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Originally posted by rulesmaven
"contact that does not hinder normal offensive or defensive movement is incidental"
Agree, of course, with your definition of incidental contact. Isn't that what we're debating -- whether it did hinder normal offensive movement? If the offensive player has to alter the shot or the motion to avoid an onrushing defender who cannot avoid making contact, why is the only advantage/disadvantage question how siginficant the contact was?
Incidentally, arent' there some definitions of "incidental contact" -- maybe the NBA's -- that exclude contact that affects a player's "rhythm"?
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What happens before contact has no bearing except to establish legal or illegal contact. If the shooter changes their shot to avoid the defense, how can we then penalize the defense for contact that occurred AFTER this altered shot.
The contact did not hinder the shot, it may effect an airborne shooter's landing and that is what needs to be judged as illegal or incidental.