{"id":540325,"date":"2026-01-16T09:18:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/540325\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T09:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:18:17","slug":"knicks-landry-shamet-solid-in-return-from-shoulder-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/540325\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks&#8217; Landry Shamet solid in return from shoulder injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 Landry Shamet returned from a 25-game absence and scored six points in 16 minutes in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/16\/sports\/reeling-knicks-falter-without-jalen-brunson-in-loss-to-warriors-to-end-disappointing-road-trip\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Knicks\u2019 126-113 loss to the Warriors<\/a> on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>It was Shamet\u2019s first appearance since his shoulder was dislodged from its socket on Nov. 22. He shot 2 for 7 (all 3-pointers) with a steal but no rebounds or assists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe worked his tail off. Landry, he\u2019s a worker, man,\u201d Knicks coach Mike Brown said. \u201cHe was getting after it. It means a lot for him to play. He was in a great rhythm before he [got hurt]. He\u2019s been out a while. It\u2019s going to take some time for him to get back. But it\u2019s exciting for him to be back and we\u2019re going to be patient with him while he\u2019s fighting to get back to where he was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38199481\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Landry-Shamet.jpg\" alt=\"Landry Shamet, who scored six points, drives on Stephen Curry during the Knicks' 126-113 road loss to the Warriors on Jan. 15, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-38199481\"  \/>Landry Shamet, who scored six points, drives on Stephen Curry during the Knicks\u2019 126-113 road loss to the Warriors on Jan. 15, 2026. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Shamet has twice dislocated his shoulder in the last two seasons, leaving questions about whether it will continue to pop out without surgery. But he again opted against a procedure and returned for a second time.<\/p>\n<p>Brown has often discussed the importance of Shamet\u2019s perimeter defense. The Knicks entered Thursday ranked just 17th in defense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Shamet] and [McBride] are our best on-ball defenders. \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,\u201d Brown said recently. \u201cWith a competitive spirit defensively. And then offensively, man he runs. He puts a lot of pressure on the defense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell Robinson\u2019s restriction remains in place: no back-to-backs.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat\u2019s happening on and off the Garden court\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Inside the Knicks by Stefan Bondy, a weekly exclusive on Sports+.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks center was ruled out of Thursday night\u2019s loss for load management of his surgically-repaired left ankle. Before Robinson played minutes in <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/15\/sports\/knicks-ripped-by-lowly-kings-as-jalen-brunson-exits-with-ankle-injury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wednesday\u2019s loss to the Kings<\/a>, coach Mike Brown suggested that back-to-back appearances in the Bay Area were on the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, it\u2019s going to be the medical team\u2019s choice,\u201d Brown said. \u201cAs we\u2019ve gone along, his minutes have increased and he\u2019s been able to do more things in practice in terms of their eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But then Robinson, who hasn\u2019t played in both games of a back-to-back set since 2023, logged just 19 minutes in Sacramento and was ruled out of Golden State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 Landry Shamet returned from a 25-game absence and scored six points in 16 minutes in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3768],"tags":[7,304,4988,6,1136,191,3810,3806,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-540325","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\/115904035167893677","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540325","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=540325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}