means I’m a pretty good basketball player.”
Josh Hart gonna be on his bullshit and shoot 60% from 3
He’ll do what any inconsistent shooter does, what he did vs Cleveland and what Caruso did as well
1⁄5, 4⁄6, 2⁄7 shit like that
Spurs will live with that
he shot 41% in the reg season from 3
1⁄5, 4⁄6, 2⁄7 = 7⁄18 =0.389 so not too far off.
fair lol
quick math
And he’s shooting 30% in these playoffs..
Are you saying he’s a consistent shooter? He’s inconsistent
Caruso shot 29% in the regular season and just went 44% in the playoffs
Hart has done the same thing, neither are good shooters, the % is completely irrelevant for a single season
There’s a difference in stats when a player is left wide open vs normal shots. Your Caruso point if anything helps the idea Hart would have a better series if he’s being ignored.
My point is that they are inconsistent the stupid % in the regular season means nothing
Just like you keep ignoring that Hart is shooting 30% in the playoffs overall, does that help you?
No but his mentality has changed. Josh harts problem has always been his confidence. He and Brunson have said this themselves. But In the Cleveland series after game 1 he has the mindset of “letting it fly” whenever he’s open. He’s mentally ready to shoot as opposed to in the past where he’s thinking about if he should shoot or not
Hey man it’s ok just enjoy the NBA Finals.
percentages dont matter so heres percentages why youre wrong
Yeah they don’t matter for inconsistent shooters
My point of bringing up % is to counter him saying he shot 41% in the regular season which is pointless
But i get that this is the first time you’ve done well in 20+ years and you’re excited so you get delusional
my favorite part about reddit is i can just say anything i want and make people angry
So doing something over the entire course of a season…is inconsistent?
Got another no flair crying about the Knicks.
Gonna be a fun Finals lol
He’s inconsistent but you can count him for 1 game this series him where he goes something like 5⁄7
yeah on 3.7 attempts. We can live with that.
If the mistake is made to leave him open, wide open like the Cavs did…he has the ability to make them pay.
Indiana left him open, he shot 20%, Hawks left him open he shot 20%
Actually more like 18% but still
Hawks guarded him straight up so you’re wrong about that
Cap
Are we talking about the playoffs last year for the Indiana reference? That’s irrelevant, he’s clearly worked on his shot for an entire year since.
As for the hawks, they did not deploy ghost coverage or leave him open all series. That was one of the primary critiques of the hawks strategy, that they chose to defend him like a shooter.
So these aren’t great examples.
You will be okay, I promise.
Are those tour dates?
You have seen it and so have I.
Josh is only the worst offensive player on our starting 5…. You leave him alone for some reason your down a dozen and Josh is cruising to a triple double
He’s our worst shooter. Both Phili and Cle banked on Josh having bad shooting nights to fix their defense. Only problem is coach WILL go with Shamet and his stats back up why.
Mike Brown has admittedly coached his ass off this postseason, so I’m going to trust that even if Hart doesn’t, I trust the correct substitution to be made.
Shamet. Wemby is not going to be able to roam as much unless they play a zone. If the Knicks can shoot relatively efficient from the outside this will be a quick series
If you think this is going less than 6 you know nothing about NBA officials
Mike Shearer wrote a great piece about the Knicks being record breaking hot shooting wise: https://www.basketballpoetry.com/p/you-cant-lose-if-you-dont-miss
Has a great part about Hart. Def recommend reading it and his work!
He’d be so much more consistent with a working shooting hand.
We need it he’s been shooting 30% so far in the playoffs
Love the delusions. But they’re just that… delusions.
inshallah josh hart shoots 12% 🙏
I respect it
Bro looks like and answers like psycho Joe. And I love it!
Wemby better wear some protective anal gear and watch out for harts fingers
People act like Josh Hart is Tony Allen from 3. He shot 41% from 3 on almost 4 attempts per game this season. He’s not a stiff, he just goes through funks where he refuses to shoot.
People are don’t seem to realize he is joking too lol
Cavs guarded him like Ausar lmao
Our perimeters defense was complete anus all playoffs tbf
He has a sub-36% 3p on less than 4 attempts in the RS/playoffs since 2024.
He’ll need to make like 5+ 3s a game to be a viable spacing outlet and even then, Wemby will still leave him open
He shot 37% the previous two years, he was just bad this postseason until recently.
He’s not a guy that just stands in the corner anyway. It’s not as simple as Wemby leaves him on the arc and roams. Hart is constantly screening/cutting, etc. Knicks have been playing against this strategy all season.
So sort of like a Bruce Brown Nets role?
You mean Nuggets? Then I guess that’s a decent comparison.
No I remember that’s the role he had with KD and the Nets
I don’t know then. Don’t have many memories of KDs nets TBH
if wemby leaves him open, hes gonna make them pay badly. The knicks dont have a lu dort, alex curuso or even chet homegreen you can just leave open. Okc offense overall is pretty poor compared to knicks starters
its gonna be a rude awakening for the spurs, just lime it was for the cavs or hawks.
Simply slapping ghost coverage against the Knicks will not work. It hasn’t worked for the last two teams we played. It won’t work for the Spurs.
Prime Steph barely made 5 threes per game lol relax
This MF is so funny
The reason Caruso shot 60% from three was because they stuck Wemby on him so he could roam which left Caruso WIDE open on damn near every shot. If they don’t change something, Hart is gonna be shooting practice threes the entire series.
If they don’t have someone committ an earnest effort to guarding hart from three, they will lose at least one game because of it. Probably two.
Say they cover Hart with Wemby, who is checking Towns at the perimeter? Vassell plays as their starting PF. He will give up 5 inches and KAT can easily shoot over Vassell.
And he will have to make 5 3s before he gets wemby. He better be jacking it up with confidence of Curry.
Then wemby leaves the paint and brunson can operate and Knicks can function on offense. Until then it’s can Kat stop wemby from roaming on D.
I wonder how viable would it be to do double bigs with Wemby and Kornet. Stick wemby on KAT in the perimeter. Kornet can bruise it up inside with Mitch. But then who’s the big that comes off the bench for the Spurs, Bryant? Lol the more I think about it.. I really feel like Knicks will go on to win it all. Good for the league, amazing for the fans. Monumental for NY.
Hart 3s and contested KAT jumpers are the kind of shots teams give up on purpose, if the Knicks are smart (and they are) they’ll work for something better by having Hart screen and bring Wemby into the action
Lmao easier said than done. Wemby on hart should work but yes hart would have games where he just goes bunkers from 3
I’ve been thinking since game 7, Wemby will probably guard Josh Hart and he’s gonna be the x-factor. if he can shoot like Caruso did, we’re in for another great series. if not, then nobody can stop Wemby and Castle gonna give Brunson hell
As good as the Hart/caruso comparison go, Kat is Chet in this series and he cannot shit the bed like Chet. Not even for half the games, he needs that 15-18 points, make early shots, to relieve the pressure on the rest of the offense.
If hart isn’t hitting they’ll just put Shamet in
Castle/Harper/Fox would abuse the shit out of a Brunson/Shamet backcourt. I know Shamet isn’t completely terrible defensively but he’s still too small, too weak and too slow to contain Castle/Harper/Fox.
Good thing Mikal bridges will be guarding one of them
Wasn’t he only wide open in the matches they hard doubled shai. In game 7 they only had 6 wide open shots compared to over 20 in each of the first 3 games.
And win the rest of the games?
Hart won’t win the series for NYK. If wemby doesn’t get drawn out of the paint by KAT making 5 3s a game NY is in pretty deep shit same as OKC. Brunson won’t go near the paint with wemby in there. He won’t need to jump to block that.
Josh Hart really living the ‘if you can’t beat ‘em, delusionally convince yourself you’re the main character’ life. Gotta respect the hustle.
Glass half full lol
I don’t know if Wemby can shut down Josh Hart.
I wouldn’t be so sure they roll with the same strat, Hart killed them at times this year. Mitch made a ton of adjustments in the OKC series and I bet he has more up his sleeve here throughout this one.
I’ll never forget Jalen’s reaction to Josh being traded to the Knicks. It really made me love them more. These guys want to win here, not be cronies. Let’s phucking goooooo
What if the Thunder couldnt stop Wemby but Josh Hart does
All Interview Team Josh Hart
Spurs are gonna have a bad time when the Knicks go 5 out with Shamet.
Dude is about to shoot like Steph Curry, isn’t he?
Jus put shamet in place if they will do tht
“Hear that, Jalen”
Wemby gonna play zone and roam like he always does
josh hart is always hillarious 🤣
A lot of very serious analysis in here over an obvious joke.
He just wants to poke Jalen in the bootyhole again
Lolol, that’s most definitely NOT why Wemby will be guarding him.
Can’t wait for Vassell to get in this man’s face and make him cry
If that’s the case, that’s exactly what we want lmao. If vassell is on hart that means wemby is on KAT on the perimeter and the paint is open for JB to get downhill.
no sir, i did NOT see you playing with your dolls again, sir!
Gonna get hate for this, but Josh Hart is just as valuable to New York as Wemby is valuable to San Antonio
I don’t hate idiots lol
We just feel bad for you bro, nothing more