Josh Hart is signing a four-year, $81 million contract extension with the New York Knicks, according to NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
Hart opted into his $12.6 million 2023-24 player option with the Knicks instead of testing free agency. New York acquired Hart from the Portland Trail Blazers on February 9. The 28-year-old averaged 10.2 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.6 assists in 25 games with the Knicks while shooting 58.6% from the field, 51.9% from beyond the arc and 78.9% from the free-throw line.
NBA NEWS & RUMORS: Josh Hart & New York Knicks Updates
The Knicks beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round of the 2023 NBA playoffs in five games but lost to the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Semifinals in six games. Hart averaged 10.4 points, 7.4 boards and 2.2 assists against the Cavaliers and Heat.
Hart has career NBA averages of 9.8 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.4 assists with the Los Angeles Lakers, New Orleans Pelicans, Blazers and Knicks. New York star Jalen Brunson and Hart are close friends. The Knicks also signed Donte DiVincenzo this summer in free agency. Brunson, Hart and DiVincenzo were teammates in college at Villanova.
NBA NEWS & RUMORS: Josh Hart & New York Knicks Updates
Hart told NBA reporters in Las Vegas after a Team USA practice that he wanted to sign a long-term extension with the Knicks: “Hopefully,” Hart said of a long-term extension, via Ethan Sears of the New York Post. “Opting in, I was gonna take it one day at a time. We get there and then we can start having that conversation. Hopefully — that’s a place where I want to be and a place I want to call home. So we’ll see.”
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