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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
Give your head a shake....... 
The rules(both NFHS and NCAA) say that no time or distance is required to gain a legal guarding position on a player with the ball. The only proviso is that you must establish LGP on an airborne player before they leave the feet. As you noted above, the player caught the ball before slamming into the defender. It can't be a block under the rules.
If the player hasn't caught the ball, time or distance is required. If they have caught the ball, no time or distance is required.
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So I have a question then:
If a post player is being fronted and a lob pass comes to him and he jumps to get it, and does indeed grab it while he is still in the air and tries to land and as he is landing he slams into the secondary defender, we have an offensive foul, per HS and college rule?
Or:
A2 is running down the floor looking for an outlet pass, and it is on its way. A1 throws the pass out in front of A2 to lead him. While he is looking the ball in, B1 sets up in front of A2 and right as A2 receives the pass, before he can turn his head around, we have a crash. You are saying this is an offensive foul as well per HS and college rule?
Not looking to argue, just wanting a good straight forward answer.