Knicksfan1992 wrote:newyorker4ever wrote:Knicksfan1992 wrote:
Dotson is already 24 so his growth curve is slowly plateauing and he doesn't have the defensive discipline those guys have... Not saying he can't get better but he's still got a ways to go to reach Danny Green's consistency as a shooter and I don't think he'll ever reach Wes's level of offensive output either...
Dot always gets beat back door and off ball because he's too aggressive on D (similar to early career Shump). I think he's good on ball though. Also those guys at age 24 were better shooters than Dot is. Green was shooting 43% on 3.5 3's per game and Matthews was shooting 4.5 3's per game. For reference Dot has shot 37% on 3.6 3's per game this year.
I think the issue is people hear 3 and D and immediately think oh he'll just be Wesley Matthews or Danny Green not realizing hwo good those guys actually are on both ends. I see Dot as like more of a Garret Temple type where on a good team he's probably a bench player who plays like 15-25 minutes a night and you don't see too much of a slip off from your starters and if he wants to cash in he could probably start on a borderline playoff team or tanking team. And I don't mean to slight Dot... getting that kind of player in the 2nd round is a great grab by the organization.
Well this is obviously Dotson's 2nd year and has never gotten consistent minutes to get better so kinda hard to predict what he can do without him getting consistent minutes to get better and show what he can do like Wes and Danny have.
Danny Green got 23 mpg in his age 24 season. Dotson currently gets 24mpg. Wes got starter minutes but if you use per 36 Dotson is still way behind where Wes was at the same age. Again Dot can certainly improve but he's got a longer way to go than those gusy did at the same time.
There's a lot more to it then what stats they were putting up at age 24 like what teams they were on and the players they were playing with and the coaches that were coaching them. Dotson came into the league at 23 yrs old. He didn't get minutes even close to 23 a game last year and barely played at all until the end of last year. There's much more to it then what it says on paper.
