Coach D’Antoni respond to what [she] is saying. She says the offense has taken priority over, or 3-point-based offense has taken priority over defense. What do you think? MIKE D’ANTONI: No, never takes priority over defense. Defense, every coach knows you have to have a good defense to win, but all offenses are designed to attack the weakest part of your defense. So a lot of teams, like we played the Milwaukee Bucks and they had a center that hung around the rim. Or Rudy Gobert, who likes to stay back. And normally, so you’re not, your offense is going to be designed to take a lot of 3s because they’ve clogged up the middle. They won’t let you get to the rim, which is always the first priority of any good offense, is to make layups. So you have to change up your philosophy or your point of attack. What I disagree with. I don’t think it’s made the game bad. It makes it exciting. There’s a lot of, Steph Curry is Stephen Curry, yeah. Becomes a 3-point shot, that would be a crime not to have him in the league or no lead is safe, which is a good thing. Or there’s no repeat champions in the last five or 10 years because it opens the game up and gives everybody a chance to be that dominant team. -via WBUR / June 1, 2025
