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Originally posted by tomegun
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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by tomegun
The comments that were made about the blocked shot were general as far as contact is contact after a block and should be called a foul.
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Whoa there, podner. Now I think that you're taking this sitch outa context a little, Tom.
The description of the contact on this particular play wasn't general; it was very specific. The contact was initiated from a defender behind an airborne shooter, displaced that airborne shooter and then dumped him flat on his butt. The shooter doesn't hit the deck without the contact. Two very distinct elements were involved-- definite displacement on the shot and a shooter subsequently ending up on the floor as a result of that displacement. We weren't talking about any other different forms of defensive contact after a good block. I agree that all forms of contact after a good block doesn't necessarily mean that a foul is involved. Those situations are judged on their individual merit by the calling official and some sureashell aren't fouls and shouldn't be called as such.
That clarify my take on this one a l'il better?
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Is the shot blocked first?
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If I'm reading the original post correctly, Tom, the block and the contact/displacement occurred at approximately the same time, followed by the shooter hitting the deck as a direct result of the contact/displacement.
Does it really matter though? Aren't we supposed to protect an airborne shooter? Nobody has addressed a question I asked yesterday yet . If a jumpshooter goes straight up for a 3-pointer, and a defender then runs at him from in front, the side, behind- whatever-- gets a finger on the shot and then plows into the jumpshooter, displacing him and knocking him on his a$$-- do you use the same rationale in trying to decide whether a foul occurred or not- or do you just call the foul for not allowing the jumpshooter a normal landing and being displaced and knocked down? Is that a record for a run-on sentence?
What's the difference between these two plays?
Does it really matter when you contact an airborne shooter if you displace and dump him?