Isaiah Hartenstein & Alex Caruso Talk SGA, Making It In the NBA, and the Thunder’s Season
We’re back with another OKC Thunder episode for this week’s ‘Young Man and the Three,’ featuring Alex Caruso and Isaiah Hartenstein!
The duo get into so much, including:
– How the Thunder have been dealing with injuries this season
– Jared McCain joining the squad
– Hart’s experience joining the team last summer
– Hart’s basketball journey, his skill progression, and G-League experience
– SGA’s impact on the Thunder’s culture
– What Hart learning playing with James Harden and Nikola Jokic
– Hart’s time the Knicks, their playoff series, and playing with Jalen Brunson
…and so much more. Let’s go!
00:00 Intro
1:13 Start of show
2:15 Dealing with injuries and players stepping up
6:20 Jared McCain joining OKC
9:30 Hart joining OKC last summer
11:05 What SGA does for OKC’s culture
13:20 Isaiah growing up in Germany
16:55 Progression of Isaiah’s game
20:05 Draft night and crazy G league experience
28:50 Caruso’s G league experience
29:55 Hart and James Harden and learning screening
34:50 Hart in Denver and playing with Jokic
36:05 Accumulating skills and figuring out roles in the NBA
41:50 Hart on the Knicks
44:40 Comparing Jalen Brunson and SGA
47:50 OKC’s championship run
55:30 Emotional balance in the playoffs
57:25 Caruso on the media
58:30 Young players impressing in the NBA
1:00:50 Knicks fans
1:03:30 Is winning NBA Cup a negative?
1:05:20 Last question
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Previously The Old Man and the Three w/ JJ Redick (ESPN / First Take) and Tommy Alter
23 Comments
caruso interviews the way he plays defense: opportunistic and jumping in with good contributions when he sees the slightest opening.
I’m still heartbroken that Iheart isn’t on the Knicks. I just can’t get over it. It makes me so happy that Donte Philly shot ranks so high on his best basketball experiences.
When IHart was w/ the Clippers, he was really a big plus – better than Zubac who was 1st year from the Lakers. Most fans wanted him to stay but Clippers have a dumb FO & coach, that wouldn’t give up the $$$, we lost him to the NYKs. Now NYKs fans crying about the same thing.
I know Laker fans who said they were mad when LAL traded AC…player threw it all on court every time.
Go thunder !
I'm taking Wallace in the football argument.
I like how these guys are casually having intense conversations about two random NBA players and comparing their careers. Not even stars or legends, just two players with decent enough careers. That's just so geeky and adorable.
ac i love u goat but let hart talk bro😂
Get caso and jwill on again
Ask Isaiah why he blows chunks dudes a retard
Lakers fans looking at Ayton and sighing in agony 😂
Man okc we lucky. Just such a good organization and team.
I still say this without theses 2 my thunder doesn’t win the championship last year
XD
Love Caruso but he’s gotta let ihart talk man😂
My guys!! ThunderUp! ⚡️⛈️
AC 😂and his interrupting yap
This was so great – wish it was longer. I would have loved to hear more playoff stories
Man both of these guys have the mindset that every team WISHES their role players have – "If you make the main guy's life easy, there's a spot for you." 17:25
Thunder up ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️
great interview and video ⚡️🆙
Caruso is the coolest dude.
I get Caruso – he interrupts not coz he’s being an egg but it’s his personality – he is excited, is with his teammates, I like it… !