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New York Knicks wing Josh Hart knows he's been getting too many technical fouls. Instead of complaining about it, Hart sought out an official to see how he can handle things differently in their interactions. Hart, who said he no longer curses at officials, wanted to know why he's still getting hit with technical fouls.

"Some of the techs I got, I haven’t even cursed so I kind of been surprised by them," Hart told The New York Post. "So I’m not going to say what ref but I asked him, 'Do I have a bad reputation? Or what? Man-to-man, let me know. Because I’m trying to work on it.'"

Hart said the official was complimentary of his play, while explaining how he can handle himself when talking to the refs.

"And he was just like, 'No, you’re an amazing competitor. But sometimes in the heat of competition, it’s like you’re against us, too. Like you look at it 8 on 5.' Which I do sometimes," Hart said the official told him. "So I think my complaining and getting techs hurts us. We’re giving them free points or the ball or whatever it is and those kind of things."

Hart said it's something he has to be "more cognizant of and work on" as the season goes along.

 

Via Stefan Bondy/New York Post

I can see the book title now:

"Insights on how to become less of a prick"
By Josh Hart

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Beam Me Up Foxy wrote:I can see the book title now:

"Insights on how to become less of a prick"
By Josh Hart

He's 2nd in Minutes played and only has 4 techs on the season. Sounds like he's just trying to better himself.

He's also 12th in total REB, 13th in FG%, 13th in STL, 15th in TS%, 16th in AST, 17th in eFG%. A couple of those stats are impressive for a 6-4 SG! I applaud him for trying to clean up any areas of his game where he is not top 20 in the NBA.