Was reading through the Major editorial changes this year. Noticed that the clarification was that both feet must be touching the playing court to establish legal guarding postition. 4-7-2(b) states that if a defender establishes a legal guarding position then the dribbler is responsible for avoiding the contact.
A1 driving to basket baseline. B1 has one foot on baseline OOB and other foot in bounds. Since both feet aren't inbounds (is this still legal guarding position?), is it a block? If I see the defender standing there and offense steamrolls him, I call the player control. Besides, I think its good D to use the sideline as a 6th defender. Thanks!
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gatormaz
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