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Originally Posted by Dad
It's not an automatic block. Just because a player has a foot on a line doesn't give a ball handler the a-ok to slam into them just to get a foul. This isn't how LGP work.
What the case book play does say is two things.
1) You can't initially obtain LGP with a foot on the lane. So now the no time or space rule can't apply to a defender.
2) A defender can't move to maintain LGP if it involves putting a foot OOB.
This by no means says an automatic block just because someone has a foot OOB.
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4.23.3 B
A1 is dribbling near the sideline when B1 obtains legal guarding position. B1 stays in the path of A1 but in doing so has (a) one foot touching the sideline, or (b)one foot in the air over the out-of-bounds area when A1 contacts B1 in the torso.
RULING:
In (a), a blocking foul is ruled on B1 because a player may not be out of bounds and obtain or maintain legal guarding position. In (b), a player control foul is ruled on A1 because B2 had and obtained and maintained legal guarding position.
It is an automatic block.