Landry Shamet‘s recent scoring outburst is what the Nets were expecting when they acquired him from the Clippers in an offseason trade, writes Brian Lewis of The New York Post. Shamet’s 30-point game Sunday at Miami continued a hot streak that has lasted throughout April. He is averaging 17.0 PPG this month while shooting 51.9% from three-point range and has taken on some of the point guard duties with James Harden injured.
“The NBA’s all about opportunity and been thrown into having to play some point guard minutes following up Kyrie (Irving) and alongside Kyrie,” Shamet said. “Ky’s been great. He’s taken me under his wing. Talks to me every day, believes in me. That goes a long way, knowing your teammates believe in you.
“I’m chopping wood and carrying water every day. It gets tedious having to do the little things every day that you might not want to, but it adds up. I trust in that. When you keep doing that — working on off days, watching film, asking questions and believing in myself — whatever comes from that I’m living with, because I’m doing everything in my power to put myself in the best position.”
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- Injured guard Tyler Johnson has started running and doing shooting drills as he tries to work his way back from a sore knee, Lewis adds. Johnson has been sidelined since April 4 and hopes to return soon to help with Brooklyn’s push for the top seed in the East. “He has not played yet, so I’m not sure if that’s coming this week or not,” coach Steve Nash said. “It depends on literally every day, how he responds to his rehab and heightening his amount of mobility and activity. So we’ll see; but hopefully he’ll be back soon as well.”
- Kevin Durant remains with the Nets on their road trip, which is a sign that his left thigh contusion isn’t overly serious, Lewis notes in a separate story. Durant was knocked out of Sunday’s game early, but team officials decided he didn’t need to go through any medical imaging or be sent back to Brooklyn.
- Free agent guard Mike James is going through testing to satisfy the NBA’s health and safety protocols before he can sign with the Nets, tweets Marc Stein of The New York Times. James, who is expected to join the team this week, spent most of this season with CSKA Moscow.
Are the Nets planning to take 1 seed?
76ers next 3 games
Suns
Bucks
Bucks
3 games in 4 days
76ers will have 2 statement games at Bucks
Embiid is MVP
IMO
33 years old Curry is far better than 27 years old Embiid
It’s just not close
Actually it’s Jokic who is expected to win the MVP, with Embiid in second and Giannis in third. Old-man Curry is running a distant fourth.
lmao Jokic already won MVP. media and people like you are biased as hell
Embiid is a loser
I’m not sure how they plan to work it but Mike James should replace Chris Chiozza in the two-way slot. If they can get a big, like Moe Wagner, in immediately on a ten-day contract while they are down two bigs, that would be the ideal use of LMA’s spot.
Harden is out again. Nets again are just not prepared imo. Better hope Landry can step up. Good for the young fella. Nets Like Lakers are looking more n more beatable every day. Other top teams should take notice and be ready to Rumble .
Watch that Bucks vs Suns gm. Good game, Suns are starting to make a believer out of me.