Knicks Finalizing 4-Year, $81M Extension With Josh Hart

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00:00 Good move, bad move, middle age.

00:05 I mean, you know, really, I guess this becomes a very tradable contract in years three and

00:10 years four.

00:11 Coach, how are you doing?

00:12 And how do you feel about the Josh Hart contract extension?

00:16 Good morning, Davis.

00:17 This kind of lined itself up Davis a couple of weeks ago, I would say the ending of June

00:23 when Josh Hart decided to opt into his contract for the 2324 season.

00:29 By opting in, what he did is he gave the Knicks more financial flexibility to go sign Dante

00:36 DiVincenzo.

00:37 Why does that make sense?

00:39 DiVincenzo, Hart, Brunson, part of the New York Knicks.

00:44 Now I call them the Villanova Knicks.

00:47 So that made sense.

00:48 When he opted into the deal, Davis, you knew that something was going to come on the back

00:53 burner.

00:54 Four years, $81 million for a guy that really is one of the best, what I call hard hat and

01:01 glue guys in the league.

01:03 Doesn't do the splashy stuff, doesn't score a ton, but he can make shots.

01:07 He's a great defender, great teammate, and one of the best rebounding guards in the NBA.

01:14 So for a team like New York that overachieved last year, he was one of the reasons why down

01:21 the stretch after they acquired him from Portland.

01:25 So this deal makes a ton of sense for New York's perspective.

01:30 You lock him up long term.

01:31 He is not only well loved by Tom Thibodeau, I would say as a Knicks fan, he's loved by

01:37 all of New York.

01:38 And he's got that number three, Davis, on that jersey under New York.

01:42 And we know that last time the Knicks had a hard hat glue number three, it was not Steve

01:49 Francis, it was not Stephon Marbury.

01:53 His name was John Starks.

01:56 So this is what they got, a guy that could fit in for a New York team with an over under

02:02 right now of 44 and a half wins.

02:05 Here's the key, Davis.

02:07 It's not going to be Josh Hart.

02:09 It's not going to be Jalen Brunson.

02:11 It's not going to be Devin Chenzo.

02:13 To me, here's the things.

02:15 Number one, does Julius Randle play like odd year Randle?

02:19 Look at his stats since he's been with the Knicks.

02:21 1920, awful.

02:22 2021, great.

02:23 Playoffs that year, terrible.

02:24 21-22, awful.

02:25 22-23, great.

02:26 And then obviously the 22-23 playoffs, he was kind of rough.

02:34 So it's going to be interesting to see what they got out of Randle.

02:37 But it's two guys really that are going to be the key.

02:41 To me, it's Barrett and it's Grimes.

02:44 Can they be consistent offensive threats for a New York Knicks team that if they do, could

02:50 be a top four or five team in the East?

02:53 If not, Davis, you're looking at a playing team.

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