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Originally posted by JRutledge
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Originally posted by rainmaker
There's no judgment involved at all if he gets the ball cleanly. And there should be no judgment involved if the shooter gets knocked to the floor. The judgment comes in if the contact is slight, and the defender is in legal position. In the play described at the beginning of this thread, the defender was trying to block the ball from behind, so the position was not legal, and there was contact. No judgment at all. Foul. Period.
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Not sure how you can say there is no judgment involved. Of course there is judgment, not all officials see the play the same way. Some of officials are not in position to tell if there is a block or to determine if the contact warrants a foul or the contact should be passed on. I also think again 4-27 still applies here. If the contact did not hinder the offensive player from doing their normal activities, it is not simply a foul.
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I meant there's no judgment involved if there's no contact, which is what I thought he meant when he said "blocks the ball cleanly." There's also no judgment if the contact is such that the shooter gets knocked to the floor. That's gotta be a foul every time. Nothing to think about.