It was one of those rare instances when a trade actually worked out for both sides.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Isaiah Hartenstein played his former team Friday on a production binge with the Thunder.The Knicks took a pivot to Karl-Anthony Towns, who is on a trajectory to starting in the All-Star Game.
“I think I’m getting the ball a little bit more now. In the league, you just have to find your roles and every situation your role is different,” he said. “Kind of New York it was . My usage went up more at the end, but I was just trying to figure out a role and that was playing defense, rebounding, getting Jalen open, getting other guys open looks. And so I think you just have to adjust to the role. Here the role is getting the ball a little bit more.
“It was crazy because that was obviously the first domino that we couldn’t keep him, and he was gone,” Hart said. “And then obviously Mitch being out kind of sparked having to get a center. And it was definitely was a hectic summer. We definitely didn’t know what was going to happen. But now we got a good team, we’re comfortable with the team we have. And we can go out there and compete. But that was definitely the first domino that fell.
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