Cavs: 2 reasons to get Damyean Dotson back in more

#2: Dotson can help generate efficient looks for the Cavs as a passer, too

The other key reason I’d like to see Dotson get back in more is that he’d help generate more efficient looks for the Cavs as a passer, too. Dotson seems to work well with guys like Cedi Osman, to go with Windler, and the young backcourt tandem, via staggered stretches/spurts, for example.

Dotson’s feel for drawing in defenders with a solid handle led to him creating his share of kick out looks when he was more in a key playmaking role earlier on, and I’d imagine that could definitely aid Cleveland in generating more 3s.

That’s clearly a point of emphasis for the Wine and Gold, and to me, whether it’s Garland or Sexton, I’d think Dotson handling it more in some spurts could enable either of them, feasibly, to get some more looks off the ball. And hopefully, that could lead to some more relocation looks for Garland, off of Jarrett Allen screens, or in Sexton’s case, some spot-ups.

Moreover, with Sexton questionable on Friday, whether or not he plays, Dotson helping the Cavs as an initiator could help get rollers involved, and be an added wrinkle, and allow either Sexton/Garland to play more off-ball.

Dotson again has displayed nice feel for hitting spray-out passes, and that could help the likes of Windler, whose hit 36.4 percent from deep in his past six games, albeit is a highly capable shooter. The same could go for Prince.

And that potentially cutting into one of the two in Garland/Sexton’s minutes a bit wouldn’t be too detrimental, I don’t think, as the 6-foot-5 Dotson has done a nice job defensively and could aid in applying ball pressure.

We’ll have to see if Dotson does get back more into the fold for the Cleveland Cavaliers in coming games, ultimately.

But I personally wouldn’t think him getting in 18-19 minutes per outing, in some three-guard lineups a bit, or as a key secondary playmaking 2/de facto 1 would seem out of the question. 12 or so minutes shouldn’t be the case, conversely, as has played out recently for him, let alone DNPs.

Dotson, in an overall sense, could help the Cavs get more three-point looks via movement, and could aid in generating some for others himself, too. Again, though, we’ll have to see.