On the cusp of New York Knicks guard Josh Hart calling out his fellow teammates for having “egos” and “individual

In a span of 50 seconds late in regulation of the New York Knicks’ overtime victory against the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday, Josh Hart forced a jump ball, recorded a steal, dunked and passed a man open for a 3.

Thibodeau and the Knicks have sent a brutal message to Hart following his "ego"comments. And while it can simply be chalked up as a harmless little comment from an outspoken player, New York has made it clear they expect more from one of their leaders.

In the eyes of Karl-Anthony Towns and Josh Hart, Thibodeau should not be criticized for one of his most notable — or infamous, depending on the perspective — philosophies.

New York Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau has faced the same criticism ... We do the same thing as always," guard Josh Hart said after the team bounced back to beat the Toronto Raptors Wednesday ...

Josh Hart pirouetted as he swiped the ball from Guerschon Yabusele, then floated the pass to Mikal Bridges for the alley-oop slam, then screamed as Bridges hung on the rim with one hand. That was the exclamation point on a Wednesday night when the ‘Nova Knicks’ fingerprints were all over a 125-119 overtime victory over the shorthanded 76ers at the Wells Fargo Center.

“We're losing games I feel like we shouldn't be losing,” Knicks player Josh Hart said, per ESPN. “We've got to start figuring it out. We're halfway through. There's nothing we can do about the first half now. But if we want to be the team we're trying to be at the end of the season, we need to start correcting stuff now.”

Even if his role in the spotlight doesn’t contain the same number of lumens as that of Jalen Brunson or Karl-Anthony Towns, the 29-year-old remains an integral part of the Knicks operation.

Recently, two New York Knicks guards in Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart took the the Roomates Podcast when the topic of playing Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama aros