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Originally Posted by NoFear2020
Rule 4-41-3. The try starts when the player begins the motion which habitually precedes the release of the ball.
This means that, as soon as a player gathers the ball, on say a layup, the shot has started and s/he is in the act of shooting.
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So far so good, but you probably should have stopped here.
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Originally Posted by NoFear2020
Rule 4-23-2. To obtain an initial legal guarding positon.
a. The guard must have both feet touching the playing court.
b. The front of the guard’s torso must be facing the opponent.
This means that the defender must do these things before the offence starts the try in order to be legal.
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Okay, you should look up the phrase "non sequitur." You can't quote two separate rules and assume there's some connection. There isn't. You may as well quote the traveling rule and try to argue that the defender can't move his pivot foot after obtaining LGP. Your premise just doesn't follow from quoting these two rules, you haven't quoted anything that tells you to combine them, because it's not there.
Further, you're completely ignoring the repeatedly quoted applicable rule; 4-23-4b.
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if the opponent with the ball is airborne, the guard must have obtained legal position before the opponent left the floor.
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