At a time where the Knicks need all hands on deck to keep their season alive, guard Josh Hart nearly missed Friday’s pivotal Game 6 against the Heat in Miami, albeit for a very important personal reason.
Hart, who’s played a pivotal role for New York this postseason, received thrilling news on Friday that he is now a first-time father after his wife Shannon gave birth to twin boys around 2:30 p.m. ET, according to ESPN’s Malika Andrews. Both Shannon and the Hart twins are “healthy and doing well,” per Andrews, who also reported Hart had arranged an elaborate contingency plan in the event he’d have to leave.
With the help of the team, and actor and Knicks superfan Al Palagonia, the 28-year-old guard received access to helicopters, a private plane and a police escort so he could travel quickly, according to Andrews. However, after learning Friday morning Shannon was expected to go into labor, Hart raced to the airport to catch a flight but opted to stay put, at the doctor’s request, because he wouldn’t arrive in time.
