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Old Sun May 11, 2014, 09:26am
Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. is offline
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Originally Posted by Rich View Post
It means once the shooter is airborne, the defender can't move. It's just not written terribly well.

It is so poorly written that it could mean that player with LGP could not move backwards without being charged with a blocking foul. There really nothing wrong with the way guarding was defined prior to the 2013-14 season.

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Last edited by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.; Sun May 11, 2014 at 09:27am. Reason: Added second sentence
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