Josh Hart 's new status with the Mike Brown -led New York Knicks was the sort of storyline that looked like it should have been put to bed upon the new coach's rotational vision, but the cloudiness surrounding the veteran's acceptance of his role hung in the air up until quite recently.

The San Antonio Spurs will be facing the New York Knicks in the NBA Cup final, and there will be some familiar faces going against each other. The main one is De'Aaron Fox and head coach Mike Brown, who were both a part of the Sacramento Kings last season before they were both let go.

Fresh off meeting with Mike Brown as part of the NBA Cup coverage, Stan Van Gundy applauded the new Knicks coach for checking his ego in the locker room and not reinventing what Tom Thibodeau set