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Originally posted by ChuckElias
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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
I really think that you and Dan agreed on the basics all along, but but just got bogged down in the semantics.
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At the risk of losing the precious Diet Coke that Dan has promised to buy me, I don't think they were ever in agreement, JR. Your "common sense" interpretation means that the dribbler is closely guarded even if moving away from the basket with his back turned to his own basket (assuming the defender originally had LGP). In this situation, Dan said:
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BTW, if A1 turns his back to B1 & dribbles away from the basket no way in hell I'm going to call 5 seconds.
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That doesn't sound like agreement with what you described above.
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I stand corrected then, I guess. They don't agree. If I've started a count on a dribbler, and the dribbler then turns and starts dribbling away from the defender, then,yup, I'll keep the count going if the defender keeps going after the dribbler aggressively and manages to always stay within 6 feet of the dribbler too. That action still fits the language of rule 4-10 imo. The defender is still guarding, by definition of R 4-23-3(a)(b), and is also remaining within 6 feet of the dribbler. That was the purpose and intent of the rule when it was implemented, if I remember right. Reward a defender for keeping after the dribbler all over the floor.
[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Jun 21st, 2004 at 04:57 PM]