No doubt Dillard will improve...... but the difference between him and Cotton, POISE.
Cotton doubled on his first two plays. He was ready and passed out of it. Dillard seemed surprised and looked like he wasn't expecting it, almost turned it over . He also over dribbled when he was trying to wrong foot his defender. He won't get away with that with Lisch.
I liked the way Cotton stepped up to shoot. The manner he did this was far more assured than Dillard. Nothing wrong with Dillard's shot. He looked good.
Doesn't matter to me that he just got off a plane. The game doesn't change. What players are trying to do and how they go about it doesn't change.
First impressions though Cotton is way ahead of Dillard, and I am sure 90% of basketball followers would subscribe to that view.
I can't think of anyone in the league who could have made that scoop shot Cotton pulled off against Lisch. I'll give Dillard his due when I see him take Lisch off the dribble this week. But I don't think it's going to happen.