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Originally Posted by johnny d
This is not possible. You can only be the primary defender on one offensive player. It might not be spelled out as so in the rules, but it is certainly implied based on the rulings about secondary defenders and the RA when the defense is playing zone and also on out numbered fast breaks.
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Maybe, maybe not. But this player was in position to be declared the primary defender. He was between the offensive player and the basket the entire time. He didn't rotate over to get there. I think it is likely that he was just briefly screened off staying with the player he was guarding then got free of the screen. If we had more of the clip, I think we'd see the offensive player cutting under the basket with him following the entire way until he hit the screen. Then the offensive player got the ball and reversed into him. Thus, making him the primary defender all along. On top of that, it wouldn't be the kind of play the RA was intended to apply to.