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Sixers' draft pick Landry Shamet and his mother have worked hard, and it paid off

It was sometime around the 21st pick in Thursday’s NBA draft that Landry Shamet started to fidget. He’s not afraid to admit that he was nervous.

“My heart was about to fall out of my chest,” he said during his introductory press conference at the Sixers’ Camden complex on Friday.

Luckily, with him was the one person who could help calm the nerves: his mother Melanie.

“My nerves started increasing when I noticed Landry getting a little nervous, when it came closer to that 20’s range,” she said. “Then when it happened, it happened pretty quickly.