Cavs: 2 reasons to get Damyean Dotson back in more

#1: Dotson could help the Cavs catch-and-shoot/off movement game

Again, I know Dotson’s overall three-point shooting, thanks to the pull-up woes, hasn’t been good. But he’s previously, in a situation with minimal spacing, hit 36.2 percent and 36.8 percent overall from three-point range in the two previous seasons with the New York Knicks, often off movement.

So to me, I’d expect in more of an off-ball role, and in spurts/perhaps at times stretches staggering Darius Garland-Collin Sexton, provided Sexton is active and really looking onward, that Dotson could help the Cavs in that regard.

And while both Garland and Sexton are highly capable from three-point range, neither lately have had high volume from there. Also, Garland, who attempted 4.9 triples per game last season, has only attempted 3.3 per game since his return, whereas Sexton’s only attempted 2.5 per outing in his past six.

I’d think that with Dotson being a solid defender, he could aid Cleveland in some spurts staggering Garland and Sexton, and in some sequences, I could foresee Dotson at the 2 with a combination of Dylan Windler, Cedi Osman and Taurean Prince in the game at the 3/4 to cut into Isaac Okoro’s minutes a bit.

That sort of thing could aid in the perimeter shooting realm, with Okoro having his minutes cut down say, five or so per game.

Anyway, Dotson, with how he’s such an active off-ball mover, and has been able to knock down catch-and-shoot threes, should be getting more burn, and could at times, maybe be able to play at the 3 a bit, even. In his tenure with the Knicks, he was at that position 60 percent of the time in Year 2, and still a bit at that last season, at 16 percent of the time.

Needless to say, Dotson being back in more, with him being able to make a difference without a key on-ball role even, could definitely help from a ball and man movement perspective.

In turn, that could help generate more 3s and be more of an outlet for Garland and Sexton/the squad in general, of whom knows they desperately need to get up more deep attempts, too. And it can’t be all on banking on a Kevin Love return from injury seemingly fairly soon, either.

The Cavs rank last in three-point attempts and makes per game, and getting Dotson more burn, in that sense, with a fairly robust catch-and-shoot three frequency, could very well help. And for context, Windler, for example, has still been somewhat hesitant in that regard.

Moving along, the other reason Dotson should be getting back in more relates to his own ball movement sense.