
The New York Knicks still don't know if they will face the San Antonio Spurs or the Oklahoma City Thunder in the opening game of the NBA Finals on June 3. Thus, pockets of Knicks fans are spending the final days of May speculating about the futures of key contributors to the club's current run.
On Thursday, Tim Bontemps of ESPN suggested that Knicks big man Mitchell Robinson and guard Landry Shamet won't be going anywhere this summer.
"Robinson and guard Landry Shamet -- the two top unrestricted free agents from this year's roster -- the belief is that coming off New York's dominant run to the NBA Finals, both will be back," Bontemps shared. "And both will likely be on two-year deals as the Knicks are likely going to go well into the second apron next season and the following anyway, before needing to duck back out."
Shamet has been massive when called upon by the Knicks during what has become an 11-game postseason winning streak. Specifically, he scored 15 points in New York's 108-94 Game 3 win over the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference semifinal matchup when Knicks forward OG Anunoby was sidelined with a right hamstring strain. Shamet then went an incredible 11-of-12 from three-point range in the Knicks' sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals.
SHAMET WAS ON FIRE IN THE EAST FINALS
— NBA (@NBA) May 26, 2026
HE WENT 11-FOR-12 FROM 3
New York punches their ticket to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999! pic.twitter.com/AoGQ5yi410
As Zach Braziller of the New York Post noted, Knicks head coach Mike Brown recently insisted that Robinson "can start for any team in the league." Robinson has averaged 5.3 points, 5.5 rebounds and 14.2 minutes per game during the playoffs.
"In Robinson's case," Bontemps continued, "that's likely a two-year deal above the midlevel exception -- again, the main mechanism that other teams will likely have to try to pry him out of New York -- to keep him as part of the team's center rotation alongside Karl-Anthony Towns."
One unnamed Eastern Conference executive told Bontemps that it's expected the Knicks are "not losing anybody" regardless of what happens in the NBA Finals. Barring a surprising development, it sounds like that executive will be proven right.
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