” Strength. ” This is what Isaiah Hartenstein intends to bring to his new team, the Thunder. Implied strength within, because the former Knicks pivot feels that the OKC franchise ” struggled to bounce back last year “.
An impression confirmed in the figures: the Thunder only recovered 48.4% of rebounds on average (28th place) during their matches, compared to 52.7% for the Knicks (1st).
With his average of 8 rebounds in 25 minutes, Isaiah Hartenstein is one of the most profitable ball boys in the league, especially in offensive rebounding. Recruited at a good price this summer, he intends to put his qualities to the benefit of a young and ambitious team.
“ There are a lot of young guys, but looking at them, talking about them around me, they are professionals. There is a difference between the young teams that we see in the league and the way OKC approaches all this. Their professionalism is something that is very exciting to me. But also their way of cutting, of moving without the ball, they know how to play… ” he says, thinking of the group's first place in the West last year.
Then he adds about his future racket partner: “ The combination that excites me is Chet (Holmgren) and me together. With his zone coverage… It’s a different style of play, but it’s like Giannis’ zone coverage (Antetokounmpo). »
He didn't forget the Rockets experiment
In other words, he imagines himself perfectly able to combine with the young pivot, who, unlike him, is capable of punishing from afar. The newcomer, who cites Nikola Jokic, Andrew Bogut or the Sabonis family (Domantas and Arvydas) as references in this area, stands out for his quality of passing. Such an alignment would grow the Thunder's five, unlike what he experienced during his first years with the Rockets.
” This is something that confused me when I was on the Rockets and they were playing small. ” he says, thinking about the 2019/20 season when PJ Tucker was brought in to play center. Isaiah Hartenstein, who was still playing very little at the time, also remembers the Warriors who, a year earlier, offered their own version of ” small ball » with Kevin Durant, Draymond Green and Andre Iguodala together in sequence.
” They weren't small! I called it being complete, with a center who could at least distribute. That's how the league works, with players who are not small, but complete. “, the interior concludes with the hope of bringing out the same versatility in the Thunder.
| Isaiah Hartenstein | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Party | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2018-19 | WHOA | 28 | 8 | 48.8 | 33.3 | 78.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
| 2019-20 | WHOA | 23 | 12 | 65.7 | 0.0 | 67.9 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 4.7 |
| 2020-21 * | All Teams | 46 | 12 | 55.0 | 33.3 | 64.8 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 5.1 |
| 2020-21 * | DEN | 30 | 9 | 51.3 | 0.0 | 61.1 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 3.5 |
| 2020-21 * | KEY | 16 | 18 | 58.2 | 33.3 | 68.6 | 1.6 | 4.4 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 8.3 |
| 2021-22 | LAKE | 68 | 18 | 62.6 | 46.7 | 68.9 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 8.3 |
| 2022-23 | NYK | 82 | 20 | 53.5 | 21.6 | 67.6 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 6.5 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| 2023-24 | NYK | 75 | 25 | 64.4 | 33.3 | 70.7 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 8.4 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 7.8 |
| Total | 322 | 18 | 59.6 | 31.0 | 68.9 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 6.1 | |
How to read the stats? GM = Games Played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Shots Made / Shots Attempted; 3pts = 3-pointers / 3-pointers Attempted; LF = Free Throws Made / Free Throws Attempted; Off = Offensive Rebound; Def = Defensive Rebound; Tot = Total Rebounds; Pd = Assists; Fte: Personal Fouls; Int = Steals; Bp = Loose Balls; Ct: Blocks; Pts = Points.
