Can they afford to keep giving minutes to Donte and Nwora?

Another game last night where they built a big lead and then lost it, in part, because they didn't get much from the second unit. Connaughton was good last night, but DDV was inconsistent and Nwora struggled.

DDV hit some threes last night, but also had a couple of his patented drive into the lane and throw up a circus shot while falling down and ending up 5 feet behind the baseline - which inevitably leads to a transition 3 or layup on the other end. Those are often 4-5 point swings and it seems to happen 2-3 games a game for him (which means they can be 8-10 point swings in a game compared to just having someone miss a jumper at the top of the key that doesn't result in a 5 on 4 at the other end). They also can't trust him to handle the ball which, when Holiday is out, results in Middleton and Giannis doing it more than they should that results in the high turnover numbers.

After the Grizzles game DDV's stats in 7 games are the following

10 for 52 from the floor

9 for 36 from the three point line

1 for 16 from inside the three point line.

He's also average 3.3 turnovers per 36 minutes.

He is rebounding well and his defense is decent, but those are approaching historically bad offensive numbers on what's beginning to be decent sample sizes.

Donte strikes me as the kind of player who cares more about looking good than being good.

…and he can’t fucking spell Dante.

Sorry, that’s my Dad and brothers name…apparently  the last white guys in America named Dante.

One of the most unbelievable shot charts you'll ever see. He's a terrible shooter when he's past the FT line extended (7 for 25) and then becomes unbelievably awful (3-27) when he crosses that point. The misses from the corner threes and at the basket are much worse because they almost always end up in fast breaks on the other end. At least if he misses from the top of the key, he's already back on defense.

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/a...ot-chart-this-season

By the way, another guy that is unplayable is Ojeleye. Here's his shot chart. Almost as bad.

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/a...i-ojeleye-shot-chart

DDV played a nice game last night. He wasn't statistically great, but other than one questionable rushed and contested 3 off an inbounds play with a lot of time on the shot clock he played under control.