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Old Mon Mar 22, 2021, 08:58am
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Originally Posted by WhistlesAndStripes View Post
I don’t like this one as shown at all. When the defender is playing patty cake on the ball handlers back and rob cage, while making absolutely no attempt to make a play on the ball, to me that is text book intentional foul.

What I like to see in these situations is a defender come in and make a deliberate play for the ball while coming right across the ball handler’s forearms. That’s much easier to call as a common foul without any pushback from an assignor, or anyone else for that matter.


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He was just playing defense and trying to measure up. Instead of using a one-hand hot stove tough, he used two hands / multiple touches. Automatic foul, Common every time.
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