Josh Hart

BIOGRAPHY

Josh Hart was born on March 6th, 1995 in Silver Spring, Maryland. He is a shooting guard in the NBA.

Hart began his career playing prep sports at Sidwell Friends Schools in Washington, D.C. As a junior, Hart averaged 20.6 points and 11.6 rebounds. He would follow that up with a 24.3 points, 13.4 rebounds, and 2.8 steals senior season. He was named to first Team All-Met by the Washington Post. Hart would commit to playing colleigate basketball at Villanova University. 

As a freshman, Hart would earn Big East All-Rookie team selection. As a sophomore, Hart was named the Big East Sixth Man of the Year. As a junior, Hart was a unanimously selected First Team All-Big East and was a Third Team All-American. He averaged 15.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 1.8 assists. Hart would enter the 2016 NBA Draft but decided to return for his senior season. At Villanova, Hart finished his averaging 13.2 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 1.8 assists.

On June 22, 2017, Hart was drafted 30th overall in the 2017 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz. He was subsequently traded to the Los Angeles Lakers along with the 42nd overall pick, Thomas Bryant in exchange for the Lakers 28th overall pick, Tony Bradley. 

Hart was named the league MVP of the 2018 NBA Summer League after averaging 24.2 points and 5.2 rebounds per game and setting a new Summer League game-high of 37 points for the Lakers' players.

In his rookie year with the Lakers, Hart averaged 7.9 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 1.3 assists in 63 games with 23 starts. In his second season, Hart averaged 7.8 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game.

On July 6, 2019, the Lakers traded Hart, Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, and the draft rights to De'Andre Hunter, two first-round picks, a first-round pick swap and cash to the New Orleans Pelicans for All-Star Anthony Davis.

Off the court, Hart operates a Twitch stream (@BLRSONLY), where he competes regularly against other top athletes and entertainers, doing it not only for the fun and challenge but also on occasion for charity. Hart says he games regularly with other NBA athletes such as Cleveland Cavaliers power forward Larry Nance, Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns Jr. and Lakers teammate Kyle Kuzma to name a few. Also, Hart was awarded Boy Scouts of America's highest rank, Eagle Scout, and became one of only three known Eagle Scouts who have played in the NCAA's Final Four (along with Princeton's Bill Bradley and Stanford's Mark Madsen). He is the only Eagle Scout to ever start on an NCAA Men's Basketball Championship team.