Josh Hart and his terrible message about OG Anunoby and Julius Randle: 'You have to play as if they're not coming back.'"

The New York Knicks star shooting guard Josh Hart has stated that he would be ‘pleasantly surprised’ if forwards OG Anunoby and Julius Randle return to the court before the end of the ongoing campaign.

Both star players have been out of action for a while because of injury concerns. Anunoby is currently recovering from an elbow injury whereas Randle is on the sidelines because of a shoulder injury.

Hart was quoted after the team’s recent heartbreaking defeat to Oklahoma City Thunder with a score of 113-112 at the Madison Square Garden in New York where he stated that he would be surprised if either of those two players returned to the court before the end of the season and urged the other team members to prepare for the remaining matches keeping in mind just the players who are currently available.

"I'm looking at it like this is the team we're going to have," said Hart "I think that's how we have to approach it, that those guys aren't coming back and obviously we'll be pleasantly surprised if they come back.

"I'm not in those medical conversations or anything like that, so I don't know s--- from s---. But we've got to approach every game and the end of this season that those guys aren't coming back, and if they do, be pleasantly surprised."