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Originally Posted by tomegun
- Whoever has the play should take it to the basket which in this case should (normally) only matter between the T and L
- As far as blarge's are concerned, I pregame having a preliminary come from the L - if anyone gives one at all.
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But there's the contradiction, Tom. You want the T to take it to the basket if it starts with the T. But then you want the preliminary to come from the L. Can't have it both ways, IMHO. That's a perfect recipe for the blarge.
If you tell the Trail to take it all the way to the basket, you have to let the Trail take that bang-bang call and make the Lead hold off on it. That's a very hard thing to do.
It used to be that
everybody agreed -- if the contact happens in the L's primary, then it's the L's call. It didn't matter where the play originated. But now a lot of guys have adopted the NBA philosophy of letting a guy stay with the play all the way to the basket, if it starts in front of him.
So for me, the bottom line is exactly what Ignats said. You have to pre-game this and ask how it's going to be handled.