He has always been the one who has been overlooked, and when James joined the Lakers in 2018, at the team's media day for the new season, James posed with potential newcomers in the Lakers' team, including Ballboy, Ingram and Kuzma, except for Josh Hart.
As the No. 30 pick in the first round of the class of 2017, is it because he has completed four years of college and should be ignored because he has become an older rookie? Almost all teams choose young, talented players to develop, completely ignoring the adaptability of older rookies in the NBA.
Josh Hart, who is accustomed to being ignored, leaves the deepest impression on everyone, probably when he high-fives his teammates or opponents, he is often ignored by them, in order not to embarrass himself, he high-fives himself, for this reason, he himself high-fives and encouragement video, and was also selected as O'Neill's top ten embarrassment.
As an older rookie, most of his assignments on the team are to train with high-pick rookies and act as a defensive tool for them to practice their offensive ability.
An older rookie like Hart, his value has long been determined, that is, he will be used as an addition to the big trade, Hart and Yingge, the big ball plus draft picks were packaged and sent to the Pelicans, and the Lakers got Anthony Davis.
In order to thank the players for the sacrifices they made for this trade, the Lakers also called the players to wish them all the best in their future careers, and Yingge and Big Ball received a call from Lakers management.
But Hart saw this from social media after the transaction was successful, only to know that he was traded, and he didn't even receive it afterwards, even if it was a phone call from the Lakers management, the blessing was fooled with a text message, which may be the sadness of an older rookie who has no training value.
As an athlete, I hate the feeling of being ignored by the team, and I don't want to be used by the team as an add-on to the deal.
"I'm going to give everything for this team, the only condition is to keep me here, it can be as much as I want, I hate to be traded." That's what Josh Hart said to the team's general manager, David Griffin, when he first came to the Pelicans.
His push for the general manager seemed to work well, and the Pelicans kept him on a three-year contract, and he proved himself, averaging 13.4 points per game to repay the team's general manager's trust in him.
However, what he didn't expect was that the team used him as a bargaining chip in order to get McCollum, the second leader of the Trail Blazers, in response to what Thomas Jr. once said, "If you play well, you may stay with the team, or you may become a bargaining chip for the team"
Josh Hart, who was traded to the Trail Blazers, did not make up for McCollum's scoring gap on the offensive end, but he was not far behind, especially on the defensive end.
He also had his highlight moments on offense, with 44 points and 8 rebounds, proving that he has that scoring ability, but he put more energy into defense.
When he was full of joy and thought that he could finally gain a foothold here, he was traded again, and it was only in the warm-up session before the game was about to start that he was told that the deal was completed, and Josh Hart, who knew that he was traded, was at a loss, and the team's boss Lillard was shocked by this, he didn't understand what the team management was doing at all? The players did not have the right to know, and even the agent did not inform them in advance, and they were not notified of the trade until the game was about to start, and they all said that the commercial league was impersonal, and it turned out to be the case.
Having changed teams four times in five years, he was on the move like a bum, unaware of a trade before he was traded, and never received the respect that matched his abilities.
The trade between the Trail Blazers and the New York Knicks in February 2023 put Hart back in the public eye, as he has his good brother here.
Josh Hart's arrival has excited Brunson of the New York Knicks, as they have won two NCAA championships at Villanova University, four of their teammates have entered the NBA, and Bridges and DiVincenzo have also made a name for themselves on their respective teams.
Brunson knew Josh Hart's ability and the reunion of his teammates made them feel that it was time to look forward to the future of the team, and with the addition of DiVincenzo, Villanueva has gathered three of them, and their tacit cooperation and durability have also been fully trusted by head coach Thibodeau.
Josh Hart, in particular, said to the head coach from the first day he came to New York, "I don't want to sit on the bench anymore", but he didn't expect it to be a prophecy.
He can defend from the No. 1 position to the No. 4 position on the court, and the playing time in the playoffs ranks first in the league, with an average of 46.8 minutes of playing time per game, which is about the same as the donkey of the production team, but he has no complaints, because the feeling of being valued by others really makes him very satisfied.
Players who have risen from the bottom know what it's like to sit on the cold bench for a long time and be ignored by the team, and how much it hurts their self-esteem, so as long as they get the opportunity, they will not hesitate to play with their opponents, just to win back the respect that should belong to them.
Everyone thinks that the main force of the Knicks was built to death by Thibodeau, how long can they carry it?
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