09-26-2014, 09:19 PM
The thin bench last year was probably mostly due to injury. But Dawkins struggled over the first five years of his career with rotations -- played far too many guys, didn't figure out how to trot out coherent lineups that worked. Not so last year! The injuries were perfect in that they reduced the number of options Dawkins had, meaning that it was hard for him to screw up.Â