Landry Shamet Crashes the Knicks' Superteam Starting Lineup

The New York Knicks are officially rolling out a starting five of Jalen Brunson, Landry Shamet, Mikal Bridges, OG Anunoby, and Karl-Anthony Towns on Tuesday.

If you looked at that list and your brain skipped like a scratched CD on the second name, you are not alone. The Knicks have spent the last two years trading every draft pick in the tri-state area to build a superteam, and somehow Landry Shamet is the guy standing next to four max-contract-level dudes at tip-off.

"Underdog NBA tweeted the lineup alert to its followers."

It is the basketball equivalent of parking a 2014 Honda Civic in a garage full of Ferraris. It gets you from point A to point B, but it definitely ruins the aesthetic of the Instagram post.

Jokes aside, this lineup actually makes a ton of sense for a New York team that has been steamrolling people lately. The Knicks just dropped 135 points on the Chicago Bulls and followed it up by suffocating the Cleveland Cavaliers 109-97.

Shamet is fully healthy after a brutal shoulder injury derailed his 2025 season. He is currently shooting over 42 percent from three-point range and averaging 9.3 points per game. You do not need him to be a star when he is sharing the floor with Brunson and Towns. You just need him to stand in the corner and make the defense pay for helping in the paint.

For the sickos refreshing Underdog NBA for prop bets, this starting nod is a massive usage signal. Shamet being on the floor means more spacing for Brunson to operate, but it also means fewer shots to go around for the secondary guys.

New York has a brutal upcoming stretch with the Milwaukee Bucks and another matchup against the Cavaliers on deck. If Shamet can hold his own defensively and keep knocking down open looks, this five-man unit might just be the cheat code that keeps the Knicks' starters from playing 48 minutes a night.