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Originally Posted by Kelvin green
Refereeing the defense here is more than watching the feet and then looking up... it’s the defender playing basketball. All too often we referee with the assumption that the defense is always wrong. The better way to look at it... the defender is always legal... and once the defender proves they do something wrong, then blow the whistle..
In this play the defender has shown me nothing that violates a rule.
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This is a fair point. I’ve heard this “prove the negative” philosophy before and it does make for a great way to see the game and keep a patient whistle.
That said, at least from a video review perspective, I see the defender doing something wrong by moving toward the offensive player after LGP is established. I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree.
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