Drive to the basket and rebounding action (Video)

[Camron Rust]

Nothing on either.

Defender jumped straight up on the first...the contact is what made him shift off the spot, not a sideways jump.

On the 2nd, it was REALLY close but I think the defender got there just in time and had his arms sufficiently vertical.

[crosscountry55]

Assuming there's not a handcheck that I just can't see on this video, I've got nothing, nothing, and nothing.



We can split hairs on what we'd do if we were robots, but putting myself on the floor and observing that play....that's a lot of good defense, none of which has a standout moment of illegality.



Who was it several months (years?) ago on the forum that said it's better to assume players are going to do legal things, because then when they don't the calls identify themselves? This is a case where the calls didn't really identify themselves. I like the no calls.

[bucky]

Technical travel on person catching inbounds pass. I have a feeling that JD would want a foul (arm bar type) called on the very first move. Perhaps a call there would have helped the game. The announcer notes that they are "letting them play". Foul call could have mediated a bit or they were just going to continue allowing that action.

[ODog]

Originally Posted by crosscountry55

Assuming there's not a handcheck that I just can't see on this video, I've got nothing, nothing, and nothing.

We can split hairs on what we'd do if we were robots, but putting myself on the floor and observing that play ... that's a lot of good defense, none of which has a standout moment of illegality ...

... I like the no calls.

This ^^

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by crosscountry55

Assuming there's not a handcheck that I just can't see on this video, I've got nothing, nothing, and nothing.

We can split hears on what we'd do if we were robots, but putting myself on the floor and observing that play....that's a lot of good defense, none of which has a standout moment of illegality.

Who was it several months (years?) ago on the forum that said it's better to assume players are going to do legal things, because then when they don't the calls identify themselves? This is a case where the calls didn't really identify themselves. I like the no calls.

i agree with you. There is some contact between big, strong men playing, but no one does anything illegal.

That might have been a post which I wrote a few years ago. I got that advice from Mike Reed at an officiating clinic. To this day, it is the single best piece of officiating advice that I've ever heard. It changed how I approached the game from a mental standpoint.