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Originally Posted by M&M Guy
I've been following these two discussions very intently, only because I want to discern the difference between the thinking on what is considered incidental contact vs. a foul.
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And all I can give you is my personal opinion fwiw.
There is nothing anywhere in the rules that I am aware of that states legal contact by a defender on the ball has any relation at all as to whether illegal contact has also been made by the defender on the shooter. Quite simply, by rule it doesn`t matter whether a shot was blocked or not when it comes to determining whether a foul should or shouldn`t be called. The only thing that matters is for us to determine whether there was illegal contact on the shooter before, during or after that legal block. And it is always a judgment call as to what is legal, incidental contact and what is a foul (illegal contact). There`s different criteria used to judge the legality of a defender`s actions...LGP, verticality, etc. But if a defender jumps into or under an airborne shooter, then the defender is causing the contact and that should be called. And if that contact is severe, well, we`ve been told to protect the airborne shooter and we`ve also been told to get rid of the illegal physicality we`ve been letting go.
JMO.