I don't think you can assess a T. The player hasn't left the court. I think we are talking about a player who has a foot on the line or part of the foot oob. Players go off the inbounds area all the time as part of the game. We would have a lot of T's.
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If were are talking about a throwin after a made basket, then a teammate of the thrower can, by rule, legally be OOB along the endline where the throwin is occuring.
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In fact, didn't we have a clarification this year that a throw-in must be from completely OOB - one foot in one foot out is not allowed? Don't know that I like the new foot-out-of-bounds rule (I would have a very difficult time calling a block, if I felt the dribbler, and I hate to use the word intentionally, so let's say with deliberateness, created the contact). The new rule/clarification however, doesn't leave much room for discussion. I think the only lattitude an official has is to either see the foot OOB or to "not notice its OOB placement." And with that you may be on a sinking boat because somebody else, like the coach who is 5 feet from the collision, DOES NOTICE the OOB placement and wants the proper call to be made.... independent of deliberateness or intent. A screener OOB is a new twist but I'm inclined to go along with the premise that play must take place inside the lines. |
I guess my understanding of the rule change is that it affects legal guarding position, which only really affects a call when the defender is moving. If a stationary defender has his back turned to an offensive player yet gets hammered, I'm not calling a block; even though he never had LGP. Same scenario here, just because he doesn't have LGP doesn't mean he's not entitled to his spot on the floor. A screener never has LGP and the incumbant right to move, so I don't think it applies.
I see LGP and right to a spot as two separate issues, I guess, and I'm having a hard time equating the loss of LGP with a loss to the right to a spot; or equating not having LGP with not having a right to a spot. If the screener has a foot on the line, and the screened decides to shove his way through; LGP has nothing to do with it, IMHO. Adam |
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I'd bet my bottom dollar that the interpretation is the same for a screener. |
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