Josh Hart has resumed on-court activity but was a non-participant in Sunday’s practice at the Knicks’ Tarrytown facility as he continues to manage lower back spasms.

Hart has missed the majority of New York’s preseason slate after exiting just seven minutes into the opener against the 76ers in Abu Dhabi. He also sat out the second game overseas due to an illness — now resolved — but remains day-to-day with back tightness ahead of Monday’s matchup against the Wizards.

The 2025–26 season marks another uphill climb for Hart, who entered camp with a recently aggravated surgically repaired right ring finger, which he’ll protect with a splint . Now, the versatile forward is working to get back to speed on both ends of the floor under new head coach Mike Brown.

“He’s practiced a few times,

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