I never said that. Just pointing out that PDA never said "don't play defense" - in fact he said the opposite, despite what many seem to think.
Actions speak louder than words and the actions since Malone's firing resulted in us giving up 111+ PPG and going small, with JT dropped from the starting 5, even getting his first DNP of the year. Ben has also seen his mins cut while developing Nik takes more of a priority, a worse defensive player.
Then we get into style of play, increased tempo which by nature is anti-defense, on top of players publicly saying we have to get back to playing defense, and plenty points to PDA and our FO not valuing that end.
It's also likely PDA realizes he ****ed up and yes indeed, the team needs to do better than give up 111 per game, as that's on pace for worst in the league. Probably not the "pace" he's looking for, lol.