Block/Charge

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by Hawks Coach
I do not think you are playing defense if you are guarding a landing area. Standing under the basket is not part of any defense I teach, and is in fact a cardinal sin in my system. Standing under the basket puts you in perfect position to retrieve made shots from the bottom of the net.

Standing under the basket is legal, and under current rules, technically qualifies as good defense if you draw a charge there. But I prefer that defenders actually be required to defend a player before they shoot, or in an area where they will shoot rather than an area they will land after release. If a player lands OOB, a defender is not allowed under the current NF interpretation to draw a charge here. Simply add under the basket to the list of areas where you can't draw a charge and it ceases to be anything but a block.

A1 drives the baseline and beats his defender B1. B2 is on the other side of the lane & sees this (don't ask me how, maybe he was ball-watching ) and comes over to help. He stops under the basket facing A1 before A1 goes airborne and takes a charge.

How is this not good defense by B2?

No call? Mmmmmm...maybe, maybe not. Block on B2? I don't think so.