Though he got very few reps to start the year, with the Hawks logjammed at the shooting guard position with entrenched holdovers like Kent Bazemore, Malcolm Delaney and Marco Belinelli all splitting time, Dorsey showed flashes in limited moments with the team during his first few months in the league.
In an extended garbage time game against the Houston Rockets in early November, Dorsey scored 10 points off the bench as the Rockets walloped the Hawks at home. That 10 points would stand as his highest total for almost three months, as Dorsey bounced back and forth between Atlanta and the Hawks G-League affiliate in Erie.