Knicks Get Injury Updates on Landry Shamet, Miles McBride

The New York Knicks are nine games from the end of the regular season, and the injury report is telling two very different stories right now. One player is trending toward a return, and the other is heading in the opposite direction.

Reporter Jared Schwartz shared the update on X: "Landry Shamet did not practice for the Knicks today. Miles McBride did."

Landry Shamet did not practice for the Knicks today

Mikes McBride did
— Jared Schwartz (@jschwartz115) March 28, 2026

Shamet has had a rough go of it this season. He missed over a month with a right shoulder sprain back in November, finally returned in January, and had quietly become one of the more reliable pieces off New York's bench.

Then, on March 20, against the Brooklyn Nets, he banged his knee in the third quarter and never came back. The diagnosis: a tibial plateau contusion in his right knee.

He has now missed at least three straight games because of it. No timeline has been given for his return, and with the Knicks heading to Oklahoma City on March 29, the clock is ticking. Shamet was averaging 9.6 points per game this season and had become a real threat from three off the bench.

McBride, on the other hand, is moving in the right direction. The 25-year-old guard has been out since early February after undergoing core muscle surgery for a sports hernia, working his way back through form shooting, then contact drills, and now full scrimmages. Coach Mike Brown confirmed the scrimmaging update earlier this week, which is the most encouraging sign yet.

Miles McBride Ready for the Knicks Playoff Push?

Before going down, McBride was having the best season of his career, averaging 12.9 points per game while shooting 42% from three. Losing him mid-season hurt, and the Knicks have managed without him, but the guard rotation has never quite looked the same.

Jordan Clarkson and Jose Alvarado have done their part, but McBride brings something different. His point-of-attack defense and off-the-dribble shooting give New York a dimension off the bench that neither of those two fully replicate, and on a team built for a deep playoff run, that matters.

But the regular season ends April 12, and there are only so many games left to get McBride back into rhythm before the stakes get real. The scrimmaging is a genuine step forward. Whether it translates into game minutes before the playoffs is the question New York needs answered fast.

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