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Dotson

He and Matt Mooney’s first 10-day deals have just expired, but New York will bring them back for another week and a half. Neither of them did much in their first deals, so you can disregard.

Dotson is on a 10-day contract, so much isn’t expected from him production-wise. There’s no need to even consider streaming him unless the Knicks continue to lose players due to health and safety protocols.

Dotson played 165 games with the Knicks from 2017-2020, before spending 46 games with the Cavaliers last season. He is now back with the Knicks on a hardship exemption as the Knicks are down seven bodies due to various injuries, and guys in the league’s health and safety protocols. Even with the lack of bodies, Dotson isn’t expected to produce much in the way of fantasy value.

The moves get the Spurs down to 17 players on their roster, four days ahead of Monday’s deadline. Teams are allowed a maximum of 17 players on their roster: 15 on guaranteed contracts and two on two-way contracts.

The Cavs have a loaded point guard spot with Darius Garland and Ricky Rubio supported by recently-signed Kevin Pangos. Even if Dotson finds another NBA contract this season, he’s not a fantasy asset.

Dotson got the start for Kevin Love (rest) on Monday, but his performance was exceedingly underwhelming. Not only did he not do much offensively, but he failed to record any defensive statistics and played a role in allowing Indiana to shoot 50% from the field and 40% from distance. Even with quality minutes as a starter, Dotson isn’t worth a roster spot in most formats.

Kevin Love (rest) is taking the night off, so Isaac Okoro and Dean Wade will slide down a spot, with Dotson starting at the two alongside Collin Sexton. We still prefer Wade as the target with Love on the sidelines, but Dotson could be worth a punt play in DFS.

Dotson was available to play tonight, but he wound up collecting a DNP-CD. He hadn’t taken the court since March 29, so he likely needs to get his conditioning back before he’s earning negligible minutes in the rotation again.

He’s been out since March 29, so we wouldn’t expect to see him earn too many minutes tonight. Leave him on the wire.

Dotson hasn’t played since March 29. Should he be cleared to go Sunday night, there may be a few minutes available as Collin Sexton (concussion) has been ruled out. That being said, there won’t be enough minutes available to make Dotson a viable fantasy option, regardless of format.