Landry Shamet Steps In For Josh Hart As Knicks Shuffle Lineup

Landry Shamet is officially stepping into the starting five for the New York Knicks this Wednesday while Josh Hart sits out with a knee injury.

Underdog NBA dropped the news that head coach Mike Brown is making the swap to cover for his sidelined wing. Shamet is averaging 9.7 points on the year and has put up a nearly identical 9.4 points across his nine previous spot starts this season.

"Underdog NBA tweeted: 'Lineup alert: Landry Shamet will start for injured Josh Hart on Wednesday, per coach Brown.'"

Going from Josh Hart's chaotic, rebounding-everything energy to Landry Shamet's spot-up shooting is like trading in a dirt bike for a sensible hybrid sedan. It gets you from point A to point B, but nobody is having any fun doing it.

For anyone staring at the prop markets, this completely changes the math on the glass. Hart vacuums up rebounds like his contract depends on it, meaning those available boards have to go somewhere else in the starting unit now that a perimeter shooter is taking his minutes.

The Knicks have already had a weird time adjusting to these exact lineup shuffles. The last time Shamet had to fill in for Hart, New York came out completely flat and suffered a painfully slow start on the road against the Utah Jazz.

We will see if Brown has figured out how to keep the offense moving without Hart's transition pushes. If Shamet cannot knock down his early looks on Wednesday, expect the coaching staff to start tinkering with the rotation long before halftime.