NEW YORK, NY—The most important part of building an NBA contender is acquiring stars, but every team with title hopes needs to surround its stars with complementary pieces. Role players are the unsung heroes of championship squads.
Although the New York Knicks are still in a desperate search for a star, they have an effective role player hidden in plain sight—Damyean Dotson.
“Damyean [Dotson] got going in that first half and really kept them in the game,” Lakers head coach Frank Vogel told reporters after his team’s 100-92 win over the Knicks.