Landry Shamets injury uncertainty leaves Knicks with urgent decision to make
Landry Shamet has an official diagnosis with an important deadline on the horizon. As expected, the Knicks backup guard suffered a dislocated shoulder in Tuesday’s preseason game, the Knicks announced, and he’s still “gathering information” on the options, according to Tom Thibodeau.The big question is whether Shamet will undergo surgery, a conundrum familiar to Knicks fans who followed Julius Randle’s recovery saga from a dislocated shoulder last season. Since Shamet is on a non-guaranteed deal, the Knicks will only be on the hook for $15,000 of his $2.6 million deal if he’s waived by Saturday at 5 p.m., a league source confirmed.
If he’s not waived, the Knicks incur a per-day charge toward the cap. “It’s a dislocated shoulder and he’s still gathering information as to what the next steps are,” Thibodeau said.“Obviously, we feel very strongly about him and what he did.
So whatever it is, whatever is in front of you — if you’re dealing with an injury, lock into that and focus on the rehab and get yourself ready to go again.” Asked whether he expects Shamet to be on the roster for the regular season, Thibodeau said, “I don’t know what all the information is.I’m basing it on what I have at this time.
It’s a dislocated shoulder.He’s still gathering information and so we’re just going from there.
So he’s already attacking the rehab.And I like that.
He needs more information as well.” There are multiple options with Shamet, who was on track to be an important rotation player before the injury.They could keep the 27-year-old on the roster until he gets healthy.
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