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Originally Posted by ballgame99
The fact that the handoff didn't occur on this play makes a big difference IMO. I don't see how that ball handler did anything wrong. The defender looks like he tried to fit into a place where he didn't fit and bumped into an active ball handler in the process. Did that ball handler put him in that position? Yes, but isn't that what basketball is about? Trying to get an advantageous position on the defense? Just because a ball handler gets in between a secondary defender and the guy he's supposed to be guarding doesn't give that defender the right to go through that ball handler.
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It is illegal when the player makes contact and dislodges the opponent. I've watched the video a half dozen times and don't see anyway this would NOT be a foul on the ball handler. The success of the handoff, like I said already, is immaterial to what happened.
Take the ball out of the equation and imagine he is just another player. Now how would you judge the contact?