Josh Hart is an American basketball player. Hart was a standout player at Villanova University where he was named a Consensus first-team All-American as a senior in 2017 and a Third-team All-American as a junior in 2016 when he helped lead the Wildcats to a national championship. Hart was selected in the first round of the 2017 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz before being traded on draft night to the Los Angeles Lakers. He was later traded to the New Orleans Pelicans, Portland Trail Blazers, and New York Knicks. He has also represented his country as a member of the United States men's national basketball team.