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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
Eli,I re-read this whole thread,and I still don't think I know yet your position on the following.If a player makes a good block on an airborne shooter,then makes enough contact to knock him to the floor before he lands,do you pass on the call-i.e.no foul?This is assuming that the defender never attained a legal guarding position.Please note the knocking to the floor part.That was part of crew's original post.I realize that this is kind of a general question,so feel free to give a general answer.
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Jurassic Ref, I will use my option to give a general answer. I can't tell you that I would call a foul simply because the player goes to the floor. I think these plays need to be called on a play by play basis, not with some all encompassing statement. If a player is on a fast break and some secondary defender comes over and blocks the shot and the offensive player is totally under control and gets knocked to the floor I would probably have a foul. If the offensive player goes into the lane out of control in a halfcourt set and a defender does not jump vertical but towards the offensive player and blocks the ball into the 5th row and then makes body contact which causes the offensive player to go to the floor I would probably not have a foul. Hope this helps you out with my opinion! You certainly don't have to believe in it. Every official calls the game a little different. Even NBA officials have differences in opinion on plays. We have a website that puts NBA plays up and the NBDL staff and NBA staff put what they believe should be called. Most of the plays put up are very tough 50-50 type plays. Some of the staff will vote for a foul on a play while others will not. Your philosophy might be to call these blocked shot plays a little tighter than me. That's fine, as long as we both agree that once the ball is blocked we will allow more than on a play with no blocked shot involved. That's my basic argument.