Josh Hart may be the consummate team player, but he’d be lying if he said he was in love with his new role. So, he won’t say it. In fact, he’s hinting at the exact opposite.
“I hope [I play more],” he told reporters when asked about his minutes in light of OG Anunoby’s hamstring injury, per Kristian Winfield of the New York Daily News. “I think I was playing the least minutes of my career [before now].”
He is close to spot-on about his minutes. Prior to the game in which OG was injured, against the Miami Heat, Hart was averaging 23.