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Oh No He Didn't: Landry Shamet: "It's emotional just considering everything: Training camp deal 2 years in a row on the verge being out of the league and injuries, ups and downs man. It's crazy. I'm just really, really grateful and proud of myself for not giving up"
Victor Wembanyama didn’t come flying out of the paint to close out on a shooter at the top of the key, leaving him able to track Shamet when the ball came to him in the corner. That’s by design. “At this point,” Fox said, “when you’ve played a team so many times, you know what they’re going to do. They know what you’re going to do. They got us in rotations and … teams want to get Vic out of the paint. You know that’s not a secret. We have gotten good about rotating around him, and he’s gotten better at closing out to shooters, getting guys off the line while trying to stay in front of them.
SNY Knicks: "The officials are going to do their thing. There's questionable calls every night, that's not something new. We can't sit here and make excuses" Landry Shamet responds to the officiating tonight:
While we're all still trying to process the Knicks' ridiculous 13-game playoff winning streak which dates to April 23 as they head into Monday night's Game 3 against San Antonio with a 2-0 series lead, Shamet has been reveling in his own ridiculous heater. He's shooting nearly 55% from the floor and 50% from deep (18 for 36) in those 13 wins and, yes, I'm told external suitors are already starting to circle in anticipation of pursuing him in free agency, which officially begins June 30 at 6 PM ET.
Upon taking the Knicks job this past July, Brown lobbied for team president Leon Rose to re-sign Shamet, then an unrestricted free agent after playing for New York on a one-year minimum deal. "I thought Landry could be impactful," Brown said before Game 2. "He signed late because his agent convinced him to do that. Hopefully it won't happen going forward." "I said, 'Hey, I want you here. I'm sorry about the way the circumstances are contractually. I have nothing to do [with] that. I believe you can help us on both ends of the floor.'"
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Fred Katz: FINAL: Knicks 105, Spurs 95. Knicks lead the Finals 1-0. • Brunson 30-3-2 • Towns 18-12-4 • Anunoby 17 & 3 • Shamet 13 pts • Hart 3-15-6, 4 stls Game 2 on Friday in San Antonio.
Coach Mike Brown correctly pulled Hart in Game 1 for Landry Shamet. But having Hart on the court causes so much confusion for the Cavaliers as they try to crossmatch, leaving an unbalanced floor and the energetic Hart in position to take full advantage with open shots and setting up teammates. When Hart wasn't finding teammates, it was Brunson finding Hart for one of his playoff-high 14 assists. "It's just who Josh is. He's a gamer. He knew what he had to do in terms of adjustments he needed to make in order to be effective," Brown said. "He was great, he was decisive. We have to play fast, so we're not going against a set defense all the time."
Draymond Green: "Landry Shamet and Mikal Bridges hit some clutch threes in the fourth and overtime. Jalen Brunson got going in the fourth quarter and went ballistic. What wasn't expected was the way it happened: Jalen Brunson living on an island with James Harden guarding him. That's just not something you can let happen. James Harden's been at it for 17 years; teams have tried this over and over again. You have to expect this is what they're ultimately going to go to. You have to have some other coverage, put James on a guy you're not worried about making plays. This isn't just a coaching issue for Kenny Atkinson. When you're competing at a championship level, you must have guys that want to take on that challenge."
Ian Begley: Mike Brown: “I thought Mitch Robinson was huge for us … in both directions. And then Landry Shamet; Landry hasn’t played a drop in the playoffs … and he was huge on both ends of the floor.” NYK bench outscored PHI bench by 19 in Game 3 win. Shamet had 15 points (5-for-6 FGs)
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And then there’s OG Anunoby, the Knicks’ subtlest lynchpin. The guy who went for 17 points and 11 rebounds in the Game 5 blowout. The guy who has destroyed the Hawks on the glass, averaging 9.0 boards a game. The guy who has hit more than half of his 3-pointers against Atlanta. The guy who is slicing Atlanta to death, who has mastered how to move the defense without the basketball, who is averaging 20 points during this series, even though he’s run only seven pick-and-rolls over these five games, according to Second Spectrum. For perspective, Landry Shamet, a little-used spot-up shooter who exited New York’s rotation after Game 2, has run eight. “He impacts (the game) in ways that you can’t even really tell,” Knicks head coach Mike Brown said. “Because it doesn’t show up in the stat sheet.”
Brown prefers to sit both Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns for the starts of the second and fourth quarters rather than stagger them and have one on the court. The lineup he uses instead — with Miles McBride, Landry Shamet, Jordan Clarkson and Mitchell Robinson on the floor — struggled in the Knicks’ 107-106 Game 2 loss to the Hawks on Monday night at Madison Square Garden. “We’ve played that lineup quite a bit at the end of the season,” Brown said. “That lineup’s been pretty good. We weren’t good tonight and we turned the ball over a few too many times during that period. But we had opportunities where our starters were in, and we were up eight to 10 [points] and Atlanta closed it. So I wouldn’t just say that specific lineup caused it.”
Mike Brown acknowledged discussing a starting lineup change — “there’s always going to be chatter about it” — but isn’t close to acting and, at least for now, anticipates the status quo for the playoffs. “I don’t believe in never ever. But right now we’re going to start that five and that’s how I foresee it,” the coach said. “If I feel I need to make a change at any time, I’ll make a change. But I don’t feel that way right now.” League sources said moving Landry Shamet into the lineup was discussed. Earlier this season, Brown altered his starting lineup, replacing Mitchell Robinson with Josh Hart.
James L. Edwards III: Landry Shamet will return tonight against Memphis. Jalen Brunson is questionable with right ankle soreness McBride and Robinson are both OUT due to injury management.
