Cleveland Cavaliers big Isaiah Hartenstein blocks a shot. (Photo by Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports)
Although he did show plenty of promise with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Isaiah Hartenstein did not receive much meaningful playing time in his first 2.5 seasons with the Houston Rockets and then Denver Nuggets. He got a bunch of that with Houston’s G League Affiliate, the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, and was actually the MVP of the 2019 G League Finals, but he did not get PT often with Houston.
Hartenstein then did have more of a role with Denver in spelling Nikola Jokic at times, albeit that was still only in 9.