Entering the 2018-19 season, the New York Knicks backcourt was perhaps the area with the most questions: who would improve? Who would perform? Who would establish themselves as a starter? Looking ahead into next season, Damyean Dotson has answered all those questions and some.
Drafted in the second round in the 2017 draft, Dotson played primarily as a defender and spot-up shooter off the bench in the 2017-18 campaign, seeing limited minutes behind guards like Jarrett Jack, Tim Hardaway Jr., and Courtney Lee.
However, Coach David Fizdale apparently challenged Dotson to establish himself as more of a scoring presence in the 2018-19 season and Dotson delivered on that call to action.