dawkins vs young

[rollie mass]

Who is the better shooter.Who is better on defense.
 Dawkins has more time in both d league and some miami time.
Young has age and height advantage and upside but as shooter does dawkins have advantage.

[pokeKingCurtis]

Young.

[rollie mass]

young has what three games red claws, at kentucky was not known for shooting and missed summer league and dawkins always known a shooter ,4yrs duke ,summer league and more d league-dawkins has a three pt shooter rep and still able to produce with hand in face .
You have a game on line today ,who gets the call for three in last seconds and why.

[clover]

Young has actually outscored and outshot Dawkins this year in d-league, and he's only 19 to Dawkins's 23.

Young also likely just slipped out of the lottery at age 18 due to his auto accident, after proving his top-tier team's go-to scorer in the collegiate postseason, compared to the undrafted Dawkins, who never scored for a double digits average in four years of college.

So I'd say there's not really evidence that Dawkins is a better shooter than Young. He's presumably much more seasoned, while Young has the much higher upside.

[rollie mass]

dawkins 13 games pre maine 22.9pt average ,51% of threes and avg 9.5 threes per game with red claws  18point per for red claws one bad game his first  flawed his  % and ag 15 shots per game--i don't think young outscored dawkins in d league -only after 2 games red claws--dawkins has 22 avg over  total 15 games sioux  city and red claws

[fantankerous]

Dawkins is a scrap heap scrub.  He doesn't belong in the big league.

[rollie mass]

scored 25pt on red claws with chris babb ,dwight powell and james young-and went down the middle for scores twice on powell--dawkins highlites 25 vs red claws dec

[Celtics4ever]

One is a throughbred and one is a one trick pony, I think you know who is whom.

[rollie mass]

 great bloodlines for young but you got to give dawkins his due almost a 50% 3 point shooter-from undrafted to making miami squad for opening game.

[D.o.s.]

young has what three games red claws, at kentucky was not known for shooting and missed summer league and dawkins always known a shooter ,4yrs duke ,summer league and more d league-dawkins has a three pt shooter rep and still able to produce with hand in face .
You have a game on line today ,who gets the call for three in last seconds and why.

Young because we're trying to tank. 

[rollie mass]

in his last game in dec before getting called up to miami hit 12 -threes the dleague record is 13 and scored 42 pts-at that time he was shooting 56%of threes during d league games .Set red claw record in 2nd game since celts signed him

[ScoobyDoo]

Like Olynyk, Young really needs 1-2, maybe 3 seasons of solid weight training before we'll probably get a feel for his ceiling.

People mention he's weak on D... youth, inexperience, strength key factors there for me. I like his length and his effort on the defensive end so far, if not the results.

Edge to Young - maybe Dawkins is a decent and inexpensive 3rd string off guard behind Bradley and Young?

[aingeforthree]

To answer your question...

Dawkins is the better shooter.

Young is the better defender.

Dawkins is not a great athlete or defender.  Young is the better athlete and defender.

Dawkins is extremely one dimensional on offense.  Maybe a great comp right now is PJ Hairston (who we saw recently) ?

[Greenback]

Dawkins is a way better shooter...and better overall.