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Originally posted by blindzebra
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Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
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Originally posted by foobar247
i'm no pro at basketball, and have been looking on the net trying to clarify some rules, but have not had any luck. so hopefully someone can clarify this for me:
if a defender is putting a hand up to block a shooter's shot, and as the shooter moves his hands forward to shoot, and makes contact with the defender's arm, is that a foul?
also, is it a foul if the defender reaches out to take a swipe(trying to block) at the shooter, and makes contact with the shooter's arm after the ball has already left the shooter's hands?
Thanks!
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The answer to your first question: As long as the defender meets the requirments of verticality, the defender cannot be guilty of a foul, and the shooter could possibly be charged with a foul.
The answer to your second question: Yes.
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The answer to the second question is no if the shooter was not put at a disadvantage by the contact. If the hit was after the ball was released it would need to be severe enough to hinder the shooter from returning to the floor normally, but I'd be hard pressed to call a foul on a high five between the shooter and defender when the contact does not alter the shot.
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I disagree with this one. While I'm a firm believer of the Tower Principle, I think that allowing contact like this on the jump shooter DOES cause a disadvantage. Since we're not protecting the shooter all the way to the floor, that jump shooter may pull up short on future trips if he knows contact is going to come "after the shot is released." We need to protect him all the way down to the floor and even afterwards.
To be honest, would there ever be a foul on the 3-point shooter coming down if we applied advantage/disadvantage to whether it only affected THAT shot?