[Request] Article of MDA saying to take 3s to get layups

Possibly this:
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/sports/basketball/18threes.html
2009

Last season, D’Antoni’s Knicks set an N.B.A. record with 2,284 attempts, or nearly 28 a game. His Suns made the most 3-pointers in N.B.A. history with 837 in 2005-6. Bell’s attempts rose to 446 in 2005-6, his first season with Phoenix, from 134 with the Utah Jazz a season earlier.

Some purists bemoan the lost art of the midrange jump shot, a sign that fundamentals are being extinguished beneath a mix tape of long shots and slam dunks. As the N.B.A. slowly turns toward more analytical measures, the 3-pointer is viewed under a new prism.

The most ideal shot, Nets Coach Lawrence Frank said, is from the free-throw line because it almost always results in at least a point. The next-highest-percentage shot is at the rim. Three-pointers are next. But a team would have to shoot 60 percent on 2-pointers to match the offensive output of a team that shoots 40 percent from beyond the arc.

“Teams have all caught on to the whole points-per-possession argument,” Frank said.

D’Antoni has played a part in the transformation. The basis of his offense, which emphasizes open looks, running and possessions, was developed in Italy, where D’Antoni coached for much of the 1990s.

“Guys just started shooting the ball so well from 3s, so why wouldn’t we shoot more?” he said. “If you do shoot 3s, then that’s really going to open up the basket, so it’s either layups or 3s.”

His philosophy is fairly simple, chaotic for defenses and emblematic of the changed perception of the 3-pointer.

“If we’re open, we’ll take it,” D’Antoni said. “No matter what. I’m not looking to see if we’ve got people under, I’m not looking for anything like that. If you’re open and you’re a good shooter, then take it.”

 

As if MDA has to say anything to James Harden

 

Haha. I was just thinking about this era the other day so I had this article top of mind.

This shows how long the "Moreyball" trend has really been going, when talking heads try to blame this style of play on James Harden.

People who think D'Antoni is stubborn also clearly don't recall the JVG era.