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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
The whole EXCEPTION, as I read it, therefore relates only to someone trying to dunk or stuff the ball. If they wanted the EXCEPTION to relate to all of the players on the floor, they wouldn't have put that clarification at the end. It would be extraneous and wouldn't be needed at all.
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Nope, not buying it. It doesn't say that the exception is just for the offensive player. If blocking a dunk attempt were illegal, they would have specified the offensive player only, just as the NBA rule does. The last statement is simply saying that dunking /stuffing is legal, nothing more, nothing less.
If an offensive player is allowed to dunk w/o committing BI, then there's no reason that a defender shouldn't be allowed to block that dunk w/o committing BI.
[Edited by BktBallRef on May 31st, 2005 at 02:47 PM]