Knicks’ 39.7% shooter, 6-foot-4 guard gets massive trade update prior to 2025-26 season

For a championship-or-bust caliber team like the New York Knicks in the 2025-26 campaign, keeping all of their options open with regard to potential trades will be crucial leading up to the mid-season trade deadline.

The storied franchise could be searching for a deal that puts them over the top this season, as evidenced by their reported discussions with the Milwaukee Bucks centered around 2-time MVP point-forward Giannis Antetokounmpo.

While the process of acquiring a player of Antetokounmpo's status is already an uphill climb, the organization will not be able to include one of their veteran role players in a potential trade thanks to a new wrinkle in his contract for this season.

"Assuming Landry Shamet is sticking on the Knicks regular season roster, he'll have a no-trade clause for this season," Spotrac's Keith Smith shared via X on Saturday evening.

"One-year contracts that come with Early Bird or Bird rights come with an implied NTC, unless the players waives the NTC."

"Shamet did not waive the one-year NTC."

Heading into his eighth NBA season and second as a member of the Knicks in 2025-26, New York's 28-year-old shooting guard Landry Shamet will be aiming to support the contending squad with his historically accurate three-point jump-shooting ability.

Since entering the league as the Los Angeles Clippers' No. 26 overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, Shamet has compiled career averages of 8.3 points and 1.5 assists while knocking down 38.5% of his attempts from distance.

In his debut season with the Knicks in 2024-25, the seldom-used guard was still able to knock down a blistering 39.7% of his 3.1 attempts from deep in just 15.2 minutes.

Thanks to his presumed no-trade clause for this year, Shamet can rest easily knowing that he cannot be included in a franchise-altering trade for a superstar, or any other transaction that hastily ships him out and potentially denies him a chance at winning an NBA title.

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