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Originally Posted by mbyron
His rationale was that Lead should stay with the shooter and not even see whether the shot went in.
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On a 3-point shot, the shooter will, unless they have an 8'+ vertical leap, have long since landed by the time the shot goes in (or not). There is no reason in 99% of the cases for the lead to still be with the shooter by the time the ball gets to the basket. The "shot" will be over, the defender will have either have backed off or will have flown by the shooter. Only in a rare case (e.g., a rough box-out) is there a chance of a play that the lead needs to stay there. They need to shift to covering strong side rebounding.