“For me, there probably will be a process until I get full feeling back,” Hart said, “and that hand will be what it is and shooting. … I’m working with [new Knicks shooting coach Peter Patton] all the time, and that will come along.
“So yeah, I’m not getting surgery.”
“I feel like I’ve got the biggest adjustment out of the whole team,” Hart said. “Just in terms of role, starting not starting, how the minutes are going to be, and I’ve got to know every position. There’s going to be times where I’m bringing the ball up, there’s going to be times when I’m the five, and there’s going to be times where I’m the four.
“So I literally have to know every play from every different position, and it’s one thing to know it in practice and go through it, but when it’s game pace, that’s the real test to it, so I’m still figuring that stuff out and it’s an adjustment. But this is my seventh coach, so I’ve had a lot of adjusting to do in my career so should be solid.”
“I think throughout the season, it’ll be a battle of, you know, kind of fighting the egotistical view of it. I think I did have a good year last year. And you know, with a different role, now it’s totally different. I think the biggest thing I’ve had to sacrifice my whole career,” Hart said. “I mean, I talked about it the whole time last year. You know, that’s something that I try to do every year and try to make sure whether I’ve got to sacrifice or not, make the team the best that we can be.
“So it’s never like, ‘OK, cool,’ and it’s seamless. There’s going to be days where I’m just like, ‘Man, that’s some bull.’ You know what I mean? But it’ll be a constant thing of fighting that but making sure I know that this is what’s best for the team and locking in on that.”
“For me, I knew it would take a little bit of time,” he said. “Obviously, normally you’ve got the preseason to kind of get the wind under you. So I knew it was going to take a minute to get back in shape and get my legs under me and be confident in some of those shots. So I figured I’d give myself a week, week and a half of grace before I get too frustrated with myself, but for me, it’s still getting into a good rhythm. New role, I’ve got to know one through five. I’ve got to know everything else. So it’s a little bit of a process, and I’ve just got to figure it out.”
