Knicks wing Landry Shamet has been diagnosed with a sprained right shoulder, according to Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link), who reports that the veteran swingman will be reevaluated in four weeks.
Shamet suffered the injury on Saturday vs. Orlando. It’s the same shoulder that he dislocated during the 2024 preseason — that injury sidelined him for about two months.
Shamet, who is back with the Knicks this season on a one-year, non-guaranteed minimum-salary contract, was off to a strong start this fall, with averages of 9.3 points, 2.0 rebounds, and 1.2 assists in 20.9 minutes per game through his first 15 outings. He had made six starts and was shooting 45.2% from the floor, including a career-best 42.4% on three-pointers.
While not having Shamet available for the next month is a blow to the Knicks’ rotation, the news could’ve been worse. If it were determined that the 28-year-old required surgery to address the injury, the rest of his season could’ve been at risk, but it sounds like he’ll be on a non-surgical treatment plan. He has already begun rehab work, tweets Stefan Bondy of The New York Post.
With Shamet sidelined, the Knicks figure to lean more heavily on guards Miles McBride, Jordan Clarkson, and Tyler Kolek. Kolek logged a season-high 17 minutes on Monday vs. Brooklyn with Shamet inactive.
New York has an open spot on its 15-man roster, but doesn’t currently have enough breathing room below its second-apron hard cap to sign a free agent to fill that opening.
Whew. I thought he was done for. Although I imagine he’ll always be susceptible to reinjury.
No trades right now. Let’s see what we’ve got in the young’ns, see if Yabusele gets it together, then make a deal at the deadline if needed.
It’s time to give Pacome Dadiet a real look. See what the kid has. He was a first round pick for a reason and had his third year option picked up for a reason, so let’s go.