Not all of the NBA’s postseason awards carry the prestige of Most Valuable Player or Defensive Player of the Year.
Just ask , who received his trophy on Tuesday for the league’s “minutes champion” honor. The guard, true to , seemed to be more amused by the prize than honored.
“Minutes champion?” Hart captioned his photo of the trophy on his Instagram story, complete with laughing emojis. “Guess I got my cardio in this year.”
Josh Hart = NBA minutes champ š
Hart averaged 37.6 minutes per game this season for the Knicks and head coach Tom Thibodeau, the most of any player, .
The guard became the first Knick to finish as the NBA’s minutes champ since topped the league with 37.6 minutes per game . Hart has averaged 30.4 minutes for his career and 37.25 minutes per game across New York’s first four games in its current playoff series with the .
