That said, we could also use Bryn Forbes being good enough (and a good enough fit with the starters) to warrant Donte coming off the bench in lineups that need more ballhandling and have other shooters on the court.
Really don't know if that'll happen but he's an argument for it:
But is being a reserve the right role for Forbes? No, he should be in the starting lineup because Forbes has excelled as a spot-up shooter throughout his career. He has converted 41.7 percent of catch and shoot threes on 2.9 attempts per game.
The field goal percentage helped him generate an average of 3.6 points per game for the San Antonio Spurs over the past four seasons, which comes out to 40.4 percent of his scoring output.
Catch-and-shoot field goal attempts accounted for 70.7 percent of Forbes’ 3-pointers as he has a career shooting percentage of 40.0 percent from behind the arc on 4.1 attempts per game. Forbes produced 4.8 points per game from his 3-point attempts, 53.9 percent of his offensive production, as he has averaged 8.9 points per game during his career.
Forbes’ shooting ability makes him an ideal candidate for the team’s starting lineup as Antetokounmpo’s supporting cast spends a significant amount of time in the role as a floor spacer. For example, Middleton and Eric Bledsoe have averaged 4.3 and 6.0 threes per game, respectively, over the last two seasons, more than 30 percent of their field goal attempts. At least 45.3 percent of those 3-point attempts are via the catch and shoot variety.
Forbes is also better suited to thrive in the role than Donte DiVincenzo, who is currently projected to start according to ESPN. DiVincenzo has only made 32.1 percent of his catch-and-shoot threes on 2.6 attempts per game over his first two seasons. He only generated 2.5 points per game on catch and shoot threes for Milwaukee.
More importantly, DiVincenzo’s offensive production is dependent on how much time he spends as a ballhandler. For example, DiVincenzo averaged a career-high 48 touches per game from March 4 to the 8.
https://hoopshabit.com/2020/11/29/milwaukee-bucks-why-bryn-forbes-should-start-over-donte-divincenzo/
