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Old Mon Jun 15, 2015, 06:28am
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Originally Posted by Camron Rust View Post
Isn't that already the rule at all levels?

I have yet to see an airborne player change direction without contact. That means that if a defender has to move sideways to be in the path of the airborne player ("maintain LGP", as they say above), that defender couldn't have been in the path of the opponent before the opponent went airborne. By definition, that means that the defender couldn't even have an LGP to maintain.
I thought it was just me when I read that. What worries me is if it had to be clarified that means officials were calling PC fouls on airborne shooters when a defender shifted to stay in front of them.
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