Landry Shamet is heading into a place he’s never really been before with the Knicks, and it’s not because of the championship ring on New York’s finger.
For a player who has bounced around the league for most of his career, Shamet is now staring at something rare: a third straight season with the same team. In nearly nine years in the NBA, he has played for six different franchises, and his longest previous stay came with the Phoenix Suns, where he spent two seasons from 2021 to 2023.
Even getting to this point in New York was hardly a sure thing. Shamet came back in the summer of 2025 on a non-guaranteed training camp deal, then fought his way into a one-year, $3.0 million contract. That move paid off for the Knicks, since he ended up becoming one of their biggest X-factors during the championship run.
Now he has a new career high for time spent with one team, and that streak is set to keep going after he signed a four-year, $23.9 million deal with New York this offseason.
The Knicks are also trying to strike gold in training camp again. Last season, they used camp and the preseason as an open competition to fill out the roster, and the two players who won those jobs were Shamet and Mohamed Diawara.
Heading into 2026-27, New York is hoping for another productive round of auditions. The team is looking to add at least one player to the roster, and possibly two if it can create a little more cap space.
Among the names in the mix are veteran two-way wings like Bruce Brown and former No. 2 overall pick James Wiseman, who is now 25 years old.
While many around the league think the Knicks should focus on the pivot before the season starts, there is also chatter that someone like Brown - or even 26-year-old forward Ochai Agbaji - could impress enough to shift the team away from immediately chasing center help.
However it shakes out, the Knicks have another roster fight on their hands, and this one should give fans plenty to watch in camp.
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