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Originally Posted by BigT
JRutlege IMHO he came across the paint and jumped. He didnt come across stop and jump into the air. I say his body isnt straight up knowing where he had been and where he is going when contact happens. The offensive player is knocked down. I dont see many plays where the defense jumps straight up and the offensive player goes to the ground. If they have been letting go that type of moving into a shooter than I am fine. If I see that play I would call a foul every time.
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He came across the paint with his feet, then jumped into what appeared to be his vertical space. Now the video angle is not the best, but I see him going straight up. And yes, I see a lot of defenders doing this now, especially in college as it relates to the RA as if they jump, they can be ruled not responsible for the contact that takes place. And I also see many plays where offensive players go into bigger defenders and fall. Those are not always fouls and I am not penalizing defenders for doing good basic things. Now the official in this video pass on that play, I am assuming they felt they were legal.
And if you see that play and call a foul every time, then that is part of why coaches say, "He got hit" and expecting a call just because there was some contact. And in boys basketball, players going into the lane are going to have contact a lot no matter what. We should not penalize good defense when it takes place. Because you have already like the others penalized the defender when he or she might have done everything legal. Now if you tell me you feel this player jumped into the shooter and was outside of the vertical space he earned, that is fine. But I see no evidence of that from the angles we got of that type of movement. And the second vertical play looked very sheepish at best that was actually called. But we have a better angle on the second play.
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