Josh Hart’s game is one that is hard to box into a conventional style. He’s a great rebounding guard that is an above average defender and has a knack for getting to his nearly unstoppable Euro-step in transition. Yet he is also severely lacking in some of the other more traditional skills that tend to get players paid in this league. This makes measuring Hart’s skill, importance, impact, and success difficult at times.
Take a look at his defense and the lineup data and he looks amazing. He’s 39th in the league in defensive box plus/minus this season and take a look at the Knicks’ most successful lineups this season and you’ll see Hart’s name consistently be included in almost all of them.