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Old Thu Mar 26, 2009, 12:43pm
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Originally Posted by Camron Rust View Post
Nice, but that is all about guarding. But as we all know, the offensive player is not guarding the defender.
I understand that, but it does give some principles we can follow given the situation isn't specifically covered under the rules. Actually, the question was whether the defender has a right to be airborne and allowed a place to land - that's the point I was addressing.

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Originally Posted by Camron Rust View Post
That said, I don't call a defensive foul if the defender jumps in a direction not towards the shooter and the shooter goes out of the way to make contact. If the shooter's path was already in that direction, then it may or may not be a foul....it may be that the defender had lost LGP and had to jump sideways in an attempt to get back into the path of the offensive player.
We agree.
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Last edited by M&M Guy; Thu Mar 26, 2009 at 12:59pm. Reason: Addtional clarification.
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