Josh Hart's injured finger a concern

Jalen Bluntson · Post #21 » by **Jalen Bluntson** » Wed Sep 24, 2025 3:19 pm

Hart to the bench confirmed. Who starts? Deuce? Clarkson? Mitch? This sucks. Dude should just go get surgery and come back later in the season.

Guano · Post #22 » by **Guano** » Wed Sep 24, 2025 3:22 pm

Ngl, that pic of his finger really pisses me off.

Rationally I know it doesnt matter cause his shot is already fcked. But got dayum, mf looks like he has been catching passes from Favre not trying to dribble and shoot a basketball.

Polk377 · Post #23 » by **Polk377** » Wed Sep 24, 2025 5:32 pm

Stupid not to just take care of it now so he can be back when the games matter in good form. This isn't going to be something he will just be able to play through.

nykballa2k4 · Post #24 » by **nykballa2k4** » Wed Sep 24, 2025 5:38 pm

Kampuchea wrote:Have surgery tomorrow, come back later in season without need for splint.

Our new coaching group is probably going to be asking a lot less of Hart so not really worried about that. Hart is going to have a trash season without Thibs.

CharlesOakley · Post #25 » by **CharlesOakley** » Wed Sep 24, 2025 8:52 pm

I think we have better balance with Hart coming off the bench. We need the spacing and he needs to fix his finger.

Richard4444 · Post #26 » by **Richard4444** » Fri Sep 26, 2025 2:02 pm

Guano wrote:Ngl, that pic of his finger really pisses me off.

Rationally I know it doesnt matter cause his shot is already fcked. But got dayum, mf looks like he has been catching passes from Favre not trying to dribble and shoot a basketball.

I think its matter.

We complain a lot. But he still is a 34% 3pt shooter.

Can imagine If he gets even worse. It always can get worse. If he stars to shot 20-25% from 3pt and gets even less confidente to shoot always passing open 3s, he can become unplayable .

JayTWill · Post #27 » by **JayTWill** » Fri Sep 26, 2025 3:02 pm

Richard4444 wrote:
Guano wrote:Ngl, that pic of his finger really pisses me off.

Rationally I know it doesnt matter cause his shot is already fcked. But got dayum, mf looks like he has been catching passes from Favre not trying to dribble and shoot a basketball.

I think its matter.

We complain a lot. But he still is a 34% 3pt shooter.

Can imagine If he gets even worse. It always can get worse. If he stars to shot 20-25% from 3pt and gets even less confidente to shoot always passing open 3s, he can become unplayable .

I wouldn't say that his finger doesn't matter but how will we know if such an inconsistent shooter like Hart is being affected by the injury? His percentages and 3 point attempt rate have been all over the place throughout his career. It is just part of the Josh Hart experience at this point.

NoStatsGuy · Post #28 » by **NoStatsGuy** » Mon Sep 29, 2025 3:54 pm

id prefer if he had surgery yesterday. we dont "need" him for the start of the season. i dont event care if we get 1st or 4th or whatever seed. all that matter is, that we are on point come playoff time. his finger probably wont determine if hart has a good year or not and hes tough enough to play through it. but he dont need to prove that anymore. we all know hes a tough mofo.

sometimes i just dont get this guy

just get the finger right and shoot thousands of threes as soon as you can. thats literally all he need to do besides staying in shape

sol537 · Post #29 » by **sol537** » Mon Sep 29, 2025 4:36 pm

Dude should get surgery asap and come back in a few months. He has 1 month right now before the season really starts. Why waste all this "free" time? Dumb.

prophet_of_rage · Post #30 » by **prophet_of_rage** » Mon Sep 29, 2025 7:46 pm

I imagine if he's not a starter he will get surgery. Pretty sure he was determined to keep the starter's job.

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Post #31 » by **Jeff Van Gully** » Mon Sep 29, 2025 9:54 pm

how much do we know about the state of his finger and surgical eligibility? like, he's just coming off a procedure. could there also be a necessary recovery/waiting period before they go back in?

not sure we have enough information to be making judgments about what should be done right now. i do agree it is gruesome to look at.

Barcs · Post #32 » by **Barcs** » Tue Sep 30, 2025 2:12 am

He should just have the surgery.

robillionaire · Post #33 » by **robillionaire** » Tue Sep 30, 2025 2:40 am

I think it’s overblown, Shawn Marion won a ring with a deformed finger

spree8 · Post #34 » by **spree8** » Tue Sep 30, 2025 3:45 am

robillionaire wrote:I think it’s overblown, Shawn Marion won a ring with a deformed finger

Wasn’t his shooting/dominant hand..

Fury · Post #35 » by **Fury** » Tue Sep 30, 2025 5:41 pm

He should just cut it off like Landman

Watch on YouTube

BKlutch · Post #36 » by **BKlutch** » Wed Oct 1, 2025 5:56 pm

Fury wrote:He should just cut it off like Landman

Watch on YouTube

If this is what Josh does, it's going to be all your fault :lol:

If he doesn't want to go caveman on his own finger, maybe he'll just use this injury as an excuse for poking defenders in the eye with it.

NYKinMIA · Post #37 » by **NYKinMIA** » Wed Oct 1, 2025 8:55 pm

my mans hardly shot as it is.

now wtf he gonna do?

thebuzzardman · Post #38 » by **thebuzzardman** » Wed Oct 1, 2025 11:33 pm

NYKinMIA wrote:my mans hardly shot as it is.

now wtf he gonna do?

Small Rodman?

B8RcDeMktfxC · Post #39 » by **B8RcDeMktfxC** » Thu Oct 2, 2025 6:42 am

thebuzzardman wrote:
NYKinMIA wrote:my mans hardly shot as it is.

now wtf he gonna do?

Small Rodman?

Rodman may not actually have been much taller than Hart.

NYKinMIA · Post #40 » by **NYKinMIA** » Thu Oct 2, 2025 8:23 pm