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Fair enough. Rules don't encourage. But wouldn't you agree that coaches encourage defenders to "take the charge" and "draw the foul" because the rules dictate that if the defender jumps in front of an offensive ball handler at the last possible nanosecond, with good position, any contact goes against the offense?
What do I or anyone else care what the coaches encourage?
Coaches "encourage" low post moves that are actually
travels, they "encourage" box outs that are actually
holds and pushes, does that make it legal? "Take the
charge" and "draw the fouls" are coachisms not found in the
rules.
About three years ago I contested a call and the official commented that the rules had changed and time and distance no longer applied. I could be mis-informed.
You're misinformed.
OK, considering your #2 and #4, then, if B1 jumps in front of A1, who has the ball, at the last possible moment in a legal guarding position. And in your judgement A1, could not have avoided the contact, what do you have? Charge, because it satisfies the rules, or block because the defense created an unfair advantage/disadvantage? Further, if you say you'd have to see the play, what else would you look for in order to make the call?
Charge, assuming B1 had legal guarding position and he
did not move into the ball handler.
You are over thinking this, block/charge is maybe the
easist call to make in the game if you know what to
look for.
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