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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef
The whistle has already been blown. So it's either 1 of 2 things:
1) the whistle was premature, and there was no foul to begin with since the player performed normal offensive movements after contact
2) the player had no intention to shooting
Has nothing to do with being lazy.
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You can't know that regardless of what happens.
It is a lazy way out. It is far easier to say "but he passed it" instead of making the tougher decision based on what the player was, by rule, attempting to do at the time of contact and justifying that to the defending team.