{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_ancj77kidxpgvwxrfnzq","title":"Josh Hart To Play Through Finger Injury Rather Than Undergo Career-Ending Surgery","title_en":null,"outlets":4,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/knicks-josh-hart-playing-through-injury-that-requires-career-ending-ancj77kidx","count":4,"items":[{"id":"n_yifzkxil57jam7ug3ysq","seq":1436118,"kind":"article","title":"Josh Hart To Play Through Finger Injury Rather Than Undergo Career-Ending Surgery","url":"https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/287500/Josh-Hart-To-Play-Through-Finger-Injury-Rather-Than-Undergo-Career-Ending-Surgery","summary":"New York Knicks wing Josh Hart has abandoned plans for surgery on his right ring finger and will play through the pain for the rest of his career. Hart said Thursday the injury now requires a full joint replacement, which would end his NBA career. Hart explained why the procedure is not an option. \"You can't have the banging, repetitive (motion),\" said Hart. \"Grabbing a rebound, palming it, shooting, catching the ball, doing all that: You can't do that. So, if I did a joint…","published":"2026-10-02T20:52:03Z","seen":"2026-10-02T21:43:07Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-basketball-realgm-com-39ca85","name":"basketball.realgm.com","domain":"basketball.realgm.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q7300810","name":"RealGM","type":"website","country":"US","designations":["sports website"]}},"via":"kite-basketball-realgm-com-39ca85","topics":["nba"],"image":"https://basketball.realgm.com/images/nba/4.2/wiretap/photos/2006/Hart_Josh_nyk_250429.jpg","mentions":2,"story":"st_ancj77kidxpgvwxrfnzq","category":"sport","category_p":0.5099999904632568,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.12999999523162842,"political":0.009999999776482582},{"id":"n_yl5s5iptn6xwybnvuiya","seq":1228466,"kind":"article","title":"Knicks’ Josh Hart: Finger surgery would force me to retire","url":"https://www.amny.com/sports/josh-hart-finger-knicks-10-1-26","summary":"Off the court, Josh Hart’s cunning wit and willingness to make fun of his best friend and teammate, Jalen Brunson, usually steals the show. But when the Knicks’ engine sat down to speak to the press on Thursday afternoon, the talk was about his disfigured right ring finger. Having dealt with this issue for quite some time, the veteran swingman underwent surgery in hopes of fixing it last offseason, then missed time during the Knicks’ championship campaign after reaggravating…","published":"2026-10-01T19:46:59Z","seen":"2026-10-01T22:31:54Z","lang":"en","country":"US","source":{"id":"kite-amny-com-5c66cd","name":"amny.com","domain":"amny.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q2819281","name":"AM New York","type":"newspaper","country":"US","designations":["daily newspaper","free newspaper","newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-amny-com-5c66cd","topics":["new-york-city","josh-hart","knicks","nba","sports","basketball","new york knicks"],"authors":["Joe Pantorno"],"mentions":2,"story":"st_ancj77kidxpgvwxrfnzq","category":"sport","category_p":0.5400000214576721,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.3499999940395355,"political":0.05000000074505806},{"id":"n_cxfz57ix2e5q44xitvya","seq":1009877,"kind":"article","title":"Knicks' Josh Hart Forced To Play Through Finger Injury After Revealing Surgery Would End His Career","url":"https://dailycaller.com/2026/09/30/new-york-knicks-josh-hart-finger-injury-career-ending-surgery","published":"2026-09-30T22:13:35Z","seen":"2026-09-30T22:13:35Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"dailycaller.com","name":"dailycaller.com","domain":"dailycaller.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q7728625","name":"The Daily Caller","type":"newspaper","country":"US","designations":["news website","online newspaper"]}},"via":"gdelt-gkg-english","topics":["health","economy","science"],"entities":[{"id":"Q106873531","name":"Josh Hart","type":"person"},{"id":"Q131364","name":"New York Knicks","type":"org"}],"story":"st_ancj77kidxpgvwxrfnzq","category":"sport","category_p":0.800000011920929,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.38999998569488525,"political":0.019999999552965164},{"id":"n_ancj77kidxpgvwxrfnzq","seq":965511,"kind":"article","title":"Knicks' Josh Hart playing through injury that requires career-ending surgery","url":"https://www.thebiglead.com/knicks-josh-hart-injury-requires-career-ending-surgery","published":"2026-09-30T16:51:00Z","seen":"2026-09-30T17:25:39Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"thebiglead.com","name":"thebiglead.com","domain":"thebiglead.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q7717696","name":"The Big Lead","type":"website","designations":["blog"]}},"via":"gdelt-gkg-english","entities":[{"id":"Q106873531","name":"Josh Hart","type":"person"},{"id":"Q131364","name":"New York Knicks","type":"org"}],"story":"st_ancj77kidxpgvwxrfnzq","category":"sport","category_p":0.8399999737739563,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.4699999988079071,"political":0.019999999552965164}]}