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Originally Posted by btaylor64
Old School,
I believe it is great that you came to the same conclusion as most people with the Duncan,Nash block/charge play, but as I have written above the way you process the play, in accordance with the NBA, is wrong. They don't process plays like that. They determine (on this particular play) if the play originates in the LDB (which it did), once they determine that, they decide whether the defensive player is in position and perpendicular to the player's path before the shooting motion of the offensive player starts (it was close). If he was... offensive foul, if he wasn't.... block, if it's a tie.... block. I believe it was a tie, therefore you had the block call.
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I was not trying to give you an NBA answer because I do not know the details because i do not work in the NBA. However, one big difference in the rules sets that I have noticed is the before the shooting motion starts for the pros. Also, that was not my only reason. I had several reasons but I leaned towards making a statement, don't want this kind of crap happening in my games. I have seen HS plays where the defense just runs right underneath the offensive player and it be an offensive foul simply because the defense got there first. That's got to be one of the dumbest rules in the Fed. code. The pro's take into consideration the offensive player and where's he's at within his movement towards the bucket. If his final movement or motion has started, defense is too late. I agree with this code. Why, because they don't consider that playing good defense, whereas in HS it is taugh. The end result of the play is always a nasty collision and the offensive player gets the brunt of it. If you have ever had someone run underneath your feet while you are airborne or about to go airbonre is one of the scariest feeling you will ever have on the court. The code in HS doesn't take into consideration the safty of the offensive player. There is nothing the offensive player can do in this situation. He/she is going down and they are going down hard.
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Everybody has different ways of processing plays, and with your way it makes it sound like this play and any other play similar to this would be a block. What if Nash gets there a half second earlier. Are you still going to call a block because that kind of play might cause injury? I'm not being condescending like some people are with you. I am asking a legitimate question and would like and respect a legitimate answer.
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I appreciate this, not very many officials out here have a personality. They are great with the code, but leave little to be desired when it comes to debating the code or engaging someone who disagrees with them. See above for my reasoning and i would probably still have a block on Steve Nash, but now, if Amare did this. This play is going to look completely different.