Please tell me I’m not the only one who, despite knowing better, sounds out the name “Damyean” as “Dam Yeen”. I can’t help it. Teachers in school always told me to sound words out phonetically if they’re unfamiliar to me, so that’s what I’ve done, and now I can’t stop even though I know that Dotson’s name is pronounced “Damian”. In addition to blaming my schoolteachers, I also blame Dotson’s parents for choosing an unconventional spelling of the name. However, I myself am blameless because I am simply the product of unfortunate circumstances here.
I have the same problem with Dillon Brooks. He will always be “Dill-On”, not “Dylan”.
Name pronunciation issues aside, can a Knicks fan tell me why Dotson didn’t play in the last four games? He started a stretch of games from late October to mid November and he scored double-digits in pretty much all of them, so it’s not like he was being totally useless. Then his minutes started dwindling until there was nothing left. Is it bad that the Knicks won three games in a row with Dotson nailed to the bench? Does that mean anything?