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Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle
However, the defender can't establish LPG while the opponent is airborne.
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Not relevant....at the time of contact, the player wasn't airborne.
If the position taken gives sufficient time/distance at the time it is established, it is LGP. At the time it was obtained, the player had the ball. In this case, it gave the the airborne player a place to land before contact...all that is required for a player with the ball. That mean that it was legally obtained. The fact that the ball handler gave up control of the ball doesn't negate a previously obtained LGP.