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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef
Based on some people's interprations a defender could just run and jump, timing his landing to intersect and land on a moving ball-handler and the foul would be on the ball-handler. 
And now people want to apply screening requirements on airborne shooters.
If the play in this video had happened at the rim instead of the 3-point line there wouldn't even be a debate. |
Only as far as he saw the defender coming and deliberately jumped into his path instead of actually taking a shot.
But, I'm going back to my initial instinct of the foul that was called. It was, I think, a good exercise, but guarding rules prevail here.