{"id":811687,"date":"2026-07-20T06:28:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T06:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/811687\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T06:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T06:28:14","slug":"josh-hart-reflects-on-his-post-comparing-knicks-argentina-after-spain-wins-2026-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/811687\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Hart Reflects on His Post Comparing Knicks, Argentina After Spain Wins 2026 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Josh Hart&#8217;s bold World Cup claim fell flat on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The New York Knicks star compared Argentina to his championship-winning squad, and Argentina came up short against Spain in the World Cup Final. Hart admitted he was wrong on social media afterwards. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">There were perhaps some comparisons between the Knicks in Argentina. Neither was a heavy favorite to win it all, and both were capable of making some crazy comebacks. It&#8217;s easy to see how Hart came to that conclusion, but Argentina ultimately didn&#8217;t fare as well as the Knicks. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Argentina fell to Spain 1-0 in extra time, unable to get past La Roja&#8217;s stout defense, which prevented any shots on goal throughout the match. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The loss meant Argentina was unable to repeat as champions, something the Knicks will look to do next summer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Josh Hart&#8217;s bold World Cup claim fell flat on Sunday. The New York Knicks star compared Argentina to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":811688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-811687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=811687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/811688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}