Josh Hart and some of his well-compensated teammates spread their NBA Cup love.
The veteran guard confirmed Sunday to The Post that he, Jalen Brunson and others among the highest-paid players are skimming off NBA Cup prize money to reward Knicks support staff members.
Each Knicks player won more than $500,000 for capturing the NBA Cup.
“I don’t think it was a hard decision,” Hart said before the Knicks toppled the Heat 132-125. “Some of those people don’t get a bonus and they’re working to make sure we’re at the top of the game, no matter who they are. We want to make sure those people are also compensated for their extra time and their efforts.”
Hart mentioned the massage therapists and PR staff members as recipients of the unexpected NBA Cup bonus: “We’re compiling that list together now.”
Karl-Anthony Towns ($53 million salary), OG Anunoby ($39.6 million), Brunson ($34.9 million), Mikal Bridges ($24.9 million) and Hart ($19.5 million) own the top five salaries on the Knicks.
“It’s something we talked about before (giving NBA Cup prize money to support staffers). Me and [Brunson] talked about it at one point,” Hart said. “And we were like, ‘Yeah, we’ll figure it out.’ Like I said, we want to make sure we take care of everyone.”
Towns managed just two points in 29 minutes Sunday, representing just the second time in his career — and the first since 2017 — that he scored fewer than six in a game.
Still, the Knicks won behind a season-high 47 points from the other All-Star — Brunson — who recorded his career-best at MSG.
“Of course anytime you can win a game it’s a luxury,” said Towns, who shot just 1 of 5. “This is awesome to be able to win a game like this. I feel what’s great about our team is that we’ve shown y’all we can win so many different ways. I think that’s going to prove well for us when we’re in the playoffs and we’re in those games in the regular season when we don’t know how we’re going to win but we’ll make sure it works out for us in the end.”
