Apparently that "we" you're talking about is not inclusive of many on this board who have talked about Smart, Gordon, Capela and WCS in the upcoming draft, as well as those who belabor that point that "
we don't need offense." Are you using the royal "we"?
While I don't agree that outside shooting is our most glaring need, it is a need. You can't become so obsessed about one thing that you totally disregard another. I do think you have to prioritize your needs. But you don't make one need worse while fixing the other. If Defense is your top priority and outside shooting is second on your list, then you don't draft Marcus Smart, who will help you defensively, but make your outside shooting even worse. The same might be said about Gordon, who I think the jury is still out on to some extent. By the same token, I don't think you draft a shooter that can't play a lick of defense. So you might have to compromise.
So when draft time comes around, and there are more shooters that can play adequate defense than there are defenders that can shoot adequately, then you probably draft a shooter. In any event, you want the best quality you can find, regardless of position or skill level. In this particular draft the one player that I thought fit our needs best, that would be there when we drafted, didn't declare for the draft. So unless we get lucky, and a player slides down, or we win the lottery, we'll probably end up with a shooter that the team thinks can learn to defend properly. I suspect that any major help defensively will come by way of trade.
By the way, I'm not defending PDA. I do think he has his priorities wrong. He's definitely in love with how the Warriors play, and how Denver played. To some extent, its hard to argue against that, since the Warriors are in the playoffs and were not. I also think its important to remember that most people that go to the arena to watch a game, go there to see the Kevin Durant's of the world score the basketball. They don't go there to watch a player play defense. You and I, and a lot of people on this forum may enjoy watching good defense, but that's not the norm. And when your trying to put butts in seats, you want players that can score. Just a fact of life in the basketball world. Of course winning helps too!!!!