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Old Wed Apr 11, 2012, 12:05pm
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Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer View Post
Well you're wrong on the first play. This is a blocking foul and this is an easy call under NBA rules (and is pretty damn close under NFHS/NCAA rules). A defender must allow a player who receives a pass outside the lower defensive block the opportunity to land and stop and/or change direction. The defender in the above play did not do that thus, he did not have a legal position.
I did not know this rule exists in the NBA. The area works the same as a player giving one step on a screen. Would this be the same on a rebound as a pass?

Under NFHS/NCAA I have a PC foul.
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