an old mental dilemma

[rainmaker]

Originally posted by Grail
Just my opinion, (and the way I called it last night). Defender is entitled to the space he is standing in on the floor, regardless of who he is defending. If a player crashes into him, causing displacement or advantage/disadvantage, he cannot be at fault. He has done nothing to initiate the play or the contact. He is legally standing in a position on the floor.

In your case the offensive player "slides" around him, or at least leans his head and shoulders past the defender. Defender still hasn't moved and is still entitled to his space. The only question that remains is advantage/disadvantage. If the offensive player has knocked him down, taking away any chance at a rebound on a miss, than I say you have an offensive foul.

I had a similar situation last week and called the PC. I'm with Grail on this one.