{"id":681445,"date":"2026-06-03T07:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/681445\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T07:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:42:09","slug":"josh-hart-admits-self-doubt-before-nba-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/681445\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Hart admits self-doubt before NBA Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Josh Hart<\/a> admitted on Tuesday that he questioned his basketball skills earlier in the NBA<\/a> campaign. The New York Knicks<\/a> swingman played a significantly smaller role compared to the latter part of the regular season and the playoffs.<\/p>\n

Hart shared his honest take on how the start of the year was for him.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI definitely didn\u2019t see the bigger picture,\u201d Hart said. \u201cThere were moments I went home and I\u2019m like, \u2018Damn, man, am I a**? Do I suck as a basketball player?’\u201d<\/p>\n

He still averaged 30.2 minutes despite the early limited playing time. Hart played 33.0 minutes a game in the postseason, proving that he is an important piece to the team\u2019s championship quest.<\/p>\n

\"\"Josh Hart will play in first NBA Finals<\/p>\n

Hart played a pivotal role in helping New York<\/a> sweep the last two playoff rounds and reach the Finals. His ability to play multiple positions has given the team a lot versatility. He averaged 11.4 points, 8.6 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.8 steals in 14 postseason appearances. HIs rebounding and timely baskets became the difference between winning and losing some games.<\/p>\n

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The 31-year-old entered the NBA in 2017 and is four wins<\/a> away from calling himself an NBA champion. The stage is set, and Hart\u2019s veteran smarts will be relied upon heavily by the Knicks against the young and hungry San Antonio Spurs<\/a>. He has proven that he can shine in the postseason, and coming this close to a title should only motivate him more to give it his all.<\/p>\n

It all starts with Game 1 on Wednesday, with Hart and Co. aiming to steal homecourt advantage immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Josh Hart admitted on Tuesday that he questioned his basketball skills earlier in the NBA campaign. The New…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":681446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[296760,2242,61628,36782,355,5489,2005,361,2116,99],"class_list":["post-681445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-basketball-skills","tag-boston-celtics","tag-josh-hart","tag-karl-anthony-towns","tag-nba","tag-nba-finals","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=681445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=681445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}