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Originally Posted by tref
Arent we all!
I'll try to do you one better, how about the rule as written?
4-23-4
Guarding an opponent with the ball or a stationary opponent without the ball:
b. If the opponent with the ball is airborne, the guard must have obtained legal position before the opponent left the floor.
Like Ragu... it's in there!
It sounds like your problem with understading the rule lies here:
Took off = Alight
Defender must obtain LGP prior to this.
Act of shooting = Gather
Defender can obtain LGP here OR before the shooter "takes off" & may move to maintain LGP during the act of shooting.
I'm sure you've seen a "set-shot" before? They never "take off" or alight but they still are in the "act of shooting" at some point.
On block/charge plays if we punch it, continuous motion is out the window & LGP is all that applies. If we block it, continuous motion applies because LGP obviously wasn't established.
To me its one or the other, we need not combine these rules to come to a decision.
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An airborne opponent with the ball might not be an airborne shooter.
An airborne shooter has protection from the start of the shot and this might be some distance away, our view has to be wide enough to see where A1 starts/gathers the ball and what B1 is doing, here we need to know if B1 has LGP or not.