How does Hawkins early development affect Dyson minutes when everyone is healthy?

Dyson's defense probably keeps in the rotation. He's the only perimeter guy we have after Herb.

Trey's going to get 30mpg. The rest is probably a fight between Naji and Hawkins.

Im not going to let myself overreact if Hawkins doesn't immediately take all of Naji's minutes, because he's a long term piece and that spot will be his sooner or later.

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I understand Dyson defense but man his limitations on offense really hamper lineups. I know defense is important but especially off the bench I prefer a guy who can get hot, plays smart and just fits perfect offensively without giving up that much on defense. Basically I feel Hawkins scoring or just his shooting gravity can swing games off the bench more than Dyson defense.

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Dysons really looking like a head scratcher of a pick more and more. What this team definitely doesn’t need is more defense. I really liked the pick at the time and I think Dyson will be a fine player, but just not here.

The more and more I look at Dyson, the more and more I see a trade piece. This teams needs shooting and more of it. I love Dyson’s D but he suffers from Lonzo syndrome and hates attacking the basket and finishing at the rim. If it were only that, he would be fine. This team would still be fine defensively without Dyson. Even when Trey and Jose and BI come back, I still don’t trust we have enough shooting.

But really Dyson’s abysmal FT shooting and 3-point shooting will make it hard for him to earn minutes over Hawkins in more meaningful games towards the end of the season.


ETA: towards the end of the season and playoffs, with everyone healthy (LOl, right?) I think Hawkins will play way more minutes than Dyson and be a key contributor off the bench alongside Jose

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Dyson is only 20 lol y’all freaking out about a 20 year old kid whose playing closing minutes in a huge comeback win on the road . The kid will be fine relax everyone won’t be a star but don’t mean their trade pieces

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I definitely think he’ll be fine. Dude will become a hell a player. I just don’t think he fits what this team needs right now. And eventually you have to sign him to his next contract. Do we really want to pay him what he’s worth? His skill set is redundant on this team.

He did try and yam on Chet. He is trying and will continually get better. He is someone I rather hold on to for at least 3 years

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. I love Dyson’s D but he suffers from Lonzo syndrome and hates attacking the basket and finishing at the rim.

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Honestly, you picked the wrong night to make this argument. Dyson had one good back-door cut for a lay-up, and almost posterized Holmgren early.

His biggest weakness is his shooting stroke. More makes = harder run-outs = more openings to attack the paint.

Hawkins and Dyson offer different things. At this point, I see Dyson as shooting guard and Dyson at point guard.

I'm not worried about minutes. Play the best player in the appropriate situations.

I'm not going to overreact to Hawkins especially since he didn't shoot well. But if there's anything we can take away from his first few games is that I'll never pay attention to summer league again.

It's truly worthless.

Dyson looks fine. As long as his defense stays solid, he can knock down an occasional three and he handles the ball, you don’t need him to score. We have enough scorers. We don’t have enough defenders. He did great on SGA last night.