Leon Rose allowed Dotson to leave via free agency and joined the Cavaliers on a $ 4 million two-year contract.
Dotson, 26, has looked good so far, averaging 10.5 points in 24 minutes in Cleveland’s first two preseason games, even starting Monday. The Knicks will miss Dotson’s 3-point shot. The Houston native was a 36.2% 3-point shooter in 165 games with the Knicks.
“Surprised?” Dotson told Zoom of the Knicks without making an offer. “I know it’s a completely new staff, a management, completely new coaches. The guys who wrote me, Phil Jackson, have been gone for three years. It’s a new wave. It wasn’t surprising. ”
Dotson said the Cavaliers were at the top of his list as his former Knicks coach David Fizdale was always enthusiastic about JB Bickerstaff, who now runs the Cleveland bench.