On Monday morning, Steve Kerr’s Team USA earned a commanding victory over Greece to move to 2-0 in Group C of the 2023 FIBA World Cup. During Team USA’s 109-81 win over Greece, four Americans scored in double figures, including Anthony Edwards and Austin Reaves.
Josh Hart led the way for Team USA on the glass, recording a game-high 11 rebounds. No other played in the game tallied more than five boards.
After the game, Kerr had high praise for the New York Knicks wing. The Golden State Warriors coach said Hart’s position is “winner.”
Josh is just a winner, you know? People ask ‘What position does he play?’ — He plays winner. I don’t know what position he play. He gets loose balls. He guards anybody. At one point Spo [Erik Spoelstra] turned to me and said: ‘Some people get 50-50 balls; he gets the 30-70 balls. I thought that was really well said. He just makes these plays with his effort and his physicality and his toughness. But, also his skill. He really pushes the ball well in transition and moves it. He gets off the ball and then that’s when the first domino falls defensively and then you see the next two of three passes. Josh is often the first guy to create the advantage. He just has a unique game. What he does translates to winning.
Via @NBA_NewYork on Twitter:
Steve Kerr on Josh Hart: “Josh is just a winner. People ask ‘What position does he play?’ He plays winner. I don’t know what position he plays…At one point Spo turned to me & said ‘Some people get 50-50 balls; he gets the 30-70 balls…’”
Hart game-high 11 rebounds vs Greece pic.twitter.com/IpsEsuDuTF— New York Basketball (@NBA_NewYork) August 28, 2023
Hart finished the game with six points on 2-of-2 shooting from the field with 11 rebounds and five assists in 20 minutes off the bench. Hart finished with a +19 against Greece.
With their ticket already punched to the second round, Kerr, Hart and Team USA will play one more game in Group C on Wednesday against Jordan in Manila.
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