Wed Dec 19, 2018, 01:32pm
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Originally Posted by thedewed
exactly. what have you got, nothing? certainly not a charge. if a defender isn't ball-aware enough to turn and square up, and is in the route of the driver, and there is contact, it's a block.
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Wrong.
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Originally Posted by thedewed
I suppose if the context isn't a legit bball play, i.e. the dribbler is simply seeking out an unwary defender, rather than making a legit play on the basket, I'd look at it differently, but if a dribbler is making a basketball move and comes in contact with a defensive player, if the defensive player isn't in LGP, if there is enough contact for a foul, the foul is on the defense.
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Wrong.
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Originally Posted by thedewed
I was officiating games with NBA players over 20 years ago and had them eating out of my hand, via common sense. I don't need to talk to anyone. If anyone can come up with a video of a D1 official calling a charge on a dribbler driving into a defensive player at the basket with his back to him, put it up. It won't happen.
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Bullshitting people for 20 years doesn't make it right.
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Originally Posted by thedewed
You all have younger officials on here looking for actual guidance as they progress, I'd be careful filling their heads with inappropriate concepts. The answer here in legit bball plays is, was the defensive player in legal guarding position. If not, it certainly isn't a charge, and is either a no-call or a block.
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Then you should stop posting now. You're suggesting people just plays entire by made up rules.....which is wrong any way you look at it.
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Originally Posted by thedewed
some of you are reading too much into the 'entitled to a position on the floor' language in the books, that doesn't overrule the need for LGP. If you called a charge in a game where a driver direct to the basket collided with a defensive player that was looking for the rebound and had his back to the drive, you would get laughed out of the gym, if it was men's basketball.
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Only because people like you insist on making up stuff as they go instead of calling it correctly.
Last edited by Camron Rust; Wed Dec 19, 2018 at 01:34pm.
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