Maybe as time goes on Frank will be relied upon to do more but as of now he's not relied upon to do anything but be a good defender and basically just be a role player. In 37 games played he has only had 10+ FGA's 7 times and never shot more than 11 times in a game despite playing 30mins. The offense does not run through him, as tap said he's off ball a whole lot for a "pg". DSJ on the other hand in 32 games has had only 7 where he did not have 10+fga's and has had a handful of games of 20+. And many times he's tasked with creating his own shot. NBA stats has Frank only having 0.4 possessions a game where he is in isolation, and he shoots 28% and has a 12% TO rate, and qualifies as being in the bottom 9% in all of the NBA. DSJ on the other hand has over 3 possessions a game in isolation, shoots better and takes care of the ball better and is a hair under 40%. While that's not good either it's vastly better than Frank who basically has no clue what to do when it's all on him and it's almost never asked of him to do that.
Frank will prolly be a solid starter just on his defensive ability alone. But until I see him create for himself and run an offense there is no way I'm comparing him to DSJ. Frank's usage rate is a hair above Wesley Matthews, DSJ is ahead of John Wall and Kemba Walker and a hair below Lillard and Curry. So one is tasked with running an offense and being a scoring threat, essentially being the alpha on the team and has responsibilities similar to the top pg's in the game. The other is in the 3rd option category right now and asked to do nothing but be a fundamental role player. More to the point would be when the Mavs prepared for the Knicks how much time if any did they spend detailing how they would stop Frank? And how much time did the Knicks spend detailing how to slow down or limit DSJ's impact on our offense? I just don't see a comparison at all right now.
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