Upon taking the Knicks job this past July, Brown lobbied for team president Leon Rose to re-sign Shamet, then an unrestricted free agent after playing for New York on a one-year minimum deal. "I thought Landry could be impactful," Brown said before Game 2. "He signed late because his agent convinced him to do that. Hopefully it won't happen going forward." "I said, 'Hey, I want you here. I'm sorry about the way the circumstances are contractually. I have nothing to do [with] that. I believe you can help us on both ends of the floor.'"

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