I put “14 rebounds” in the title of the video just because it blows my mind that a guy of Hart’s size can just go out and get fourteen rebounds like it’s nothing. It’s not because the fourteen rebounds are actually represented in this video. They’re not. But it’s just too anomalous of a stat to not make note of. I mean, he’s not tall at all even by shooting guard standards. If he got three rebounds in a game I would be like “at least he didn’t get zero”, but now he’s gotten double-digit rebounds for the third time this season.
I couldn’t tell you if Hart’s lofty rebound total was a result of “stat-padding”, or maybe even a result of “stealing rebounds”. If he did steal the rebounds of Brook Lopez and Julius Randle, I can live with that for one game. I wouldn’t want it to become a pattern where he statpads for double-doubles. If he does become that sort of rebound-chaser going forward, I would reluctantly have to assign him the nickname of Joshell Hartbrook.