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They can't keep playing him at the NBA level right now. Bucks build a huge 1st quarter lead and then bring him and Nwora in and get steamrolled. End up losing because Giannis and Khris get beat up by the Raptors and didn't shoot well, but it's DDV and Nwora that let the Raptors back in and can't be played in the 4th quarter.

DDV is 1 for 11 from inside the 3 point line since he's returned and 6 for 26 from three. He has 12 turnovers in just under 100 minutes - and many of them are just awful turnovers.

They've probably lost an extra 2-3 games by giving him minutes. Send him to the G league to get him right or sit him down.

My guess is that they wanted to show he was back healthy and then use him as trade bait, but the more he plays the more his value sinks.

Nwora is even worse. His defense is nonexistent and he can't handle the ball at all.

They obviously miss Holiday badly, but they can't keep playing these two guys. It's killing them. When they are in other teams just blitz Middleton and Giannis and get the ball out of their hands.

DDV was -11 in 17 minutes. Nwora was -13 in 5.

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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.

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



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