Admittedly, I do feel bad for the reporter. That question regarding the Blazers' big men providing less defensive pressure than a broomstick in a grainy highlight video for an overseas prospect and letting two of the deadliest shooters in NBA history waltz so casually into open dagger threes that they might as well have done so while eating ice cream during a walk on the beach was more than fair.
That said, Terry Stotts' snarky deflection was the type of mic dropper for which you simply have to tip your cap and shut your trap. It was a more than a little disingenuous, as his way of limiting a limitless backcourt was 100% the wrong way, if you want to consider it a "way" at all. However, self preservation is a skill and it was on full display in him knowing exactly what angle to take in falling back on the crutch that there really is no right way to defend the indefensible. When Steph Curry and Klay Thompson are feeling it you might as well just grip your hands tightly in prayer while saving your energy for the offensive end. Of course, you can't say that publicly as the guy tasked with making adjustments from doing absolutely nothing to actually doing something to contain them, but the Warriors have offered opposing coaches no shortage of instances in which each and every attempt at a defensive strategy was a demonstrative failure. Might as well take advantage by referencing them to quickly zip the lip of a reporter whose honesty came off confidently condescending in making an impossible job sound a bit too easy.
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