Josh Hart and the New York Knicks were destined to remain united and this was confirmed by the team in their social networksannouncing the contract extension for four seasons until 2028 and $81 million dollars.
The upcoming campaign Hart will have a salary of $12.96 million dollars and it will be from the 2024-2025 academic year when the extension agreed with the team begins, a link that the player can sign starting this Friday.
Hart will earn, in principle, $18.14 million in his first year of extension and his salary will increase in stages up to a maximum of $22.45 million., which will be his salary in the 2027-2028 season. In other words, in the next 5 years the forward will receive around $94 million dollars.
In addition, the player is part of the United States team that will participate in the 2023 FIBA. Although he missed Team USA’s first friendly against Puerto Rico in Las Vegas due to negotiations for his new contract with the Knicks.
“No comment, you are going to play a very important role for our team. He’s had a great training camp and from here on out there should be no complications and he’ll be ready to play,” US coach Steve Kerr explained of his absence.
Hart an offensive bulwark for the Knicks
The forward arrived at the market close last February to the Knicks from the Portland Trail Blazers and had a significant impact in the franchise’s advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals in the recent playoffs.
In a total of In 25 games in New York, he achieved 58% shooting overall and 52% from three-point rangeforming a great duo with Immanuel Quickley to become one of the highest impact secondary units in the NBA.
In 2017, the Los Angeles Lakers selected Hart in position number 30 in the first round of the draft and included him in the trade for Anthony Davis to New Orleans in 2019. Later he went to Portland and from 2023 and for the next four years he will be in the Knicks.
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