The multi-positional Josh Hart is a key member of the New York Knicks' core and locker room. At media day on Tuesday, he revealed that he “reaggravated” an injury to his right ring finger. This will require him to wear a splint when he plays in the 2025-26 season.
Hart underwent a procedure to repair that finger after the Knicks' playoff run, per Knicks PR. The team announced that he'd “resume basketball activities later in the summer.”
According to Hart, the procedure and time off were supposed to grease recovery's wheels. Unfortunately for him, the Knicks, and their fans, that wasn't the case. Hart realized after returning to ‘basketball activities' that he wasn't in the clear yet.
The 30-year-old is aware that the Knicks' season unofficially starts on October 2nd in Abu Dhabi. He