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Originally Posted by Freddy
A. Those PCA's are for off-ball coverage as well (see C. below)
B. That "something off-ball that needs to be called" doesn't need someone to "go and get it" when, it's right there in a partner's PCA. Of course, wider court awareness will, hopefully, catch any of those "crew saver" calls that have to be made, as infrequent as they are
C. There always seems be a lot less "crap that needs to be cleaned up" when off-ball surveillance is good and off-ball fouls are called when they occur
D. "Imaginary lines"? They seem pretty definitive to me. Though for sure, if it needs to be called and it's "over your PCA line", I trust you're gonna get it. That's just good crew cohesiveness.
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The PCA is still mostly for on ball situations. If there are no competitive matchups in your primary, you can go outside to help or assist in plays and often have to go outside to get those kinds of situations called. The on-ball official often is not going to see screens or rebounding situations the way the other two officials have the potential to do. Heck the C in many situations calls things that is not in their coverage area. And if they only define their calls to what is in their primary then we will miss a lot of stuff as a crew in a particular game.
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