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Landry Shamet grimaces after dislocating his shoulder during the Knicks\u2019 win over the the Magic on Nov. 7, 2025. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\nSAN ANTONIO \u2014 The first time Landry Shamet\u2019s shoulder dislodged from its socket, he said it felt like being shot.<\/p>\n
The second time?<\/p>\n
\u201cNot quite like getting shot in the arm,\u201d he said, \u201ca few steps down.\u201d<\/p>\n
Landry Shamet grimaces after dislocating his shoulder during the Knicks\u2019 win over the the Magic on Nov. 7, 2025. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n
That\u2019s part of the good news. This dislocation wasn\u2019t as bad as the previous one.<\/p>\n
The other encouraging development is Shamet, who spoke Wednesday for the first time since sustaining the injury to his shooting shoulder, said the rehab is progressing and he\u2019s on a path toward returning.<\/p>\n
When Shamet plays again, however, remains unknown.<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old is back shooting and participating in other basketball activities \u2014 almost six weeks since the injury \u2014 but not yet cleared for contact. That\u2019s \u201cthe next step,\u201d Shamet said, adding, \u201cwe\u2019re happy where things are at.\u201d<\/p>\n
He\u2019s also happy about the decision to avoid surgery, which would\u2019ve ended his season.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou never really know. I had a lot of confidence in the rehab I did last year, and I was able to start doing things sooner in the rehab process than I kind of expected this time,\u201d Shamet said. \u201cSo, if anything, that kind of just reassured the importance of rehabbing right and taking care of things. That\u2019s really the biggest thing that gave me confidence. In the middle of it, though, there\u2019s a lot of other stuff going on and you don\u2019t really know until \u2014 you know, trust our doctors, talk to them and get all the information you need.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Landry Shamet celebrating the Knicks winning the NBA Cup. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Shamet\u2019s arm popped out of its socket Nov. 22 in Orlando, where he collided with the Magic\u2019s Wendell Carter Jr. in the first quarter and darted to the locker room, right arm limp.<\/p>\n
He hasn\u2019t played since. Initially, there was certainly the specter of surgery since it\u2019s the best way to avoid future dislocations. <\/p>\n
Shamet wouldn\u2019t discuss that inner debate, if there ever was one.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy intention was to rehab and get this thing right. And you make that decision, and there\u2019s not a gray area or back-and-forth considerations beyond whatever you decide to do,\u201d he said. \u201cSo that was it, that\u2019s where we\u2019re at.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Shamet first dislocated his shoulder in October 2024, and he also rehabbed it back then without surgery \u2014 returning before Christmas and cracking the playoff rotation in the conference finals.<\/p>\n
His injury to return-to-play spanned about 10 weeks, or about four longer than where he sits in his current rehab.<\/p>\n
Shamet re-signed with the Knicks in the summer but on a non-guaranteed contract. <\/p>\n
He had an important supporter in coach Mike Brown, who quickly made Shamet a spot starter and regular part of the rotation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Shamet\u2019s contract becomes guaranteed Jan. 10, and the Knicks would have to waive him by Jan. 7 so he can clear waivers. <\/p>\n
Cutting Shamet would\u2019ve created a roster spot and cap space to use on a free agent, but the Knicks\u2019 depth has stood strong in his absence and the nonsurgical route assured New York was keeping him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s great to know,\u201d Shamet said Wednesday. \u201cNo complaints with the organization, they\u2019ve been great. The support staff and everybody involved, they\u2019re committed, they\u2019ve been great, and they\u2019ve been working closely with me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brown made his preference clear.<\/p>\n
\u201cLandry is a really big part of what we\u2019re doing,\u201d Brown said in November, \u201cand I\u2019ll give up my salary for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
The coach reiterated why on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201c[Shamet] and [Miles McBride] are our best on-ball defenders,\u201d Brown said. \u201cNow Kevin [McCullar], I haven\u2019t seen a ton of him, but he may be in that mix, too. But they\u2019re our best on-ball defenders when it comes to ball screens. Their technique is extremely high level. \u2026 Landry is tough, he\u2019s smart. On the defensive end of the floor, he\u2019s going to try to do every little detail at the highest level of efficiency he can. With a competitive spirit defensively. And then offensively, man he runs. He puts a lot of pressure on the defense. He\u2019s shooting [42.4] percent from the 3-point line!\u201d<\/p>\n
Without Shamet for over five weeks, the Knicks benefitted from inspired runs by McBride and Tyler Kolek. They\u2019ve more than tread water.<\/p>\n
Still, Shamet is considered among the top perimeter defenders and will likely have a role when he returns. <\/p>\n
And when that happens, Shamet understands there will be an adjustment period.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course, even if you\u2019re out for a week there\u2019s some level of an adjustment period,\u201d said Shamet, whose injury occurred during a peak point of his play, just eight days removed from dropping a career-high 36 points at MSG and three days after becoming the clutch hero in a win at Dallas. \u201cYou can\u2019t replicate playing basketball. So even if it\u2019s something as simple as your conditioning. However small or big of an adjustment there is, there will be some adjustments. It\u2019s hard to tell right now what those will be. But I anticipate some. It would be naive to say there wouldn\u2019t be any.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2014 The first time Landry Shamet\u2019s shoulder dislodged from its socket, he said it felt like…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3768],"tags":[7,304,4988,6,1136,191,3810,3806,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-508850","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-knicks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-knicks","10":"tag-landry-shamet","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-knicks","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkknicks","16":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115817318031628719","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}